oops - my bad - maguire not dwyer. sorry, still shocked from the news

oh, i'm so sad to hear this news. i really liked johnny clark. walworth's finest. the dust up with dwyer was amazing. johnny was a great boxer and laid it all on the line in there. top post bennie. thanks for that. and thanks to johnny for everything. bloody sad news - one of the great under valued ...

he used to get down to the open mic night at zenon in piccadilly in the late 90's - saw him many times. didnt know he was a pugilist

vernon was a brilliant prospect - sadly it didnt happen

all those losses? these came at the tail end of his career when he wanted as much cash as he could get. so he took lots of fights knowing that to be employed meant losing to up and coming guys. if he wins he doesnt get booked in for those matches so much. its simple - the losses came largely due to ...

dave mccauley - chef

[quote=Noxy post_id=5401129 time=1595777590 user_id=69804] Outrageously talented, made boxing look easy. When I look back at that time, I can’t help remembering his posse. The brat pack I think they called themselves. Always prancing around at shows, devoid of style or class. In fairness, though, th...

tuan jim's list is brilliant - I ordered many of them on the basis of it. real winners are TWO TON - one of the best books on our sport and turns galento into a really lovable guy - its that good! the corner men is also wonderful. these guys know boxing better than anyone. buy it. just to add - the ...

Roberto duran is a greater fighter than ray leonard. no doubt. I often hear ray being called the complete boxer. in my view Roberto is more, has more, of almost everything that ray had, except maybe flashiness and hand speed, but RD had enough speed in those stony fists to make them very tough to av...

been watching tons of duran lately. what an incredible fighter. but I think he must have been a bit crazy. he looked so bad against Kirkland laing. clearly hadn't trained. and then he fights brilliantly against moore and onwards towards the middleweight greats. barkley must be his greatest triumph. ...

for me no version of mike beats evander. holyfield is way too smart for Tyson and the intimidation factor is nullified

zivic was undoubtedly a true great. in his prime he was a handful for any fighter in his weight class. very very skilled and had ring smarts most fighters can only dream about. some of them were on the dark side but he was always thinking creatively and needs to be accepted as an all time great ligh...

Willard was correct - there certainly was something in Dempsey's glove. its called a fist

nnnnaaaaa, kenny norton was not a bum

i like it when a ref gets accidentally blitzed by a wayward roundhouse swing. theres a few occasions when that happens

classic

great riposte old fella

most people think ned was washed up in that last fight. he was an awesome puncher in his pomp even before the infamous "hands of stone" scandal. you may remember, buzz, neanderthal ned was caught holding a rock in each hand in the shortlived bout with maags "the missing link" Led...

thats right - his corner sang it to joe very loudly in his ear after the first round in jamaica but it did no good

who won that one?

thats how i like my fighters to be, bennie

i have a video of an even earlier bout; fred flintstone takes on rocky masherano. fred, seconded by barney rubble, is getting a pasting. betty tries to stop it and just as masherano shapes up to deliver the big KO, bam bam comes to fred's rescue with a massive swing to send rocky to sleep. apparantl...

i'd like to see that.

those were great years

the shine gone? not according to buzzy - he reckons on the next 5 years being the greatest of them all (sorry buzz couldnt resist it)

makes sense

thats right, ultimately john would have struggled at heavy, though. i reckon he would have given bugner problems in a bout and perhaps lost a close UD over 15 (might have nicked it over 12)