My Grandfather always said the criticisms of Marciano heard today are the same heard during Rocky's career. He's too slow, to short, not enough...
Good point! Of course it would depend on who those defenses were against and if Sonny Liston was still okay by the time Joe Frazier's management...
If Muhammad Ali had never been born, I still currently see no way I could have Sonny Liston above #9 on my all time Heavyweight list. I do not see...
Love right back atcha!
I love your list, and would add John L. Sullivan and George Foreman.
I just bought the "Undisputed" boxing game for my computer. I cannot wait to try it. My controller is broken and I have one scheduled for delivery...
I have been a little busy. I will be disappearing completely from this site for about 2 weeks, starting on June 21st. I am getting married and we...
I currently rank Mike Tyson higher than Joe Frazier, but not by very much.
Just for the record, I do not rank Primo Carnera as low as most seem to on here, and I do not rank Riddick Bowe as high as most seem to on here....
This is somewhat, though not exactly, similar to Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, and, to a lesser degree, James J. Jeffries.
Rocky Marciano is very hard to rank, in my view. I currently rank him at #8.
Say what you will about the version of Joe Louis that Rocky Marciano beat, but my Grandfather, who saw the fight, always said that fight cemented...
Sonny Liston is the correct answer. :deal:
Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera 1 is very interesting for this thread. I do not believe Jack Sharkey AND Primo Carnera, at their best, were as...
I am also going to go with Jack Sharkey at his best to defeat Alexander Povetkin at his best. And I would love to read your deep dive post on Jack...
