Except the champion at the time was black. So the title you would be splintering is a black mans title. Jeanette, McVey, Langford, they all wanted...
One, the one everyone cared about.
I dont care if Rhode Island had a world title. Those ten officials in Rhode Island are still the only people who think that guy is a world...
So because regional promoters in France and England called Langford a champion at different times he had a claim to the title? No. IBU basically...
Jim Flynn tried it but got disqualified for it.
There were well over a dozen regional commissions that banded together to form the WBC trying use the WBC to somehow add legitimacy to Langfords...
The NSC and IBU had nothing to do with the WBC.
So you if you take away his best win and one of the greatest wins in heavyweight history and look at everything he did through a negative slant...
Why do you keep saying 1-3 against those guys? He beat Sharkey and Louis who he also lost to and lost to Baer. Thats 2-3 with one highly disputed...
Those are fake weights. He says so in the comments when someone calls him out on it. He says they are "Jakes weights" as in the fake weights Jake...
Schmeling won by disqualification over Sharkey the first time, lost a very controversial decision the second time, knocked out Louis, was knocked...
He was on steroids so its not hard to believe.
This is a strange comment coming from Baer who not only went the distance with both of those fighters but also managed to lose to them. Carnera...
I was looking at the local day after reports. The exhibition took place but Willard didnt get knocked down.
Who did Martin Burke beat to be considered elite?