Given Terence Crawford’s masterclass win to unify the world welterweight title against Errol Spence and coming only days after Naoya Inoue’s...
Benn has 'concerns' about drug testing in boxing The BBC is doing a great job of acting as a mouthpiece for Connor Benn.
I believe Henry Armstrong was part Native American. Based on that, it goes: 1. Henry Armstrong (ginormous fucking gap) 2....
Interesting debate that Dubblechin over at ESB started about the relative value of a newspaper decision during the No Decision era of the 1910s...
Just posted this on ESB but would be interested to get people’s views here on this era of 135 pounders. It is an easy time period to overlook as...
Battle of the Jose Luises - who ya got?
Where do you rank him as his record is now and where would you rank him if he beat Estrada in a rubber match?
Started this thread over on ESB but wanted to get your views on this as well. Was thinking about the frustrating era we’re currently in where the...
A guy who looked like he could reign for a long time before getting beaten in a big upset against… a guy who looked like he could reign for a long...
No question who the greater fighter is but what about at this weight - who do you think would take it?
This popped into my YouTube feed this morning: [MEDIA] It's hard to imagine a worse attempt at a top 10 welterweight KOs list. So, let's create...
Choose one per decade. And it has to be on film (at least partially, if not fully).
Decided to do a little series of threads over at ESB to gauge opinion on either natural pairs of fights like good fights in a series or other...
Which fighters stand out in this regard?
The two modern founders of their respective weight classes. Both dominated for the better part of a decade and legitimized the junior weights with...
Not sure if this one has been done before. The best middleweight of the 80s against arguably the best middleweight of the following years....
Only just saw that he passed away a couple of dsys ago - he was 89. Involved in one of my top 10 favourite fights, his incredible battle with...
Floyd didn't fight there long but what do you make of his chances against Barney? I think he has a decent chance here.
September 25th - anyone else actually looking forward to this one and who have you got?
Sure, they both won straps at 175 but the better fight would be at 160. Johnson was slick and a good mover, the sort of style that could trouble...
What are your top 10 fights all time for this division?
Which are the best of the best? Put them in order.
It's been said that winning a world championship can take a fighter to a different level than they've been to before with the confidence that they...
Leaving aside the US's dominance of boxing up to the 1950s and 60s, it's hard to think of a country and a weight division more synonymous than...
I'm on a bit of a round fix at the moment - just enjoying some short bursts of high octane action. Inevitably most of the great rounds I think...
Thinking about the Gonzalez-Estrada match and the super flyweights, including SSR, all three are the wrong side of 30 and significantly so in...
Going to be making this era my focus over the next few weeks. I'm aware of some great fights from this era- some which are available on film...
Wilfredo Gomez v Lupe Pintor Round 12 @Jesus of montreal and @Ring Leader got me thinking about this after mentioning that Holmes-Norton round...
What are some of your favourites? I'll start it off: A Tribe Called Quest - Steve Biko Linden Boulevard reprezent reprezent-zent A Tribe Called...
I know there are a few heads on here so give us your personal top 10 hip hop albums. @Xplosive and @George Crowcroft?
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