He seems to be struggling post-retirement: Brook admits to struggling with retirement
If anyone defends the state of boxing’s health in terms of mainstream popularity, this should set them right.
Chavez would take the 130 version of Gomez apart. Gomez was shot by the time he moved up to that weight.
Wow. Chavez was brilliant in his brief spell at 135 but he’s going up against a top 5 (imo) all-time lightweight. I’m leaning towards Ortiz but it...
Dream matchup. Holyfield would do well to survive, but if he did, he’d lose on points. I think Louis probably stops him late. It would be great...
DLH wins. He was much better.
No, he means 1950s movie star Jeff Chandler.
Hearns wins. I think points because of Eubank’s resilience.
I feel very confident that Mancini lasts the distance. But that’s probably his only success.
Arguably the greatest ever at 118 and inarguably the greatest ever at 122. I’d probably give Gomez the slight edge in greatness at their best...
Still watch plenty of other sports, roughly in this order of popularity: Track and Field Cricket Football Tennis Golf Snooker Those are my main...
It’s a very good point. Napoles didn’t have any technical weakness as such, though, just that bloody layer of tissue cover.
Re who was better and greater, Spinks or Napoles, I’d have to say greater is Spinks but better is Napoles. It’s tight, though.
Here’s a question, X: was Mike Tyson that much better the night he beat Michael Spinks than the night he beat Larry Holmes? Both prime Mike, two...
When I saw the thread title, I thought ‘Oscar is definitely better and greater than Mickey Ward!’
It was the first fight. That was all part of the spectacle - unification, million dollars. the two best in their division. It was the most...
Early in the 4th, as Lederman is discussing his tally after three rounds, Trinidad gets dropped by Vargas and I remember Larry Merchant saying...
He was murdered by his wife and now you want him to be murdered by Arguello too?
I was watching some prime Frazier fights this morning. He is sooo much better than AJ, the size and weight difference would be utterly irrelevant....
The best one I’ve seen and certainly top 3 all time for my money, along with Chacon-Limon 4 and Saad-Lopez 2. Unbelievable fight.
How modern? I mean, Escalera-Everett was definitely fixed in that one of the judges was paid off but that was 1976.
Boxing Monthly was superb. I loved that and Boxing News because it gave a more British perspective which worked well as a companion to the more...
I dunno. Crawford-Spence just about, although that’s going off the boil massively. Is Fury-Usyk even that much of an exciting matchup?...
Benn expects 'apology' after failed drugs test As one of his current ‘critics’, I’d like to apologise using the following statement: Fuck you,...
Usually, when a fight gets pulled at the last minute we’re all pissing and moaning about what a joke the sport is but it’s revealing that no-one...
'Conor is clean, we'll get to bottom of this' :Jest: I suspect ‘the bottom of this’ is pretty shallow.
Very well said, Irish.
There was a thread on ESB and it was about where Crawford-Spence placed in the annuls of highly anticipated welterweight unification matchups in...
We need more of that delusion in boxing.
I like Oscar here, regardless of which version of Norris he faces. Yea, definitely DLH over 95/96 Norris but also over early 90s Norris too.
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