You can even play devils advocate for guys like Paycheck, Roper and Musto if you want to. Paycheck finished 1939 ranked #6, and he had extended...
I think that we need a deeper breakdown on the bum of the month club. Then it will rapidly become clear, how absurd it is to compare them to...
He gave Ali and Foreman all they could handle as it was. Yes you definitely had clay that could have been molded into a monster there. There...
After Roy Jones beat John Ruiz in early 03, people were talking about him as a candidate for being the p4p GOAT. After Geln Johnson knocked him...
Who do you see being the danger man for him then?
I think that he could still beat any heavyweight in the world except Usyk.
Paul Berlenbach could have been made for it.
When did old Foreman or Wilder show any inclination to fight six top ten contenders.
At the risk of sating the obvious, Jack Johnson was the only one of the three that he beat.
The answer is up there with anybody. He just had other shortcomings.
Joe Louis must be spinning in his grave right now. Whatever you think about Louis's opponents, the overwhelming majority of them had a top ten...
Which means that we don't know either way.
It would be very convenient on my end, if those punch tests gave any meaningful cross era comparisons. I could have a lot of fun with that....
That is quite a claim when nobody actually did it.
It depends what you mean by weak. I agree with the consensus that the strongest contenders were not a very strong bunch. However it must be...