...how would marciano and liston compare if both were hitting the heavy bag with left jabs? just askin'...
...when fqrr was asked if he really fought joe louis, he always replied "if i didn't, then i don't know who put these knobs on my head.":p
...woller....i think what gave that myth was the picture of ingo lying on his back and the caption.."get up, ingo, you won." (as i wrote ) ingo...
..ezzard also played the cello...but only privately and for a few friends. he didn't think it would help his image as a boxer.
...ezzard charles played bass and often sat (or stood) in with jazz groups.
..charles/walcott was a good pick.. but i think the second louis/walcott virtually illustrates the example here... walcott counter punched...
...i've answered why ezzard never fought for the light heavy title so i don't see any reason for my adding anything.
...i am not denigrating lesnevich. charles would have been #i contender if it hadn't been for the farce of fox having that role. he didn't do...
.......billy fox as the number one contender was a joke. he was a totally mob controlled fighter and his knock out record was was a...
..charles didn't fight for the heavy title because he couldn't get a shot at it. gus lesnevich was champion and ezzard's managers....the elkus...
...oops..forgot to add...can't you dimbulbs here see that splitnose is just messing with your heads...and being damn funny while he's doing it..:lol:
.. a lot of people are said to have paid for louis' hospital bills and funeral, but it's highly unlikely that rocky would have paid for his own...
..frazier...
...i'm guessing joey maxim...rated as a heavy and then down to light heavy, where he became champion....though i don't think he was rated in that...
...one of your easier ones, bert -- harold johnson by jersey joe walcott. saw the son get whipped by joe on tv.
