by Fox Doucette One of the most-wanted fights by fans in the late Seventies was Carlos Palomino vs. Pipino Cuevas; one held the WBC belt, the other the WBA, but there was never a unification fight to bring the two titles together. The Temporal Commission, with a time machine and the ability to threaten to send a guy back to the Roman Empire with a cross around his neck if he … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Thomas Hearns vs. Terry Norris
by Fox Doucette It's Fan Week here at Historical Fight Night, and thanks to the good folks at the Mythical Boxing Facebook group, we've got a tripleheader---that's right, when one fight ain't enough, and two is too low, you need THREE fights for your reading pleasure. The main event pits two guys who were great junior middleweights but a little too vulnerable to the big shot … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Marvin Hagler vs. Bernard Hopkins, Thomas Hearns vs. Emile Griffith
by Fox Doucette Ask most folks who the greatest middleweights of all time were, and their top four, in some order, will include Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Sure, some folks might throw Dick Tiger in there, and the true old-timers might give the nod to Mickey Walker, but Hagler is undoubtedly one of the greatest middleweights of … [Read more...]
My Next Five Favorite Rounds: 6-10
My first five were as follows: 1. Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo I (2005): Round 10. 2. Jake LaMotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille (1950): The 15th round 3. “Yaqui” Lopez vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad II (1980): Round 8. 4. Lee Roy Murphy vs. Chisanda Mutti (1985): Round 12: 5. Roy “Tiger” Williams vs. Earnie Shavers (1976): Round 10 Here are my next five: 6. Micky … [Read more...]
For Mayweather, A Victory Over Cotto Would Be Remembered Well
In the short term, a victory over Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) Saturday night in Las Vegas will probably do very little to affect Floyd Mayweather's standing in the boxing world. Partially, Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) is a victim of his own success. He's beaten so many very good to great fighters on Cotto's level that most boxing fans and media members won't be all that shocked … [Read more...]