THE GHOSTS of truly great middleweights live on the coast between Monte Carlo and San Remo. Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, Nino Benvenuti, Alan Minter, Rodrigo Valdes and Emile Griffith all fought and bled along that rocky piece of paradise.
There was a time when the strip of rich land, next to the pale blue Mediterranean Sea and the towns, villages and retreats was home to the finest middleweights. They had fights that are now lost in time – the very best of their generation and more. They are some of the greatest middleweights in history.
