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I won't get into the typical "boxing myths" thread where it gets all based on opinion such as "Leonard deserved the win over Hagler" or some stuff like that.
Here are some boxing myths:
The term "pound-for-pound" was invented for Sugar Ray Robinson: It may have gotten popularized more when Robinson was called the pound-for-pound, but other fighters such as Bob Fitzsimmons and Tony Canzoneri were called pound-for-pound the best by writers as well. Hell, the IBHOF profile on Canzoneri even says he was considered the best p4p at age 23, years before Walker Smith became a pro fighter.
This picture is the knockout blow that won Rocky Marciano the title
All you have to do is look at the angle of the ropes to see that this is not the case.
Willie Pep won a round against Jackie Graves without throwing a punch: I suppose this can never be proven or disproven 100% without film, but it appears from the research done by a member of the IBRO. Newspaper accounts found say that both fighters actually threw a lot of punches in that round.
Here are some boxing myths:
The term "pound-for-pound" was invented for Sugar Ray Robinson: It may have gotten popularized more when Robinson was called the pound-for-pound, but other fighters such as Bob Fitzsimmons and Tony Canzoneri were called pound-for-pound the best by writers as well. Hell, the IBHOF profile on Canzoneri even says he was considered the best p4p at age 23, years before Walker Smith became a pro fighter.
This picture is the knockout blow that won Rocky Marciano the title
All you have to do is look at the angle of the ropes to see that this is not the case.
Willie Pep won a round against Jackie Graves without throwing a punch: I suppose this can never be proven or disproven 100% without film, but it appears from the research done by a member of the IBRO. Newspaper accounts found say that both fighters actually threw a lot of punches in that round.
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