"Sam McVey Punches Denver Martin to Sleep in First Round With Three Stomach Blows Oxnard Negro Is Fit to Meet Jeffries EXPERTS ASTONISHED AT...
Thanks for buying my book and giving the praise. I think you be correct about a lazy response so I'll try and address this shortly!
BTW i'd say McVey was top 2/3 Black fighter at several times in his career.
I cannot find any reason to rate Tate better than Jack Thompson, Norfolk, Gunboat, Godfrey-re they all elite?-not to mention Langford ,Wills,...
John was elite but I think he was referring to Bill, who certainly was not.
Fitz had just started fighting at heavyweight when Jackson effectively finished. Peter probably coached/sparred Bob in Foley's earlier though.
i had a draw or Bivol by one but either way, an excellent fight!
Munroe was very poor, the win over old, alcoholic Maher even looked suspicious at the time, the KD never happened and the Sharkey win too was strange.
M of Q, both beat him.
Definitely a contender in the 1910's, only the top black fighters were clearly superior, Moran, Smith, Pelkey, Coffey, Levinsky would be around...
McVey, Martin and Johnson were all championed by the media to fight Jeff, mainly because the prospective white challengers were so poor. This was...
The conditions dictated everything, genuine KO.
This...
Ruhlin and Maher fought a 20 round battle, Jeff and Sharkey 25, these were both full-on all the way but indeed were exceptional, even for their...
