"The whole thread is speculation" True, but there difference between speculation based on film and records such as the main subject of this...
I figured that gap would come up as a claim about WWII, so I mentioned the longer gap between 1881 to 1895. What caused that? Not a major war....
I don't think Tunney comes anywhere close.
No. Never was a horse which couldn't be rode. Never was a rider who couldn't be throw'd.
the gaps between the births of champions interests me. Between 1875 and 1881, Jeffries, Hart, Burns, Johnson, and Willard, were born. The next...
I agree boxing and baseball are different sports, but how do we approach a premise that in fact flies in the face of boxing history as proven by...
Hurricane Jackson was 6' 3" with about an 80" reach. Whom did Tunney fight again who was physically anything like that. And if the swarming 162...
"Moore never beat a guy who held the heavyweight title. Certainly not a future heavyweight champion on the rise." So does this mean that Heeney,...
"Thanks for that one." You're welcome. But nothing obviates that from about 1910 to the late 1920's none of the champions, including Johnson,...
Actually this is a good point, but also can be turned around. How would Tunney have done is he didn't start his career until he was in his...
"Dempsey was the best heavyweight in the world during his time." Was he? That is really only an opinion in that he didn't prove it in the ring...
Yes, one thing missing on Tunney's resume is a big man who could throw a jab at him or reach him with long counter punches. Most of Tunney's name...
Just to expand on one point. I really don't think it useful to use WWII as a pivot for claiming a "cratering" of competition in the 1950's. It...
"I could be way off base" Well, I think you are (and I could be wrong also), but I don't see age as a very good way of judging quality in any...
"Gene beat the guy the writers of that generation felt was the #1 heavyweight all time" "Rocky didn't." The Boxing Writers of America in a 1980...
