-Prince vs. Pacman in a Featherweight Fantasy Fight-
From the day he captured the WBO Featherweight Crown in 1996 until his early 2002 retirement, Naseem Hamed effectively was the featherweight division. His brash style and bone-crunching power made him the division’s star, and when Hamed crossed over the Atlantic from his British base to begin fighting on HBO, he became the big money fight for anyone toiling away at 122 or 126 lbs. In the era when the Morales vs. Barrera rivalry was just developing and Manny …

Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) are three fighters who define their own little era, for it is difficult to speak of Patterson without mentioning Liston, or of Liston without mentioning Clay. Many associate Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali with the time of Frazier, Foreman and Norton, but like Mike Tyson, Clay arrived on the scene early and before the rest of his own “generation,” starting his career by cleaning out the older fighters of Patterson’s and Liston’s time.

Sweet Pea vs. The Kid in a Match of ’84 Olympic Gold Medal Winners
In a match offering arguably the fastest set of combined hand speed the sport has ever seen, Meldrick Taylor and Pernell Whitaker hook up in a classic, purist’s delight. While Whitaker and Taylor offered completely different styles of fighting, they also shared many intriguing similarities.

An All Time Great Boxing Match That Never Happened Between Two Hard Punching Warriors
Comparing two fighters that fought at the same time and in the same division, but never faced one another, is always an intriguing way to look back into the history of the sport. While it’s always fun to compare a Sonny Liston against a Lennox Lewis type dream matchup, realistically the match of course never would have been able to happen. Therefore, I like to pit two fighters against one another who fought at the same time and …

Taking a look at the best heavyweight boxers from a different era, the one ruled by fighters and duels between greats like Ezzard Charles, Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott. Here are the top 5 heavyweight fighters from this time period.

A Look at the Best Boxing Heavyweights from One of its Early Exciting Periods
In many ways, the 1930s were the first truly entertaining years in heavyweight boxing. The early decades of heavyweight boxing were characterized by champions who did most of their fighting earning the title shot, only to defend the title infrequently and focus on what would be called promotional deals today to make money. Gene Tunney wasn’t like that, but it wasn’t until he left the scene that a picture of a …

It takes a pretty impressive being in order to justify changing a name legally to “marvelous”. That being was Marvin Hagler. Impressive he was. Hagler is seen by many fans and boxing historians alike to be among the best, if not THE best middleweight that has ever graced the ring. His moody demeanor and no nonsense attitude endeared him to America’s working class, fight loving demographic.

After his thrilling rematch with Pernell Whitaker in November 1990, Salvador Sanchez was in something of at a loss for what to do next. With a record of 0-1-1 at lightweight against Whitaker, he could not claim to be top dog in that division. His speed and stamina had not yet started to desert him, but he was 32 years old and convinced he would carry little real punching power up to 140 lbs., and so had little interest in moving up to that …

Looking Back at One of Boxing’s Glory Times: The 1980s with Hearns, Hagler, Leonard and Duran
Which of the great fighters from the 1980s was the best of them all? A logical slant on this topic would surely produce one result, that being Sugar Ray Leonard, he beat them all and he embarrassed the best. However, boxing rarely allows such ease within its’ great debate. What follows is an analysis of four of the most formidable fighting machines that ever graced the ring. So different in their styles but so alike …

Looking Back at the Career Of Under Appreciated Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes, the Easton Assassin, should arguably feature in any hardcore boxing aficionado’s top 5 greatest heavyweights of all time. There can even be a valid case made for an inclusion in the top 3. Instead of this, Holmes’ reign as the world heavyweight boxing champion, an honor historically associated with respect for a man seen to be the best of the best, the prime gladiator of the sport’s flagship division, was somewhat charred with a sense of contempt …