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Yes indeed! He was the greatest. Not in his record, because he wasn't awarded the wins he deserved, but even if you're of the opinion he deserved all his loses, you've got to admit, he was beautiful to watch him work his magic in the ring. Oh yea, Ali was old and out of shape, foreman was not in his right mind and hot. What was shavers excuse, how bout nortens? Dokes? Occassio? He was doing good against cooney till the cut, was right there with page. Took care of Lyle twice, the same Lyle who was kicking ali's ass till the stoppage. Come to think of it, shavers also deserved the win over Ali. Yea, young was great, wish I could see more of his fights

 

:deal..yeah, me too..I'd love to see the Young-Shavers fights. As for Cooney, a few years earlier and he would have embarrassed Gerry..

 

I think he would have embarrassed him that night if he didn't get cut.

 

I do too...he wasn't even fazed by Cooney's power..and half blind from the blood.

 

Your 'ought' resume for the great JY reminds me of the 'assumed resume' concept first put forth by that scintillating scholar of pugilism, China_hand_Joe.


See China_hand_Joe in top form in post # 505 of
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79638&page=34

The next eight pages 34-42 had some of the most side-splitting posts in the history of the forum, even though( or perhaps because) some did not get into the spirit of the narrative.

 

That was the fightm that convinced me that Cooney was n't ready for Larry Holmes. A lot of people I knew looked upon the Holmes-Cooney bout as a superfight,with quite a few picking Gerry. Not me. I knew it was going to be one way traffic for Holmes.

 

I did too Stevie,...I never bought the hype on Gerry.

 

:rofl:rofl..Man, I'm honored by ESB's master of satire with that "Jack" stuff!:thumbsup