How many of them were 200lbs +heavyweights?
Holmes?
The Sonny Liston who stormed through the division , beating Bethea,DeJohn,Harris,Folley ,Valdes,Machen,Summerlin. Which of the other LINEAL...
Not really, I think chins can improve as one grows into one's full strength. Johnson was never a young champion he was 30 when he won the title,...
I suppose it depends in which category of punchers you place Jeffries?
Any 188lbs fighters drop Wlad?
Sonny by KO.
I fancy Louis here, but he would have to weather some hairy moments because stylistically Frazier is hard work for him. Louis learned the secret...
I think the thread's about Corbett and McCoy?
Johnson was not prime when he fought Choynski, good win for Joe though it undoubtedly was. Lots of boxers get beat pre-prime and post-- prime....
No really I'm looking for a relevant comparison between McCoy and Holyfield since you compared them and I really can't see one. McCoy was a...
He was 170 lbs ,47 lbs lighter than Holyfield so your comparison was, to put it bluntly ,ridiculous.
That is precisely what the chapter concerning this fight is called in Pollack's book on Jim Jeffries!
But he by and large he couldn't . Corbett beat the **** out of him.Choynski was a super middle at best. his wins over heavies of class were...
Holyfield was 217lbs, that's a heavyweight. Heavier than Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Some of Jeffries fights Hart Burns Johnson Dempsey Tunney...