But LaStarza was the number one contender when he stepped into the ring. It is a point, and I am certain you will run with it, but my take is...
"Baker and Henry were in the top 5 in 1950-1952" What has this to do with LaStarza's rating in 1953? If Henry and Baker or their fans have any...
Layne was the #2 contender coming off a win over Charles. Bucceroni was the #3 contender that summer. What all this boils down to if you have...
Bucceroni was far from unrated. He was rated #4 at light-heavy in the 1951 rankings. He had been #8 in 1950. In 1952, he moved up during the...
"Charles 6-1 vs Layne, but beat Harrison, Brion, Bivins, Bascom" "LaStarza 3-2 vs Layne, Jones, Bucceroni" Well, this proves how weak your case...
LaStarza had reversed the Rocky Jones loss. And the folks at the time apparently didn't consider Jones quite as inept a fighter as you do, nor...
Charles got title shots both before and after LaStarza did. i can't see that he was screwed that badly.
No. He had already lost to Jones, which is why he dropped from #4 to #8. He moved back up to #7 by beating Jones in a re-match. The guys ahead...
That KO in 1951 by Charles is being brought up again and again, but I don't see it as very relevant. Charles GOT his losing shot at the title...
I think you are reading retrospective stature back onto some of these men. Hindsight is always 20/20 but what did observers think at the time?...
I think Corbett looks extremely fast and mobile on film.
Perhaps I am too cynical, but I think if Jeffries or Dempsey or Marciano had defended against the same seven contenders in one year, those guys...
You can defend their choices, but while Robinson is the easy winner for the 1940's, I don't think I would go with him for the 1950's. Robinson...
Just on these black contenders, who were the rated ones? 1937 Roscoe Toles #9 1938 Roscoe Toles #8 1939 Roscoe Toles #9 So Toles is the only...
