Boxing

Since Floyd Mayweather has not yet officially retired, his 50-0 record can not be put into the books yet as a retired champion who never lost. For now, that belongs to Rocky Marciano who retired at 49-0.

Mentioned in the Thomas Hearns conversation was his KO of Roberto Duran. That loss came much later in the career of “manos de piedra” (“hands of stone”) Duran.

Marvin Nathaniel Hagler happened to be my favorite boxer when I was growing up following boxing closely. I think I liked Hagler because of his mean mug, and a bald head that made him look menacing.

We’ve reached the top five scariest boxers of all time and this calls for traveling back in time to the early 1900s and visiting “The Manassa Mauler.”

Known as “The Big Bear,” Sonny Liston was an early version of George Foreman. Big, nasty, mean, and complete with power.

When it comes to talking about the greatest boxer ever in the heavyweight division, it almost always boils down to Muhammad Ali or Joe Louis.