Sports Journalist · 33 articles
10. CAVEMAN LEE vs JOHN LOCICERO, (Round 5) TWENTY GRAND BALLROOM, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 6, 1981 The most relatively obscure fight listed here but a bona fide American club classic in an era when title shots weren’t awarded in raffles. Lee had taken a sustained beating in the previous round but came out revitalised in […]
10. DEREK JEFFERSON KO 6 MAURICE HARRIS, CONVENTION HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 6, 1999 Harris was floored heavily twice in round 2 by a pair of left hooks that might plausibly have curtailed a wild heavyweight slugfest there and then. Clearly made of sterner stuff, Maurice rallied to put Jefferson down with a […]
It’s not true that Jake LaMotta was never knocked down in 106 professional fights. Jake did hit the mat once during an abortive 10 rounder vs up and coming light heavyweight, Danny Nardico in December 1952. Far from diminishing his reputation as one of the toughest men in boxing history, the aberration from a largely […]
10. Marvin Hart W20 Jack Johnson Woodward’s Pavilion, San Francisco. California, March 28, 1905. Johnson, with a burgeoning status as the ‘uncrowned’ champion, fighting out of the shackles of Jim Crow racism may or may not have carried Hart over the 20 round distance in an effort to seem a plausibly less threatening challenger to whomever […]
At yesterday’s East London press conference, Billy Joe Saunders made much of Willie Monroe Jr’s 6 round capitulation vs Gennady Golovkin in a previous world title bid 2 years ago. “As soon as you fought someone with a real pulse, you QUIT,” taunted the defending WBO World middleweight champion from across the dais in the […]
One of the biggest fights of the year is nearly here. With a little over a week to go, Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez will settle the score on September 16th in a middleweight bout that could be an all time classic. Golovkin will be defending his middleweight crown against a young and skilled challenger […]
10. GARY STRETCH KO 1 GEORGE COLLINS, GROSVENOR HOUSE HOTEL, LONDON, JANUARY, 1985. A cause celebre amongst hardcore British boxing fans of the 1980s, Collins was the sensational prodigy from travelling stock, undefeated in 73 amateur bouts when future media darling, Gary Stretch, upset the apple cart in around 70 seconds of the opening round […]
10. EVANDER HOLYFIELD KO 10 MIKE TYSON, MGM GRAND GARDEN, LAS VEGAS, SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 If James ‘Buster’ Douglas burst the bubble then it was Holyfield who hammered the final nail in the coffin of an aura that had struck fear into the collective heart of a generation of heavyweights. Dismissed as a washed up […]
10. Keith Thurman The undefeated Floridian banger who admits that he hates going the distance may have been extended in recent outings vs top tier opposition but ‘One Time’ still makes this cut. Keith’s reputation and cherished identity as a puncher somewhat detracts from his considerable boxing ability and flair but there is no denying […]
Mark Tibbs might be in Chicago as he and Dillian Whyte put the seal on their preparations ahead of the Brixton heavyweight’s American debut this weekend but he wasn’t too preoccupied to give me a quick call and an update yesterday. Dilliam takes on Arizona based trail horse, Malcolm Tann, in an 8 rounder the […]
It’s time to find out what some of most notable professional boxing names think of the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Here are ten predictions from current and former fighters, trainers and boxing pundits. Joe Calzaghe Former World Super Middle and World Light Heavyweight Champion I can only see one result. Obviously, Mcgregor […]
It’s time to find out what some of most notable professional boxing names think of the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Here are ten predictions from current and former fighters, trainers and boxing pundits. Joe Calzaghe Former World Super Middle and World Light Heavyweight Champion I can only see one result. Obviously, Mcgregor […]