It’s BOTH a ten count and ten second count. The ref counted Foreman OUT. That’s the ten count. THEN Foreman claimed he got a fast count...
One look at his record is all you need to see, or can see. Well beyond the greatest record of any fighter who ever lived. A whose who of great...
The Foreman jab was an awesome weapon. Although Vitali had a very good jab the Foreman jab here would disrupt mightily everything Vitali is...
Foreman was counted OUT plain and simple. George gloves were still on the canvas when the ref reached TEN and he then waves his arms in the...
This is how boxing “works”. If a champion announces they are retiring and their is confirmation of this via a face to face conversation (phone or...
Ring magazine was always the go to.
I am kind if shocked you don’t understand how boxing history and the lineal title “work”. It’s perfectly ok once the champion retires to continue...
Well actually Johnson was to fight Jeanette in NY in 1912. All signed and sealed. Then the NYS “commissioner” canceled the bout stating he “saw...
Why the obsession with “organizations”? If you fully understand history organizations are the last thing to consider if at all. The...
Your first mistake. Study and know the history. Ignore “organizations”. Organizations and plastic belts are meaningless.
Aside from the obvious defensive differences with Marciano blocking, parrying and slipping along with bobbing and weaving Marciano moved subtly...
Actually his right arm was extremely poor. I count possibly one knockdown in his entire pro career via his right hand. No other heavyweight...
That goes both ways. No one with the boxing skill of Walcott or Charles or Moore on that list either. Certainly Marciano was Fraziers superior....
Marciano fought five number one contenders as champion and one number two contender. Can’t argue with that level of quality. No Dunns, Coopmans,...
It has meaning because of its history. Belts are meaningless as anyone can create one. No one can create the history.