My pleasure, Mindy.

What was it about Frazier that was so intimidating? As I've heard a few people say this. I wish I could have met him.

Animal Fletcher, James hard Rock green,another great war,on NBC, CBS, ABC, every Saturday a great fight,then ESPN, USA, Tuesday night fights were great,every wk,somebody got I ro a war Matthew Franklin, Yoqi Lopez,Bobby Chacon, bazooka Limon,on and on and on,tremendous era,the beast Mugabi destroyed Fletcher, I didn't here that cow bell ringing too much that Saturday, remember marvin Johnson, my favorite fighter of all time Salvador sanchez, all his fights were free tv,destroyed little red Lopez twice,he fought everybody Juan Laporte from ny,fought bazooka gomez, 32 and o,32 knockouts,the great Sanchez had him down in first round,brutal beat down, bad blood involved, but Gomez always goes to pay his respects on the day Sanchez was killed, very tragic, I couldn't believe it,a month after he had a war with the unknown Izumi Nelson,who went on to have a tremendous run,I can give on for hrs about 70,80s.the great Marvin Hagler, had about 40 fights before they gave him a title shot,pound for pound,might of been the best in the world, was still working construction job full time,crazy,guys were getting 4,5,hundred a fight,times have changed, besides Crawford, the monster,I wouldn't pay to see anybody. Lol

@gilly-5687 Joe would look right through you,for a while he was bitter,and I don't blame him,Ali treated him terrible, always called him evey derogatory name you can think of,basically calling him the N word,nobody ever came to his defense, when he retired, he drank too much,I think they patched it up,when they got older

​@@stephengeorge35074 to 500 for a boxer ain't no money, not even in the 70s and 80s, you have to pay your corner and taxes on top of that

I feel his corner lost that fight.

How in the hell can that be possible? If anyone is worthy of the Hall Of Fame it's Iran Barkley. No question!

Truly amazing Roberto Duran the hands of Stone has to be one of the greatest fighters to ever live. 5 foot seven and took on monsters, and once they were in the ring, the size difference did not matter. He even gave marvelous Marvin Hagler, a tough fight, although, marvelous Marvin Hagler‘s respect for Roberto, Duran, and appreciation for fighting him more than likely affected the marvelous one taking it a little easier on Roberto Duran nevertheless, I think that’s one of Roberto Duran‘s most amazing fights. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, especially at that time was beyond a middleweight monster one of the greatest middleweight of all time.

Duran siempre!

yet Duran lost to hearns but Barkley beat hearns.

@@AdolfsGirlanother example of style makes fights

Very true boxing is a cruel corrupt sport with no oversight of any type to speak of. There’s absolutely no reason professional boxers do not have some type of pension plan, and some financial planning offered by promoters or the boxing commission. If someone like myself with a small company of 30 employees I can offer a 401(k) retirement plan a multi million dollar industry like professional boxing would have no problem creating a pension/retirement fund for their entertainers. It’s sad it’s disgusting and very cruel. Greed.

Sure thing, mcsmoothstyle.

Benn was a dirty fighter and should have been disqualified.

Dont forget Hearns is naturally 2 weight classes below Barkley

I would argue Hearns is a natural middleweight....being emaciated at welterweight is not natural

Yeah, might as well put out more content when I have the time.

​@RichtheFightHistorian and we are loving it rich your the man!!🥊

Shhh let the master work ❤

@@cj88macleod yeah !!🤣🤣

Your the man keep them coming bro🥊

Thank you, CTO

My pleasure, Andrew.

Thanks, Rory. That is weird, he was a notable fighter during his day.

​@@RichtheFightHistorianHe fought a tremendous fight with a fighter named Troy Darrell that I watched live on one of the networks on May 10 1987. I went looking for it the other day and couldn't find it. I just remember it as being a really good tilt.

Thank you, Vinny.

Thanks, Petie. Very cool that you met him, he seemed like a friendly sort outside of the ring.

@RichtheFightHistorian yes rich you bring joy to so many people all around the boxing world thank you for all you do making all your viewers so happy thanks again brother 🥊💯💪👑🥊🫡

That's so odd to think about

Course you did

Thanks, Lyman. Hats off to you for that sparring session.

Hey thanks, Dale.

Shame rich quickly glossed over the Toney fight here - that was a master class and painful beating for Iran 😯. Finished off his resilience etc surely .

Actually kind of sad really--Going from a Millionaire to being homeless and sleeping on the Subway..

Thanks, Ron. What a fighting heart Barkley had.

My pleasure, X Aleem.

Thanks, Donnell. Sims was a pretty good fighter himself.

Hey thanks, mikhunter. Barkley seems like such a cool dude.

Thanks, Matthew. Absolutely right on Barkley's tendency to get into wars in every fight.

Thank you, Dennis.

My pleasure, Rusty.

Always a pleasure, Bo.

Thank you, James.

Thanks, RE.

My pleasure, Brandon.

My pleasure, John.

Thanks, Night Train

Sure thing, Mr T

Always a pleasure, Paul. Thanks for watching.

Always a pleasure, Nick. Thanks for watching.

Hey thanks so much, G R

Thanks, Ramiro. Yeah, there were longer boxing segments...Barkley was a thrill-a-minute so they were hard to condense.

I had forgotten about his style and record. The segments reminded me about his talents.

Thanks, Benny. Serendipity hits sometimes.

Thanks, Christopher.

Thank you, Ezra.

Thanks, Scott. Glad you enjoyed 'The Blade'.

Right on, Jesse. Yeah, he's Saquon's grand uncle.

@@RichtheFightHistorian hey rich, I suggest sam peter, and Michael Nunn next.

Hey thanks, Andrew.

Thanks, John

My pleasure, abudujana

Sure thing, Seti.

exactly what my thoughts are...so sad

Thanks, Allen. Yeah, I think your baseball analogy is spot on.

@@RichtheFightHistorian Thanks Rich i boxed a semi pro named Tim Brown in the 90's and he taught me a few things while he blacked both my eyes...lolz any way i was working on tug boats at the time and i had a couple of "sail rings" i used to throw around. i recognize a perfect form punch even though i NEVER had the thick skull or the defensive skills to be a boxer....i Love the sweet science of a perfect punch.

Thank you, emokellen.

Plus he got hit when he was down, Padilla did an awful job refereeing that bout.

He still enough late round magic to put McClellan in a coma. Benn had too much power for Barkley at that stage in his career.