Why?
That is true. My knowledge of boxing after 2000/2005 is very limited, since my area of research is the 20th century. While I know Briggs very...
What I meant was that if Briggs was transported to the 1890s/1900s, without PEDS, he would be the same size as Jeffries, plus the asthma and...
A sequence of blows to the belly, a punch to the chin in the first round, a solar plexus punch, in that order. Briggs wasn't even that big...
I wouldn't say that George Parmentier or Ewart Potgieter would beat a top pre-1930 fighter, based solely on their size. I won't say Briggs would...
Burns was a miniature Tyson. His small size was his greatest advantage, as can be seen in the descriptions of his fights in the newspapers. On...
No chance of Briggs beating anyone in a 20, 25 round fight like the pre 1930 fighters. Maybe even 15 would be too much for him. He had no speed,...
Shannon Briggs The guy didn't beat anyone of note, became a champion by beating a geriatric Foreman (in a robbery) and was ranked by Ring only...
The guy is young. There is still a lot of water to flow. The talent is there. Jack Johnson, Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson... all of them were...
Both of them are decent brawlers.
So?
Adilson Rodrigues, the "Maguila", in Brazil.
No love for Jared Anderson, Efe Ajagba, Frank Sanchez, Murat Gassiev, Fabio Wardley or Frazer Clarke?
I will name some fighters who were perhaps better options to fight for the lineal title in 1905, in addition to those already mentioned: Jack...
I said that i don't like Fury in response to your claim that i seem "personally invested". I'm not.
