Benn looked ready to go. Had Toney been in the studio with them, I think Benn would have charged him!
Duran at 135 and Napoles at 140 are the two I think of immediately. At least, the ones I’d be confident would beat him. I’d love to see Benny...
Almost certainly another close distance fight. Maybe a bit of ring rust in his fight last night, I don’t know. I had Chocolatito winning their...
He was also one of the greatest shit-talkers and interviewees in recent boxing history. [MEDIA]
I think Michael Spinks is an excellent shout. The Lopez fight was probably the most entertaining of his I’ve seen but I probably wouldn’t call it...
That was a FOTY for 1972, although there were probably better deserving winners that year. As George says, it actually was a decent rather than an...
That’s pretty much a metaphor for his career.
Joshua doesn’t have the ring IQ to make adjustments mid-fight so he needs a perfectly drawn game plan that he can follow like an etch-a-sketch and...
The crazy thing about the Ramos-Moore fight is that Davey gives a post-fight interview in the ring and he sounds fine. You would have no inkling...
I was really excited in the 90s by the prospect of a Jones-McClellan match up. Once McClrllan took the match with Nigel Benn, most people figured...
Ortiz was definitely a greater lightweight than he was a junior welter but that’s largely because he became a better fighter after holding the...
A worthy mention from more recent times is Tyson Fury.
Ali Holmes Robinson Marquez Jofre Trinidad These are the standout mentions so far. I’ll add Carlos Monzon as well, although it didn’t happen often.
Did anyone? That should have been career ending.
I think the thing that was surprising about Pac is not just that he became that great a fighter, which is one way he kept exceeding expectations,...
The main changes in boxing over the last 40 years that are specific to the sport are the reduction of world title fights from 15 to 12 rounds and...
For those who haven’t seen it (and for those who have): [MEDIA]
Johnny Bratton was a poor man’s SRR.
I had it to Herrera by 1 point. It was a very close fight between two very well matched fighters.
All-time? Robinson 60s onwards? Jones
Israel Vasquez was down on 2 out of 3 cards in his third fight with Rafael Marquez going into the final round. He went all out and scored a final...
I like Ortiz in this one.
To be fair to Adrien Broner, his nickname ‘The Problem’ was appropriate, just probably not in the way he meant it.
Bazooka? ‘Yes’ for Wilfredo Gomez ‘Not really’ for Rafael Limon
That made me laugh.
Calvin Grove’s Silky Smooth moniker matched his style. Michael Second to Nunn was proven wrong.
Meldrick Taylor was a little too feather-fisted for his TNT nickname. Still a cool nickname, though. Likewise, Ricky Hatton’s Hitman nickname...
Lived up to his nickname: Jose Napoles (Mantequilla = Butter) Didn’t live up to his nickname: Simon Brown (Mantequilla)
Alexis Arguello’s was appropriate. Maurice Blocker’s was accurate too but somewhat more prosaic. Arguello: El Flaco Explosivo (Explosive Thin...
Duran v Chavez at lightweight is a great matchup and while I’d favour Duran, I think Chavez would have been the best lightweight he’d have fought...
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