Marciano had one hell of a chin but could he take one of Wilder's right hands solid? I'm not so sure. A match-up between these two would be a...
I'd favour Fenech to be both the best and the greatest of them all.
I think everyone who watches Monzon for the first time finds him underwhelming. It appears that the author jumped far too readily to conclusions...
This is incorrect. Folledo was ranked by the Ring in the top 10 in 1962,1963,1964,1965, and 1966. Papp stopped him in 1963. Mick Leahy was ranked...
One of the very best of today is always going to defeat the very best of the 1940s. Canelo would never have developed into the superior fighter...
The Neusel fight was stopped in round 4 on a cut stoppage caused by Carnera's elbow. The Schaaf fight was likely fixed, just in a way that...
Constant conjunction? I wasn't suggesting that every single fight of his was fixed, just that there were so many. There was plenty of...
I think it is a tad more likely that when they saw this giant of a man in the ring that the various sportswriters saw the obvious, that Carnera...
As long as Roy can use at least 50% of his limbs then I think he should just about take this one.
Those were probably not even my most unpopular opinions. I have maybe half a dozen more than might alienate everyone.
Thanks. As I understand it there were ex fighters who basically got paid to say nice things about the inevitable loser during a promotion, i'm...
He was although so were most great fighters, past and present. Unless you have truly exceptional defensive abilities you are going to take a good...
I must have missed it in the thread but what exactly did Benny Leonard say about Carnera? It is a long time since i've read up about Carnera but...
I love watching classic boxing, if a historical fight can be found on the internet then i've probably seen it. I think Mayweather, Rigondeaux and...
Carnera revisionism has reached some bizarre levels on this forum.
