It just makes me feel old! More time has passed since Foreman landed that punch than happened between Foreman first winning the title against Frazier and beating Moorer! It still cracks me up some suggested this fight was fixed. Did you see Moorer's face after taking that punch? That is a painful wa...

They know who the heavyweight champion is from Isenbruch to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and it means a lot across that span. The world is bigger than the US/UK. It's all quiet in the USA but they'll be singing from the rooftops about the "richest prize in sport" in a heartbeat if they c...

The heavyweight division in the UK at the moment is very poor, . :shame: There are arguably three world class Heavyweights in the division in the UK at the moment. Go back to the mid 80s, when we had the likes of Pearce, Bunjo, Quarless and Currie were competing to be Britain's number two big man. ...

Pro Boxing in the classic Western strongholds has suffered from the 90s onwards due to opening of the sport in the former Communist Countries of Eastern Europe. I doubt the popularity of the sport of the States would of been what it was in the 50s, if Eastern Europe were producing their fair share o...

It is a pick'em with Leonard. I think most people born in the last 60 years pick Duran, those born say pre World War II tend to pick Benny.

You could of counted to ten before the Bomber Graham hit the canvas against Julian Jackson, then you could of laid a thousand count on Herol, and he would not of beaten it!

Hearns was taking an age against Barkley, so Iran decided to speed things up...

dempseyfire wrote:Actually I'm fairly certain no-one in Vegas posted up the 42-1 odds . . .

Steve Wynn (The Mirage) did, as, as I mentioned a favoured gambler requested the book, to put money on Tyson.

I am thiking though the odds may of been something like 37/1 rather than 42/1, I am not sure.

no matter which way you spin it tyson duglas was huge DLH vs pac at the time was huge Sure it was huge, but, 42-1 huge? No fuckin' way. Douglas' performances against : Mike Williams, Oliver McCall, Trevor Berbick & Tony Tucker showed that Douglas (when properly prepared & motivated) was a d...

Are we using hindsight? If not, then the likes of Sullivan/Corbett, Louis/SchmelingI, Ali/ListonI, Ali/ForemanI, Tyson/Douglas and Tyson/HolyfieldI are rightly going to dominate. With hindsight, to this day I still cannot figure out how Tommy got outpointed by Barkley in their rematch. Barkley landi...

We all like to think only our fighters get screwed abroad, but even as a Brit I felt sorry for Sugarboy Malinga. In the first Benn fight he was robbed. His fight with Eubank was mighty close. And with reference to this thread, despite outboxing Benn in their rematch, he was only given the Split nod....

Not a nickname, but a former winner of the Tap Tap Makahanti name of the year for us Brits:

Elvis Parsley

I was a big fan of Herol too. I just meant that he normally pecked and poked rather than threw bombs, although he could land with authority when he set himself and timed his opponent coming in. The punishment he dished out to Rod Douglas was shocking. But normally he wouild make an opponent beat hi...

Yup, primed to meet Chavez in a fight that he displayed nothing but heart, courage,dynamic skill and an incredible will to win. That's what makes your argument so retarded to begin with. Bringing up later fights just shows your mental weakness as a poster. I wouldn't call Chavez past it against Whi...

who was the thunder from down under?? heavyweight jimmy??? Every single Aussie fighter who fought in the States, since the year dot! :wink: For me Bonecrusher Smith, Buster Douglas, The Motor City Cobra (Tommy Hearns) and Marvelous Marvin. If Michael Nunn had retired, he would of the best nickname ...

Well, if you're saying that benvenutti underestimated Monzon as an excuse, it goes out the window for the second fight. Understand? Carlos was bigger and better. Nino wasn't mentally feeble. I am saying the general consensus was Benvenuti had underestimated Monzon in fight one. In fight two it beca...

Well, if you're saying that benvenutti underestimated Monzon as an excuse, it goes out the window for the second fight. Understand? Carlos was bigger and better. Nino wasn't mentally feeble. I am saying the general consensus was Benvenuti had underestimated Monzon in fight one. In fight two it beca...

The Steele argument aside, everybody considers Taylor to have given a tremendous performance that night. Well, everyone but you. I've never heard him described as a mental midget before. But you hear odd things every day on message boards. Things like benvenutti underestimating Monzon. Especially i...

In the biggest fight of his life he was well ahead of an all time great and then many of us think he got screwed. Many of us think Steele did his job correctly, the finish is an opinion call, there is no right or wrong answer, only what is in the record books. As for Terry Norris, losing to a bigge...

Mentally fragile? LOL, the things you read on message boards. Meldrick let his balls get in the way of his brains against Chavez. But there wasn't a damn thing fragile about him. He bottled the biggest fight of his career! Yes he was badly hurt, and he was fighting a great, but when it came down to...

I see Pryor coming from behind, to get to the mentally fragile Taylor late.

Pryor TKO14

But he was, I think, physically stronger than Tyson. If he tried to hold on more and push Tyson around a little he could have lasted the distance. Who knew, at this point, how good Tyson really was? The only certainty was that he could knock you out with with one punch. Tat's a good point. Maybe Be...