Well, at least Jeffries wouldn't be massively outsized. However, Jeffries started boxing in 1895. The first gloved championship was held in 1892....
So did I; I was going to say that Louis has amazing skills for someone who has been dead for 35 years. 6'1" in shoes according to that tape.
Jack Blackburn looks like he could still go a few rounds. How the hell did he ever weigh in at lightweight?
Higher, yes, but Tyson was 4-1 favorite. Long odds considering spinks was in theory the champ.
The Spinks win didn't make an iota of difference. Tyson was supposed to be unbeatable and everyone expected Spinks to be executed. It's hard to...
He fought Turpin 9 days after his previous title fight and he did lose on points. He knocked Turpin out in the rematch though, so memorably...
Rocky Marciano was useless at everything apart from winning fights. Kirkland Laing was great at everything apart from winning fights
I don't think he exposed Hamed except to prove how good Hamed was. Kelley was a class fighter and you had to be good to beat him. Up to that...
His toughest opponent wasn't himself, it was Ray Mercer, who gave him a bigger beating than himself ever did. Thinking about it, Morrison's...
If only there was some film of Greb then no one could dispute how superior he was to Ray Leonard. Hell, the only middleweight in history who could...
I said top P4P names, not top 10 P4P boxers. What boxer had a cooler name than Mysterious Billy Smith? Probably only that 3K battery guy. Boxers...
Ketchel looks like a toughman competitor on film. Phil Baroni would beat him in a straight up boxing match.
Ryan beat Mysterious Billy Smith and The Real McCoy, top 10 P4P names if ever there was such a thing
Bizarrely this might be true and is in Pep's wiki article: In 1938 Pep fought Sugar Ray Robinson in the attic of a feed store in Norwich, CT.[4]...
The next fight after Moorer lost to Holyfield, he weighed the same George Foreman did when he beat Moorer
