I find yours a very odd take on these Wills-Tate fights. Off what I have read, and I don't know how accurate it is, Wills KO'd Tate in the first...
I have seen Johnson's put downs of Louis quite often in the past. For me, the most interesting feature is his high rating of Hank Griffin. It...
My feeling is that Tunney might have a real tough time with all of these men in the marathon fights of their era. He would look good early...
I question judging Tunney more durable than Corbett. Really, other than Dempsey, and a past it Carpentier, Tunney was not ever in there with many...
Tunney's record at heavyweight can be picked apart as easily as that of someone like Corbett. It boils down to Dempsey and guys who were...
What is missing is any real analysis of what Dempsey actually accomplished in the ring, other than by some who focus on excitement, and the one...
I have a hard time figuring out how much of this is serious and how much humor. But one thing, if one is hung so hugely, why would one need to...
As for the poll, two things stand out-- 1---These "experts" don't include some of the more famous boxing writers alive at the time--A J Liebling,...
On Nat Fleischer The whole Jack Johnson dressing bit in Paris is a really strange diversion which says more about the guy who posted it than Nat...
Why is it so crazy to vote Tunney the greatest, but not crazy to vote Dempsey the greatest? Tunney beat Dempsey twice, and Tunney beat some of...
I am not disputing that Jacobs might have thought that way. I am disputing the gate receipts really proving he was correct. Unless these books...
Thanks for all the info. It clearly shows Louis and his management were not ducking Franklin. I kind of suspected that they probably originally...
As youngsters in Chicago. Not as adults. Barney went into boxing. Jack went into other things which ended up forcing him to shoot Oswald before...
"Dempsey and Jeffries" That is because they did in fact draw the color line. Louis had three defenses against black opponents. Dempsey had six...
"it's a prejudice against losing money, any fool can see that!" Of course. I think that is the obvious implication of what I said. But in fact...
