Saw him get shafted more than once against sugar ray.
Haggler was a freaking wrecking ball!
I loved to watch Roy Jones Jr. fight.
Tyson in his prime. Bent at the waist, moving side to side, all the while moving forward and throwing those compact, devastating hooks and overhands...That was a sight to behold. That crazy fugger never heard of a jab. He'd get inside and destroy whoever was standing in front of him
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
tex cobb. he had a sledgehammer punch and could take a serious beating and have a sense of humor about it. he acted too and still has his senses and money. head like a cement block. reminds me of a big old farmboy i fought in my teens. i kept hitting him and all it did was sprain my wrist. i ended up running away and he couldn't catch me. we became good friends later. anywooo...
His fight against Meldrick Taylor was something to watch.
Taylor was extremely fast, hard hitting,k and Chavez lost the first 9, maybe 10 rounds of the fight, taking at least 2 shots for every one he delivered. But by round 11, Taylor's eyes were closing and he was exhausted.
The fight had reached the point that Chavez had been waiting for.
Chavez KO'ed Taylor in the 12th and final round.
It's worth watching if you've never seen it,...even if you have.
I watched a lot of boxing in the late 70s through the early 90s. All of those mentioned were great fighters. I haven't watched a boxing match in 20 years though. The only current fighter I could name is Mayweather, and I have never seen him fight, only see his name mentioned in headlines. The Hagler/Hearns/Leonard era was great as well as early-mid Tyson.
Willie Pep was another one my father would tell me stories about. I spent a bunch of time as a youth listening to various boxing stories and about fights from my father.
