thanks. The NBA ratings seem to have gone like this Champion--Joe Louis 1-----Billy Conn 2-----Jimmy Bivins 3-----Melio Bettina 4-----Tami...
too bad the NBA ratings aren't more easily available. Where was Mauriello rated by the NBA in 1945?
I don't think Suzie has focused on Bettina. I did that. Yes, I think Bettina was a better fighter than Mauriello. Okay, he was stopped in 1947...
If Mauriello, Lesnevich, Bettina, and Baksi were all black, I would still rate Mauriello last as Lesnevich and Baksi beat him, and Bettina just...
"When Ray beat Walcott, he was beating a former journeyman with a spotty record" "Nova was #1 when Louis beat him, then Savold beat him, then...
An excellent post. It does explain why there was no rematch with Baksi. I retract any criticism of Mauriello on this score. "He quite clearly...
My point was that they have differing opinions. When we did that list, my top criteria for rating was beating the best men. Ray meets that...
"If I had made the list, then Mauriello would have been significantly higher, and Ray probably a bit lower." Well, would you rate Mauriello above...
Okay. Why I don't think that highly of Mauriello at heavyweight: There have been several posts on the depth of Mauriello's resume, but I think...
I don't understand this post, as critics of our view of Mauriello will simply disagree with where we rate him.
"Cocoa Kid was ranked in the top ten as either a light, welter, or middleweight for 81 months between 1933 and 1947. Title shots none." And...
"Can you find anywhere in my posts where I specified he had to be champion?" Well, I thought it was implied by this line---"Whilst Ray was...
What is the point of the last paragraph. It is fine for the champion to duck his top contenders? "working as porters and trash collectors, some...
I don't know how serious you are, but Robinson wasn't the champion for the division you are quoting for most of these years. In 1941, Robinson...
Moving pictures could explain how the promoter expected to make money. It is certainly hard for me to believe a live gate at Las Vegas, New...
