trinidad vs jones

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Sir..have you poured through books about boxing history?


Have you observed film of everyone from Jack Johnson through present day?Have you read/heard what keen observers have said ...those who saw fighters from the 40's through the 70's...live? Those who cover it for a living and have done the same fine work I have?



The name Ray Robinson keeps coming up from all of them.

He was the very best out of an era in which the demands of can't be even closely matched by more modern day boxing since the 60's.

Ali.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Ali.

Pat...did you go to the Whitaker/Chavez fight back in the early 90's? Wasn't it in San Antonio?

Originally Posted by GPK

Pat...did you go to the Whitaker/Chavez fight back in the early 90's? Wasn't it in San Antonio?

No.
And it was.

Whitaker got ripped off.
He won the fight.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pgardn

No.
And it was.

Whitaker got ripped off.
He won the fight.

ripped off doesnt begin to describe it. He outboxed Julio that entire fight. One of the bigger disgraces in boxing history was calling that bout a draw.

Originally Posted by GPK

ripped off doesnt begin to describe it. He outboxed Julio that entire fight. One of the bigger disgraces in boxing history was calling that bout a draw.

Totally won the fight.

One of the reasons
boxing can be absolutely
disgusting.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Ali.

No...not even close.