thanks for the clip. Not only was Gibbons very short and aging and looked soft in the gut, but I don’t think he lifted his hands above his waist...
You speak very astutely and logically here but to see where I am coming from read the entire thread. Marciano’s record is being given an...
1. Walcott, the reigning heavyweight champion of the world. Who just knocked out 29 year old Ezzard Charles with perhaps the best looking punch...
Come on man..it’s obvious do I need to even state it? Tunney fought a much easier talent pool due to drawing the color line. His record...
There is article written right after Tunney won the championship where he states categorically that he is drawing the color line and will not...
mcvey… what black fighters did Tunney fight? What black sparring partners did Tunney employ? Did Tunney ever fight a tall/big ranked contender?...
what is this drivel? If a super fight between two hall of famers in same weight class happens…then this absolutely has a major impact on...
I have Foreman TKO 2 Tunney
Lots of eviscerating Marciano’s competition going on here…but I’ll tell you what my eyes see. Tunney fought in a primitive era, where boxers were...
Difficult list Subject to your opinion. Here is mine 1. Ezzard Charles 2. Michael Spinks 3. Archie Moore 4. Sam Langford 5. Gene Tunney 6. Bob...
Charles/Walcott/Marciano era * To simplify things, I left out a young Patterson 1---Rocky Marciano 2---Ezzard Charles 3---Jersey Joe Walcott...
Yes, burns rates very well p4p especially for his era… however we literally saw him get rag dolled like a school child around the ring vs 192lb...
ruiz fought 3 wars dead even with Holyfield who was coming off a close 12 round loss to Lennox Lewis. Ruiz also beat a prime Hasim Rahman,...
6’4 260lb Big puncher Very strong and durable More first round knockouts of any heavyweight champion 10 years later won another scrap of world...
6’4 260lb Shannon Briggs would knockout 5’7 168lb Burns in the first round
