Yes, Jack Roper was Bob's younger brother. Bob managed and trained Jack for a time. Bob was also the brother of Tom Roper.
Another interesting fact: Within days of this poll Greb had easily beaten the #2 (Gibbons) in a 15 round elimination for Dempsey, he had...
One thing you have to remember about these polls vis a vis some of the guys who Dempsey already beat being on here: This was not the information...
This all presupposes that you can take one look at a fighter and determine his level of pain and the severity of his injury. I remember Ferdie...
Thats not at all what he said. It was right there, did you even watch it? The doctor was standing over him asking if he could continue and he said...
The difference is Cerdan COULD continue. Hopkins could not. Its immaterial whether you THINK Hopkins could continue because A. He actually said he...
For a guy who idolized and made his career by riding on Muhammad Ali's back (who in turn invented or at least popularised leaning on opponents) he...
In my defense I dont really edit (or care) about my spelling, grammer, or prose when posting on a forum. Not saying I dont need an editor because...
Once again you misinterpret my words. Is American English so different from Australian? I said my book would be less biased. I have yet to read...
Id bet hard cash my book is more unbiased and even handed than ANYTHING written by an Australian about Les Darcy...
greb and langford are 1a and 1b
Unless Im mistaken it wasnt a documentary but a melodrama which he starred in himself as the hero.
I dont really rate either of these guys too highly but in fairness to Mills he was really ring worn at the time. Every fight this guy had was...
Not to dig further at the guys like Greg and Sally but the Kahn book was written essentially from that point of view. He freely admits that he was...
Im not sure yet how it will be published. If I dont publish it myself (which has been the working plan) then I would have an independant publish...
