There is NO footage of him fighting The only man to defeat future Heavyweight champion Tunney (should have won the second fight, which was a draw IIRC) Beat every top name foe he ever fought, multiple times or via revenge Sometimes multiple Hall Of Fame Wins over Rosenbloom, Dillon, Levinsky, Tunney, Walker, Flowers, Gibbons, Norfolk, Loughran and Slattery. Terrorized Dempsey in sparring to the point that Jack stopped the sessions and would never offer him a fight Frequently fought opponents 15-20 lbs heavier than he Was classified by Jack Dempsey as the fastest fighter he ever saw, moreso than Lightweight champion Ben Leonard Considered the #1 middleweight to ever fight according to Bert Sugar, and #2 fighter ever P4P. Universally recognized a top 5 fighter in boxing history. Was blind in one eye. All accomplished at the age of 32.
That's another one. And one of the main reasons he is greater than all of his white contemporaries IMO. People don't realize what a bad man Flowers was. RIP both of them.
and mayweather said emmanuel augustus was his toughest fight....if all footage was lost on him would i be correct in assuming he was a world beater?
There should be some footage of him fighting as he was filmed on a couple of occasions, I think. I'm not certain on how many fights were filmed but he definitely was. Maybe they'll be released one day.