What is an enormous difference is the power Marciano can generate next to anything Hopkins has ever been hit by. The gulf is phenomenal. Who...
An electric trilogy. Fight I: Pacquiao TKO6 Pryor Fight II: Pryor TKO11 Pacquiao Fight III: Pryor SD15 Pacquiao
By, "never looked impressive," I assume you mean for an entire fight. De La Hoya has had plenty of highlight moments against prime, great...
You haven't really seen me talk about him much. I think we have a core disagreeance on him, though, yes. He was really one of those fighters...
Competitive fight, but that De La Hoya is beyond Pacquiao until I see him beat Mayweather.
How much would you pay for a ticket to this one, Sly? You can bet it would be plenty, with Rickard involved in promotions.
Pacquiao. Roach's glasses would be fogged over at the sight of his boy completely out of it on the ringmat.
Quick, savage, & bloody. An old-school skirmish, if ever you did see one. My green is on Dempsey. Quicker hands, greater reach, more accurate...
A pasti-it Hopkins more elusive than a past-it Walcott (who did find some vintage form for that one night)? Hopkins is a smart, patient,...
I still remember that glorious quote. Left his company speechless --- I think it was Lampley on-screen at the time. He played it so straight, I...
Different gameplan (against a slightly lesser version of Louis than the very best incarnation) which could not be implemented successfully by...
Excellent reading! Even if I didn't agree --- & I do --- this is as well-presented as any post I've seen during my short time on this forum. Only...
I never saw Ricardo Lopez stopped. Doesn't mean he'd survive a fight with Rafael Marquez, though. While certain raw size differences between...
Yes, I would --- but on raw terms only. When each landed clean & hard, the least they could be counted on to do would be ring their targets' bell....
His chin is not likely a match for Marciano's punch. No matter how great a man's whiskers, a 160-175lber is not going to absorb the best an...
Marciano would have knocked Hopkins out at some point. I cannot stress enough the disparity in class between Hopkins & Charles...& I have a very...
People rarely mention how vicious Norton could be when he didn't fear his man's power. Holyfield would dig his heels in though, it'd be tight all...
He had a habit of taking rounds off, & that, over twelve, with less active opponents than Norton. It's gonna cost him the fight over fifteen, IMO....
I agree with Joe on Spinks. No way, no how is he one rung below Frazier as a Heavyweight fighter. No, Sir.
Well, I don't agree with Holyfield at Heavy. What happened with Qawi was below 200lbs, & I don't believe Holyfield was capable of repeating the...
Holyfield hasn't the motor (especially after enduring Norton's consistent, & quite vicious, body attack) to win a fifteen-rounder, but an early...
I'm saying I think Nunn contributes to the fight being closer as well, not just the judges doing their utmost to take it from him.
I also like Nunn, but I think the reverence aspect is in play here. He's needlessly cautious in the early going, gives away a round here or there,...
Whoever Tyson's best victim was, Frazier was definitely more than a level above. Easily.
Trinidad had obvious short-comings, but he was the type who maximised his somewhat limited gifts into something few can. He was a classic instance...
Have to say, I just watched Duran's fight with natural 147lber, Benitez. It was frankly embarrassing for the Panamaniac at times. This would be...
Indeed. You'd have great rallies from both men. Duran pushing, mauling, cutting Whitaker up & bullying him --- Whitaker coming right back with...
He certainly taught the likes of Davey Moore a bit on foul tactics, but Trinidad was filthy at times in his own right. I can never forget the...
Duran wasn't the take-you-to-school type, though, Hut-Hut. He's coming at you, hard & fast. That's the sort of thing which makes a guy like...
I always thought Hagler really dropped the ball against Duran, & that the fight had more to do with him than Duran, taking the course it did. I...
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