Who do you think was the best middleweight titlist between Walker and Zale?

Not exactly. As adults? Steele was four months older.

Apostoli was 2x National Amateur Champion at middleweight which is why he was matched against a 100 fight veteran in his debut. He beat an old Divodi, lost to Steele then 6 months later beat Stuhley who was coming off a win over Vince Dundee, Swede Berglund who had just beat Bandit Romero twice and Babe Risko.

Between the two fights i would say Steele's win is more noteworthy with him 'beating a better version of the opponent' than Apostoli's over an injured Steele.

Best MW titlist? Do you mean best reign or best resume at the weight overall, best fighters in a H2H / all-time sense? Yarosz and Overlin may not have had good reigns but H2H and overall resume at 160 they're among the best imo, top 5. Probably over Apostoli unless you're solely rating reigns.

Ya this seems accurate as possible considering the information. It was definitely injured in the Overlin fight and progressively got worse, who knows when it was actually fractured though.

 

I wish the 1st Apostoli-Steele bout was on You Tube.

 

yet you doubt other fights where a guy lost because of recieving or giving foul blows..... you are so inconsistent how anyone listens to you is a mystery

 

Some easy math as it applies to Overlin, Yarosz, Gorilla Jones.
Overlin admitted Yarosz was his daddy after two tail kickings.
Gorilla was called a far superior middleweight to Yarosz by Yarosz own manager Ray Fouts.
Ray stressed Jones record was misleading as he was not always allowed to fight, the lot of many a black fighter in the dirty thirties.
BTW when Steeles manager Dave Miller dropped dead shortly before the Overlin title defense an honorary pallbearer was one Francis Carbo of NYC
Maybe old Dave should be exhumed??

 

I wish every fight ever was on youtube in full

 

Why dont you get off my nuts and find a different hobby than kissing Les Darcy's ass and following me around boxing forums?

 

not following you at all, I just saw a post I had something to say on, it wasn't too disrespectful I think, it's just that you say one thing on one thread but then that same thing is fine for another fighter you like. I do not doubt the guy was fouled brutally but when it's an Australian he has to be "faking" it in your mind.

Forums ? plural ? what are you on about ? I only know of one forum where you are and that's here, your little kingdom where you and your gatekeeper McVey reside

 

you mentioned Darcy not me and i didn't know skeletons had assesatsch

 

Yarosz beat 6 of the men on this list, so his ranking should be pretty high. Beat Dundee 3 times, Overlin twice, Jeby, Risko, Brouillard, Krieger. Plus wins over Billy Conn and the middleweight Archie Moore.

Head to head I'd pick him to beat ANY of the guys on that list.

 

Have you some kind of fixation? You come back after flouncing off in high dudgeon because some disagreed with you ,[ not having been missed by the way,] and immediately start ripping into people. Why don't you start again without the childish asides? Last chance to behave like an adult.Why not take it?:think

 

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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxwp26k68g[/url]

There isnt a good copy of the second fight on YT but this one, which isnt great either shows Broulliard landing a blatant and hard low blow after having been warned several times already for various foul tactics.