Biggest Myths in Boxing

[Thread Stealer]

Hell yes, I'm so sick of this myth. Nobody can seem to name the fight or the round this allegedly happened. This has always sounded like one of those sappy Bert Sugar tales to me.

it was supposed to be against graves, but one writer said that the alleged round when pep didn't throw a punch was actually a good action-packed round with lots of punches thrown by both guys.

[CardioMonster]

That is a fact, not a myth.

how can something hypothetical be a fact? That doesn`t make sense.

[P4PKING_2008]

how can something hypothetical be a fact? That doesn`t make sense.

I believe he would have then.

[Dynamite Kid]

it is a Myth that Just because Barrera beat Hamed that every other top Featherweight would have beaten him just because Barrera had his number

they would have had to get past the 3/4 round for a start which was hard for any Featherweight when Hamed hit as hard as he did in his prime

[Dynamite Kid]

For all the Hagler fans who think he beat Leonard

move on Hagler is a bigger baby than Margarito J C Chavez

[TheGreatA]

Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali.

The Willie Pep thing was proven to be false.

Hagler vs Leonard is all about how you score fights. Hagler was the champion, brought the fight to Leonard and fought for 3 minutes every round. There should've been a rematch.

Two myths = Mike Tyson was unbeatable and Mike Tyson only beat nobodies in the 80's.

Tyson did beat solid opposition:
Trevor Berbick (WBC champion),
Bonecrusher Smith (coming off a big win over Tim Witherspoon, WBA champion),
Pinklon Thomas (avoided contender in the early 80's),
Tony Tucker (35-0, IBF champion),
Larry Holmes (old but still a legend),
Tony Tubbs (fat but very fast, former champion),
Michael Spinks (beat Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney as a HW, linear champion),
Frank Bruno (32 wins, 31 KO's) and
Carl Williams (top contender).

[Dynamite Kid]

Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali.

The Willie Pep thing was proven to be false.

Hagler vs Leonard is all about how you score fights. Hagler was the champion, brought the fight to Leonard and fought for 3 minutes every round. There should've been a rematch.

Two myths = Mike Tyson was unbeatable and Mike Tyson only beat nobodies in the 80's.

Tyson did beat solid opposition:
Trevor Berbick (WBC champion),
Bonecrusher Smith (coming off a big win over Tim Witherspoon, WBA champion),
Pinklon Thomas (avoided contender in the early 80's),
Tony Tucker (35-0, IBF champion),
Larry Holmes (old but still a legend),
Tony Tubbs (fat but very fast, former champion),
Michael Spinks (beat Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney as a HW, linear champion),
Frank Bruno (32 wins, 31 KO's) and
Carl Williams (top contender).

if their was ever a case of a fightr getting ring generaled it was Hagler ,Leonard made him look slow ,Methodical ,one dimmensional completely messed him about the whole fight Hagler got onwned metally in that fight

[TheGreatA]

if their was ever a case of a fightr getting ring generaled it was Hagler ,Leonard made him look slow ,Methodical ,one dimmensional completely messed him about the whole fight Hagler got onwned metally in that fight

Well Hagler was pretty much all of that at that point of his career.


HBO document about the fight.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xI7JZqSrAxU part 5
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bE5bnXCE1To part 6

[-Hyperion-]

Hagler vs Leonard is all about how you score fights. Hagler was the champion, brought the fight to Leonard and fought for 3 minutes every round. There should've been a rematch.

yeah champions cant lose close rounds it says so in the rules right????

[TheGreatA]

It doesn't say so anywhere but many think the champion should be given the benefit of the doubt and the challenger should take away his belt.

Like I said, it's all about how you score fights. It's a fact that people score fights differently.

Some people also think ring generalship is total bulls*** and ring generalship was one of the major reasons Leonard won that fight. He made Hagler fight his fight and messed with Hagler mentally.