....but Spinks beat Larry Holmes. Fair call. But Holmes was well past his best by this point He was still competitive ten years later against McCall. He had plenty left in the tank when he fought Spinks. Michael seams to only get remembered for his only loss, not the back to back wins over a Hall o...

Bowe lost to Tony Tubbs and apart from Holyfield, who did he beat? Spinks beat the an ATG in Larry Holmes and is criminally underrated on this forum. Bowe would have to be at his absolute best to beat the Spinks that beat Holmes...... twice, At HW his management was incredibly selective about who h...

Bowe lost to Tony Tubbs and apart from Holyfield, who did he beat? Spinks beat the an ATG in Larry Holmes and is criminally underrated on this forum. Bowe would have to be at his absolute best to beat the Spinks that beat Holmes...... twice, At HW his management was incredibly selective about who h...

I wouldn't have bet on Hearns to be able to outbox Hagler for the full 15 (or was it 12? can't remember now). EIther way I can't see him beating Hagler any which way they fought. If he boxed he would have run out of puff as stamina was not his strong suit

Just watched Hagler - Hearns for the millionth time...Hearns had no legs left from as early as late in round 1

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑10 Dec 2022, 18:24 not sure how true that is, but still

Yep you have to question it..$50 for a speeding fine almost 100 years ago would have been a years wages

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It was no great surprise that Benitez won a title at 17 and is past his best at 24

I've thought for a long time now, that the bigger the fighter the easier it is for them to be KO'd. IMO it's more to do with the reduced ability to to absorb a punch the higher the weight division, rather than the power in the punches coming at them

Never liked the way Hearns swung his left arm side to side whilst it was hanging around at hip height. He was lucky that very few were able to take advantage of it. I'd say McCallum beats Hearns at 154lbs, 7 out of 10 I don't disagree one bit with you. The great Mike McCallum was a very complete fi...

Never liked the way Hearns swung his left arm side to side whilst it was hanging around at hip height. He was lucky that very few were able to take advantage of it. I'd say McCallum beats Hearns at 154lbs, 7 out of 10

The name Lance Hobson popped into my mind so I thought I'd mention him here. He collapsed between rounds of a fight he was winning in 1996 in Melbourne, and never regained consciousness. RIP

Always love watching that. Very little to like about Duran (along his fans with all their crybaby excuses) and it was great seeing him face planted. Most fight fans have their favorites that they make every excuse for. Duran was a fun watch and easily an all time pound for pound fighter. Not much t...

It was sad reading years ago that Floyd was suffering from dementia/ alzheimers whilst he was head of the NY State Athletic Commission. When the issue of Aids was brought up he said he'd only just head of it, and that ould have been in the 90's He always seemed a genuinely nice fellow who didn't fit...

bwu wrote: ↑19 Nov 2022, 19:41 Tough call. Probably Matthew Saad Muhammad.

His story is pretty amazing by anyone's standards. He seemed a decent guy, I would have expected him to be a monster due to his early life

Danny Lopez and the great Jimmy Wilde should be in tier 1 And possibly at the very top of it. But nobody wants to imagine that possibly the hardest punching boxer that ever lived, could have weighed only 108 lbs There just isn't enough to back up that claim. Unfortunately, he fought to early to hav...

If you tie the HW to a pole with his arms behind his back...then maybe Why would you have to do that? Tommy could've landed on any heavy in history. Bollocks by username Bollocks by reply. I've seen many streetfights where bigger men have been felled by smaller men. That shot would've seriously roc...

Hagler would have been standing afterwards :TU: Seemingly the best equipped to take a murder punch like that. Personally think that would have felled even Marvin. When you talk about being hit on the button, they should use this Hearns punch as a demonstration. I'm not convinced 75% of heavies woul...

Hagler would have been standing afterwards

I still don't know why Duran turned up for the Hearns fight seemingly not interested

elmersalsa wrote: ↑03 Nov 2022, 21:42 Danny Lopez and the great Jimmy Wilde should be in tier 1

And possibly at the very top of it. But nobody wants to imagine that possibly the hardest punching boxer that ever lived, could have weighed only 108 lbs

Jones said years ago that the McCallum fight was a great learning curve for him. He obviously held him in high regard and rightly so

I doubt he carired him, moreso he respected him

Nino Benvenuti lived a life far removed from that of the average boxer. He was cultured, intellectual......and smoked

Back when weigh classes were much more clearly defined and the saying "good big man always beats a good little man' was true

p s that straight right in the 12th? round from Arguello would have KO'd an elephant and should have KO'd Pryor

The WBC in it's infinite wisdom gave Fenech the WBC Jr. Lightweight championship from his draw in 1991. 27 minutes later the WBC noticed that Fenech had not defended said belt in 31 years and immediately stripped him of the title. Was that the regular title or the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper versio...

Fenech won the fight no doubt, butwhere does it all end? Give Roy Jones a gold medal for the 88 olymoics robbery? Dave TIberi for beating Toney? etc etc we could be here forever