I placed these over twelve rounds, as I thought that'd be fairer, overall. I'm a proponent of fifteen, really, but with the 12-round distance, you...
Fancy a ticket to this shin-dig? Main Event: Wilfredo Gomez vs. Rafael Marquez. 12 rounds at 122lbs! Undercard: Danny Lopez vs. Erik...
Thought I'd follow-through on the contenders idea. Picked, IMO, the best champs from the two decades --- excluding the 90's Foreman from...
Jerry Quarry vs. Frank Bruno Oscar Bonavena vs. Ray Mercer Kenny Norton vs. Chris Byrd Jimmy Young vs. Andrew Golota Ron Lyle vs. Ike...
I would disasgree strongly those two aren't in Leonard's class. Tunney, especially, is one of the most under-rated legends in ring history. I...
In the 80's, maybe. I don't agree, but maybe. That doesn't tell the whole story, though. Participation continues to drop, levels, by & large,...
You know, all kidding aside, I've never really brought this point up, but, I have long-held a suspicion people subconsciously downgrade fighters...
I never said otherwise. I said Hut-Hut would get a chance to further analyse Marquez, the Lightweight, in his next fight --- it being at the weight.
Nevertheless, Marquez has more than conquered his share of adversity. & how. You would give Marquez effectively no chance here? I can't agree...
LOL. Still say that fight was a robbery! Marquez overcame his setbacks, though. Mancini never really did. Could've been an exciting fight, this...
One fight doesn't make a career, in fairness. Marquez has gone on to achieve more than Mancini ever did, for instance. Also, the battle isn't when...
Well, it's a real personal gripe of mine when people bring up Frazier's first fight with Bonavena. That fight is an absolute credit to Frazier....
Frazier (a bigger puncher than Holyfield, for mine) could not hurt Foreman. He landed. Then again, I tend to think less of Holyfield's punch than...
Bowe had precision & in-fighting over Foreman, but Foreman starts faster, finishes better, & hits a hell of a lot harder than even Bowe. It's...
Until fairly recently, I would've agreed with you Fortunato. Maybe I still do. I think I could say this much --- if ever Katsidis could climb into...
I agree with your assessment of Benn between the two divisions. Still can't see Wright getting him out of there, empty petrol tank or not, but I...
You'll get a chance for further analysis soon, with Katsidis shaping up to him at the weight in March.
Well, I didn't say he had either. Simply, Wright is so inoffensive in the ring, it's difficult for me to imagine him taking Benn out. The same...
Wright stops Benn? I can't see that happening, short of Wright carrying a shotgun into the ring...
In a trilogy, I think Marquez would take one fight on a close, somewhat scrappy, decision through twelve rounds, but lose two from three. Mancini...
...re-visit one another, but with Foreman at the peak of his powers, circa-1974, against the same Holyfield who decisioned him at the peak of the...
A fact lost, regrettably, on so many of the most prominent Heavyweights in the world today. They're not any great loss in the sense that they...
It is a compelling subject, in part, because there is no one answer. Well-put about MMA, & the multitude of overweight contenders amongst the 80's...
Very good handiwork! It was an interesting read :popcorn: I think the issue isn't predominantly genetic, or even nutritionally-based (although,...
Well, not to convey I meant he was an all-time great. He wasn't. I thought he was a great fighter, on his best night, in his own right, though.
With that in mind, how do, "Hawk" Pryor (1982) &, "Viper" Forrest (2002) fare against one another, in a 147lb. showdown over fifteen rounds?...
Wouldn't it just? An avalanche of punches thrown. I think Marquez's harder shots --- no less precise, either --- would be the difference in a...
I could not agree more, with each point.
...at 140lbs. I haven't seen this one before, I don't think --- on any boards. I imagine 147 would just be too far in Benitez's favour, but how do...
Maybe. Then again, maybe not. Nelson was so very good at everything he tried his hand at --- &, boy, what grit. He could dig down when he had to,...
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