Toney completely unproven at heavyweight. Sam Peter beat him and so would prime Baer. Prime Baer was a dangerous opponent for a blown up...
Moore was 64-4 at heavyweight overall, 24-1 vs opponents 200 lbs and above (only Ali beat him) and undefeated at heavyweight the night he faced...
Louis was a great short puncher similar to Dempsey in this regard. Louis handled Godoy on the inside with short hooks and uppercuts before...
Johnson every day and Sunday. I was a big Young fan back in the 70’s but his offense was absolutely bottom rung. A cutie on defense. Johnson...
The revelation which I never saw prior was the manner in which the jury trial ended in 1931. I found 4-5 different newspapers with articles via...
Yes. That’s an extremely one sided bio of Greb that tells only one side of a tale. Greb is great, Dempsey, bad. Dempsey, one of boxings hardest...
I don’t believe it’s great at all! He purposefully leaves out the other side of the argument which is substantial.
Hi Adam My copy will arrive on Friday.
If it’s the best Baer he is aggressive enough and certainly dangerous enough to keep Young on the defensive. Baer wins rounds with that...
In a ten round fight I’d definitely go with Tunney. The longer the fight the better the odds Marciano gets the win. It’s a 50/50 fight.
Like anything else the deeper you go the more you find. As an example of deception in this thread where Crapton outright lies that the...
Unfortunately any book discussing history that only presents one angle of that history is worthless and deceptive.
Adam is very even handed. Instead of only presenting one side of history, which is always multifaceted, he presents the facts as he knows them.
Actually the appellate judges ruling in 1932 did NOT order Dempsey to pay anything. He did determine two things: 1). That the case had to be...
Just a bit of clarification. This was the APPEAL of the trial results in 1931. It is not the trial verdict itself. Dempsey won the trial verdict...
