Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
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HomicideHenry
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Controversial
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Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
Funny after this article Davis lost almost every single fight he had afterwards
8) Perscell (Magic) Davis, 21, of Los Angeles. Weight: 220. Height: 6'3". Pro record: 10-0. Davis will be the first fighter to be managed by Ali; in fact, Ali gave Davis his nickname. Drew (Bundini) Brown, Ali's witch doctor of many years, is handling Davis. Magic still has a long way to go, but he's coming. "Another young fighter with a lot of confidence," says Ken Norton, Ali's old rival. "He has a lot of speed, a lot of agility, and he's a fairly good puncher. He's still maturing and very hungry."
Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
My oh my how times have changed. NOT....always on the search for the next great HW.
Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
And always disparaging of the current scene (in their analysis of Holmes-Shavers II).
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sweetviolenturge
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Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
Interesting that the majority of the author's choices never reached the heights expected of them. With the majority of them having reached their peak at the time of the article's publication & going downhill from there. Case in point the aforementioned Davis who fell from grace quickly & became nothing more than a journeyman opponent. But, such is the nature of such speculative pieces.
Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
It shows, like weathermen, they are no better than we are!!!!sweetviolenturge wrote: ↑14 Mar 2018, 12:48 Interesting that the majority of the author's choices never reached the heights expected of them. With the majority of them having reached their peak at the time of the article's publication & going downhill from there. Case in point the aforementioned Davis who fell from grace quickly & became nothing more than a journeyman opponent. But, such is the nature of such speculative pieces.
Re: Old Sports Illustrated article on the Heavyweights (1980)
This is very typical of articles I've read about Boxing---in particular the Heavyweight Division---for the last 60 years.
They always pick out a shitt fight where the Heavyweight Champion and Challenger look sloppy and tired.... It could be Marciano-Cockell..... Ali-Evangelista..... Holmes-Shavers.... Lewis-Mavrovic.... It doesn't matter... The bad fight always represents the state of Boxing in the USA and Worldwide -- and Boxing is always in the worst state it's EVER been in.
It may have been true in the case of Marciano-Cockell.... but even a busted clock is right on occasion.
Have you ever seen a really bad Football game??? Basketball game??? Or Baseball game??? They happen.... We're human beings aren't we??? .... We have our bad days at the office when we should have stood in bed.