"Charley Burley, Holman Williams, Cocoa Kid, Artie Towne, Bert Lytell, Dave Sands, Steve Belloise" First place. Robinson fought Belloise at...
Thompson KO'd Ray in 1943, not 1947. Ray was rated higher by this time because he had beaten Walcott and Charles. I think Ray had gone something...
"Walcott and Charles would go on to win the lineal heavyweight title" "Without that factoid" Aren't the two men later becoming champions just...
Thanks for posting this. A lot of interesting info on Elmer Ray. I noticed that according to this article it was Ray who KO'd Burley, which...
A question. Do I understand this correctly. Johnson got $31.000 for defending against Jim Flynn in 1912. It just seems impossible. The fight...
Okay, thanks for the reply. I am a great deal more cynical about the whole thing than you are, but there is and can be no direct proof because...
Which guy did Dempsey actually fight on 1/1/1915? The info seems all over the place. Battling Billy Johnson is a lightweight. Kid Blackie is a...
I don't think that "racism" is necessarily the explanation for Mauriello's high ratings. After all, The Ring and Nat Fleischer don't seem that...
But I disagree with you on Louis. WWII was the main reason most of the seven you named didn't get a title shot. Ray lost his rubber match with...
What are the facts, such as we can find, about black on black fights drawing. We know Lewis & Walcott drew well against Louis. Lighter weight...
I think Ray was much better at his best than Mauriello. I can't see Tami beating the 1946-1948 versions of Walcott and Charles on his best day....
one thing--Ray won the 1946 bout. Walcott beat him on March 4, 1947 in the rubber match. This is important as it makes Walcott the #1 contender...
I'm not on any "side" I think Ray overall deserves to rate well above Mauriello and pumped for that rating in our list. But focusing on losses...
Walcott had beaten Ray in March, 1947. At this point Walcott was the #1 contender. "it is a fact that he won't fight the burley puncher from...
In fairness to Tami, he was only 17 when he lost a split decision to Lesnevich for the light-heavy title in 1941, and only 18 for the rematch....
