I think that Leonard and Hearns are always rated much too highly in all-time polls. Tommy didn't have the ability to fight in close and he wasn't durable enough and against fighters like Basilio McClarnin etc that know how to slip jabs and avoid right hands Tommy would get beaten up. If I sat and co...

I, too, have a copy of Ramirez/Arguello. For years I had thought Alexis was down twice in the fight; seeing it again refreshed my memory but after watching it a time or two I thought Rmirez had beemn robbed. Recently I watched it for the first time in a year and it seemed a very close fight, though ...

I think another reason that Rooney doesn't work much any mor is that, other than Tyson, the "Cus Method" doesn't work all that well. Ask Ricky Meyers, Jason Williams, Paz (who apparently ignored Rooney as he fights like he always has). You can also use the name Teddy Atlas in the above; sa...

He would ko Hearns, outpoint or tko Leonard, decision Monzon. He and Conn woud fight more than once as all would be close fast paced fights, with Burley stalking, Conn moving but picking his spots to stop and move inside with combinations. The fight would all be close and they'd probably split like ...

Pre-Hagler, and especially the Mugabi that fought Haglr, tops Barkley. After the Hagler fight Iran walks all over him.

I would hav to go with the Mugabi uppercut vs Hagler, after which Marvin can clearly be seen saying "motherf...." and the right hand Shavers hit Holmes with. Also, the left hook Manfredy dropped Gatti with.

Chuvalo would give any one problems for one simple reason; land your best shot and he's right there punching back. And if Cockell proved troublesome...

I'm in agreement with all of the forecasts of dr devious, but I believe that Spinks would ko V.K. in 5-6 much like he did Cooney.

In Zivic you are talking about a guy that beat Armtrong 2 of 3, fought two very close and competitive fights with Ray Robinson, and, outweighed by 15 or more pounds, fought LaMotta to 5 very close decision, winning one, a couple of the others splitting. He fought Beau Jack twice and I've read accoun...

At what weight? Charles was 33-20 as a hw and Tunney had only a few fights at that weight. Both were very sharp punchers who scored many kos; neither was a power hitter. Both were more than solid in every aspect of the game; they certainly had mastered theri "ABCs" I think tunney's movemen...

My question would be whether the crouch of Jeffries offset the peed and bobbing and weaving attack of Dempsey.

I asn't tring to imply anything by that, other than that, for one reason or the next, certain fighters of the same er, even those that fought everbody twice seem to miss one another.

Several years ago I saw fight in Temecula Cali; 12 rounds for the Mexican lightweight title or something. One guy was 19-0 with 15kos and the other guy was 26-0 or something. I have never seen such a beating; the 19-0 guy seemed like he'd never had gloves on before in his life. He got pounded- if th...

I am a huge Zivic fan; my father sparred with him and I have an autograph he signed in 1940. I have a few minutes of one of his fights with Young Kid McCoy. From what I have read I know of no other tape of him. I do know that you can get cds of the radio calls of his fights- two of them- with Armstr...

I love boers like Ricardo Lopez, and boxers like Gene Tunney and boxers like Marciano, and Billy Graham...I love watching fighters that are smart and ood t hat they do. hatever the style. I am so sick of modern "boer-punchers" that I'd sell my soul to see a grab and jab southpaw or somethi...

What about guys like Ken Overlin? Or Fred Apostoli? Maxie Rosenbloom? Joey Maxim? Boxing is/was such an amazing activity because there were so manyood fighters that never met, or met at inopportune times...Guys that could box or punch...or do nothing well (like Rosenbloom) and still win 240 fights a...

People forget that Hearns kod Duran at 154 in quite a show, but otherwise idn't set the wor on fire. The Hearns that fought Mark Medal ain't beating Trinidad. At 147...Hearns would nail Trinidad early. If Felix got up and recovered like he tended to do he'd get Tommy late; I always felt Hearns was v...

Not to change the subject but I don't know if Hagler could've handled Walker's pressure. I like walker by a thin UD over 15

I think, and this is a fairly recent change of heart for me, that the early gloved/late bare knuckle fighters are horribly underestimated as to their speed, defensive ability and combination punching, and someday I'll post something along those lines... That said, Corbetmust be respected because he ...

There were so many great fighters that never won titls, but back in the day a title didn't matter as much as how good you were. You could make a good living and be highly respected and never get a title shot because there were 8 titles and seveal thousand boxers; now there are several thousand title...

He never fought Tony zale either... Robinson seemed, to me, to be on courseto be a champion. Sometimes it seems to me as if fighters like Holman Williams and Cocoa Kid and so many others knew they would never get a title shot so they fought for a living, if that makes sense. Maybe it was a differenc...

I don't call them prime years: rather, I try and see why a guy is in the Hof, for example, in which years did he prove himself. Tony Zale, for example, has a rather spotty record and there are dozens of MWs with records much better. But he had one stretch where every fight was with top ten opponents...

Camacho Sr needs to here someplac; I recently had a nightmare of he and Whitaker fightig for 15 rounds.

Charles went the distance fightin on the inside with Marciano, in the first ight. So he could win by feeding Evander jabs from afar or uppcuts from..uh..anear Just a superior boxer

For the life of me I cannot follow how it is that Chvez "quit" in the second Randall fight. My understanding of how such things play out is this: there is the accidental butt and the non cut fighter loses a pont. The doctor examines the cut and informs the referee as the the severity if th...