I love how any mention of Marciano v Louis automatically turns into a consensus of opinion that “Prime Louis brutally destroys Marciano”
Nobody has ever said Louis was the same fighter he was. no longer being what he once was is not the same as no longer being a good fighter. 37...
Good points. Each tough fight takes its toll. If you matched Joe hard enough and often enough in 1975 he was going to diminish that bit more each...
Yes, I am no fan of Pacheco either but he got that right. The only conclusion was one of, or even both of them, getting seriously hurt. Joe was...
Dangerous yes. But beating Frazier of 75? I don’t think so. Quarry beat Shavers and Lyle yet Frazier toyed with Quarry in 74. Norton was only...
I don’t think so. Contrary to the popular opinion of the 1970s heavyweight scene being the strongest era of all time..I don’t think, outside of...
It’s an often repeated line..I would love to know where it came from originally. I’m reading “in the Ring with Jack Dempsey” and so far have not...
can we have the source for this tidbit?
Schmeling sacrificed one side of his face just to get Louis keen on jabbing him. He said so in his book. knowingly allowing Louis to hit him so...
I was literally going to write the same thing. Part of that strategy knocks out Ingo because Schmeling was a more seasoned fighter.
No It would have been Listons 15th fight not his 8th. It was the 3rd Marshal fight that Harold was the intended opponent and not the first fight...
Exactly. Walcott is vastly overlooked at times. Harold Johnson would beat Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, Nino Valdes ….and of course Ezzard Charles.
neither do I. Liston was a natural exception. The view now, is the modern view. It’s not the view then. The historical limitations were firmly...
I get what you are saying, and you are correct in stating Sonny should be favoured by the vast majority on here. The factors as they stand today...
Better at what? yes Sonny is stronger and bigger. But what does Liston do BETTER than Walcott? It’s not like Charles was the only great fighter...
