The fickle nature of '80's boxing magazine articles.

[Anomalocaris]

Writers changed their opinions quicker than a Mako shark can swim.

I remember an article by Jeff Ryan after Barkley scored that monumental upset.

'Thomas Hearns - the
unfulfilled promise of greatness'.

Then suddenly after the second Leonard fight he was an all time great again.

As if that was ever in doubt.

He had already iced Cuevas and Duran and outboxed Benitez.

Plus being involved in two of the most celebrated super-fights of all time that the entire world talked about for years.

What cobblers.

[Willow The Wisp]

Its true.
Magazine writers would try to capture the buzz of the moment.

[Willie Pep 229]

I remember KO Magazine discussing how long Michael Moorer would be champion. No one could see him lasting less than five years. There seemed no one on the horizon could beat him.

[Anomalocaris]

I remember KO Magazine discussing how long Michael Moorer would be champion. No one could see him lasting less that five years. There seemed no one on the horizon could beat him.

But a certain someone dreamed the impossible dream!

[Marchegiano]

Love you dude! Hell yes this is an important and under discussed topic.


Once upon a time a younger me took it upon himself to take down 80s mag myths. I was met with such refusal to accept what is plainly evident it's still flabbergasting.



You probably would like this thread. Read it in full or abouts, by the end it is not my opinion it is a myth. I show the entire route the myth took:

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/b...-fight-in-1921



Cheers, and yes, strong agree, flippant, full of ****, bastards out for coin and little else. You know, similar to Ring.

[QueensburyRules]

Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post

- -Quote function MIA, but March quoting the title of some grade school video ain't even grade school proof. The only proof we have is an interview by a credible boxing scribe with the elderly Dempsey a few years before his passing and a scrapbook with the clippings of the fight that generated Lew' research. We know Ray Pearson wrote the article as another credible scribe who also dabbled in fantasy articles, sorta like a credible biographer dabbling in detective and romance novels using historical characters. I've seen no proof that any of this stuff did or did not occur and March changing the nature of his disclaimer = Dubious Logic. No matter truth or fiction, the fight and circumstances are sheer brilliance seldom found in any publication in tapping into the fighters known fight history and characters with The devilish Doc Kearns thrown in the witches brew.