That's what people say now, but if you look at reports from the time, no one was calling Bivins-Mauriello I a title bout, or calling Bivins the...
Despite what it says on Boxrec, I don't think the first Bivins-Mauriello fight was ever widely acknowledged as being for the duration title. At...
Not forgetting Joe McFadden, who drew with Valdes just 6 months before being stopped in 3 by the 19 year old Williams. Valdes does seem the...
Valdes was shortlisted as an opponent for the 19 year old Williams way back in 1953, but Williams's team ended up going with Omelio Agramonte who...
I don't know why you're dragging up a 2-day old post which you responded to at the time. If you remember, you said that Charles was ranked #1 by...
And in the Ring ratings for July Neuhaus was ranked 10th. But by the time he fought Valdes he had improved his standing by beating Karel Sys in a...
I don't think he ever actively lobbied for a rematch. He did express willingness to fight Charles again but said, reasonably enough, that he...
No, I've seen people say Valdes was offered an eliminator against Charles, but what they mean is he was offered a rematch. There's no evidence...
Valdes dropped to #2 after his win over McBride, not #3 - this has been covered on this thread. https://ibb.co/br4Gj9d So as I said, he was #1...
But not when Marciano signed to fight him in February. To be fair, Charles actually was #1 when Marciano signed to fight Roland LaStarza instead...
Well, he didn't actually consult me, so you'll have to ask him that. That's not how it works. If you want to claim something happened, you need...
That's not really a source. It's a modern day Marciano fan making a claim for which he provides no source at all.
On the question of who was ranked #1 - it's true that Charles was #1 when he fought Marciano. It's also true that he was ranked #2 behind Valdes...
Mm. No, Martin made 175 for the last time six years before he faced Liston.
Charles certainly was a great light heavyweight. It's almost as though the fact that he turned pro at a lighter weight was totally irrelevant.
