Just finished Clay Moyle's book on Billy Miske. Miske fought Jack Dempsey three times, once for the title and was regarded as very solid...
If you are looking for heavyweight stuff pre-1970's, there are the Adam Pollack books, they are all excellent and extensively researched. Randy...
Louis Godoy and Galento equal - both were tough fighters. Godoy may have been better but then Galento knocked down Louis, that was a mean feat as...
I have a book on his career which is on the to-be-read list, that is about it. A fighter with a great reputation.
Does it follow that the fighters who took the least punishment met less than the best competition? I say this as I think it would be impossible...
Thank you for these photos. He was a great heavy in his day.
I have always enjoyed watching Thomas Hearns, imo he had a great style.
There is a great book out on him, highly recommended. He seems to have been a stud of a fighter for his height, if he had been a bit bigger he...
Great stuff.
Liston over Patterson twice.
Would LaMotta be as famous as he is today with the boxing fans?
RIP to a champion.
Could be right up there but I think Chess is more popular. Not sure how long soccer has been around, that is bigger than boxing these days.
Hero worship of the past is a tough one to beat. The modern fighters may be as good as the guys of the past (admittedly I don't think so) but we...
Any reason why so many rank Duran ahead of SRL?
