I read an interview with Holmes years ago where he said he was actually out when the punch landed and the jolt of hitting the canvas woke him up...
It's a good fight for the first 6 rounds or so, but then Benn starts to gas and Hopkins takes over and gets a stoppage somewhere around the 10th...
Maybe...but you are looking at Bowe in his very short prime and Liston at a supposed 32 years old but may have been in his mid-to-late 30's.
Just to be fair...who did Tyson ever beat that was on that level?
Yep. Go to 2:20 of this clip and listen when he finally catches Holmes in their title fight. It SOUNDED like a KO punch. I watched this fight live...
Tex Cobb had a good Shavers quote: "Anybody can hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. The thing that makes Earnie Shavers so significant is that Earnie...
Yes and yes. Although Hagler was still an up and comer at that point taking on two more experienced contenders on the road. And he took care of...
Ummm...I know all this, thanks. I wasn't saying that I dock Hopkins a lot for this loss, but rather that he catches more shit about this loss than...
Yep. You know how Stafford is...the fighter he likes HAS to be the best.
I don't agree. I would take Hagler or Monzon to win clearly over Hopkins. To me, it would be a competitive fight, but one with a clear winner.
Based on what, exactly?? Your being a big fan of his?? Hagler was an excellent boxer, who could also slug with the best of them. He was as...
Robinson, maybe...
You keep saying this, but I don't remember this being some widespread thing. I remember a few folks bringing it endlessly (you, perhaps??), but I...
The Tony Sibson fight is a perfect example. Sibson was a good and tough fighter who was not expected to beat Hagler, but was expected to test and...
If some writer for The RING said it, it must be true. :doh: I watched all of Hagler's title fights and plenty of his previous fights and I've...
Well...that was the excuse he gave....
I remember then and I don't recall this. I remember a FEW folks squawking about it, but most didn't give a shit. It wasn't like it was a fight in...
I know. As if fighting Rahman at that time would have dramatically improved his resume.
Somehow Hagler has developed, in the eyes of some, this reputation as being a safety first, average punching boxer who wasn't fun to watch when he...
Not really. You said you didn't buy that Duran wasn't in his prime at the time of the Laing fight. Which sounds to me like you think Duran was...
You REALLY need to stop saying this...
Yes...Duran was very consistent up and until the 1st Leonard fight, but much less so afterward. Up and down performances by a fighter in the 14th...
So you think putting too much emphasis on the Espada fight is an exaggeration when assessing his career, so you come back with an even worse...
So a 31 year old former Lightweight who was fighting 19 lbs above his long-time championship weight in his 78th fight and the 14h year of his...
No argument from me in that. Just thought hut was going a bit too far with Duran's decline at that time.
I don't know that I would put Laing-Duran in the same category as those fights. Ali and Jones had almost nothing left at that point...Duran had...
why??
It really does...:l2:
R.I.P.
Maybe, but it would be after a bunch of rounds where Wlad (facing a light-heavy) pecks, clinches and leans on until he is finally sure his...
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