Liston mainly looked awful because he was in with a big, strong 6'3/78-inch reach athlete with lightning-fast hands and feet, who masterfully...
Marciano was an even more uneducated novice than Liston next to them… When was Charles unhittable? Must have been some time between the Rex Layne...
Inclined to pick Schmeling, but the early ‘00s rule set is sort of a wild card.
Doesn’t make it past Liston.
For those who care about this sort of thing, their contemporaries and those who saw both of them fight both seemed to think far more highly of...
I came here to make both of these points. Couldn't agree more about the Shuler win being criminally neglected.
I’d favor Pretty Boy Floyd.
That would probably have been more fair than how Greggains treated Johnson. IIRC, Greggains really only told Johnson that if he wasn't aggressive...
The thing working against Johnson that night was Greggains (and to a lesser extent, Hart). But you may be right in the sense that it may have...
Janitor’s long held a theory that most refs didn’t consider jabs scoring blows back then, no matter how much damage they inflicted.
Marciano, Frazier, and Tyson arguably were also one-dimensional though, and they all enjoyed great careers...
Dont think I’ve ever seen this excerpt before. Good find.
The Ibeabuchi fight seemed to take a toll on Tua. Not sure whether it was purely psychological or also physical.
I really doubt it.
What lesson did he learn—that the world is full of rabid, conspiracy theorist nut jobs? PS - This definitely belongs in the lounge, not here in...
