You have to like his confidence and attitude!
After Abrams lost to Cerdan he lost a split decision to Ray Robinson. A fight the ringside press scored for Abrams, as follows. Unofficial UP...
Tony Sibson, Doug DeWitt, Juan Coggi, Juan Roldan, Henry Maske, Harold Brazier, Andy Ganigan, Roger Mayweather.
I believe he beat Randy's brother Dick Turpin.
Yeah I remember being surprised by that one because Tillis had gone the distance with Weaver. Witherspoon just caught him early. This was when...
I believe this post is a good example of underrating Cerdan. When he beat Holman Williams he was injured and Holman had beaten Charley Burley and...
All good mentions. The French have produced many good middleweights over the years. Not recently however. Of course Marcel Thil in the 1930s and...
I agree. Dokes was ready. The talk in the Cleveland gyms before the fight was that Dokes was going to destroy Coetzee. No mention of lack of...
I saw the fight live at the Richfield Colisieum in 1983. Both Dokes and Coetzee were in great shape and the fight was excellent. It was an...
I agree he was a great welterweight, but did not get to prove it against the worlds best due to the war. However, his middleweight...
Your argument is based on the NFL and NBA. Regarding the youth and college leagues, other countries have sport in addition to boxing that kids...
Cerdan certainly does not seem to get enough credit as an ATG middleweight. Should he get more recognition? Some key accomplishments. 1....
The skills to be effective in boxing are different than in football and basketball. Also, only a few people play in the NFL and NBA, so what's the...
This is a crock of ****. There has been NFL, NBA since the 1950s. However, Eastern Bloc fighters were only allowed to turn pro in the 1990s....
Carlos would have stopped Nunn inside of ten rounds. Nunn was not in Carlos' league.
