Lewis's resume seems to be the best of his era though he did not face his best contemporaries at their peak. However, even if Lewis was the best...
Boxrec lists Harold Johnson as having a kayo loss to Oakland Billy Smith? It seems rather strange that Johnson would be stopped by a guy like...
Shavers fight with Ali may have been close but Ali was well past it by that stage. Aside from knocking Holmes down how were Shavers fights with...
Dempsey was only floored in one fight in his prime as far as I can tell. The knockdowns early in his career seem irrelevant when gauging his...
It's not clear that Marciano's opponnents are better than Dempsey's. Walcott lost 18 times in his career and yet he is considered one of...
Holmes failed to stop Berbick, Witherspoon or Norton yet he stops Frazier? That seems unlikely.
What's your view on Harold Johnson's second fight with Julio Mederos?
I don't think the ethnicity of foes is that important of an issue. Marciano was caucasian and was able to dispose of highly-rated black...
The fact that Holyfield beat Tyson twice certainly helps Holyfield's legacy but that alone does not put him ahead of Tyson. Holyfield somehow...
Charles was kayoed by Lloyd Marshall and Walcott. This would seem to indicate he was prone to getting kayoed even by guys who are not tremendous...
Lyle failed to floor Jerry Quarry. I don't think he flooed the small Gregorio Peralta either.
Dismissing Dempsey's opponnents because they were light heavyweights seems silly. In those days some of the best heavyweights were very small and...
Godfrey was not rated very high during the years Dempsey was actively defending the title.
The guys Miske lost to such as Dempsey, Greb and Gibbons were among the best in the world at that time. Miske was a better fighter relative to...
Miske had beaten Brennan, Meehan and Cowler prior to fighting Dempsey. His losses were to top guys.
