Corbett pulled his fist back and bobbed like a rutting kangaroo in the McCoy demonstration, too. The only fighter Corbett was "imitating" was...
Not so. Randy Roberts teaches a course on boxing history at Purdue. He is a tenured professor. He has written books on Johnson, Dempsey, Tyson,...
I apologize. I originally was going to quote you about something, but chose to address the thread title instead. I forgot to change the quote...
Of course. Isn't this fact obvious to any intelligent observer?
FrankinDallas asked whether any punches had been invented since 1895, or whether the uppercut had changed since 1918. Don't blame me for answering...
Floud & Wachter, Height, Health, and History: Nutritional Status in the United Kingdom, 1750-1980 Randy Roberts, Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the...
This thread is quickly separating the serious historians from the hero worshipers. I don't understand why you're having so much trouble following...
My reply message to your ridiculous claim that Corbett didn't wind up his jab is in some kind of electronic limbo. In the meantime, enjoy a clip...
No problem. Here's Lennox Lewis's version. He steps with it. I hear he had a pretty good jab. Corbett still looks nothing like this. [MEDIA]
The ring post obscures his fist in the footage you chose! :qmeparto: I take it from your strange discussion about sword fighting and cavemen that...
I'll ask you the same question, BitPlayerVesti. Do you deny that Corbett would literally wind up to throw his "jab"?
My opinion is based on looking at the film without rose colored glasses. I am confident in my conclusions.
Do you deny that Corbett would literally wind up to throw his "jab"? Can you name any respected coach in the last 50 years who taught fighters to...
So the only people you listen to about 1900s fighters are people who like them? What a delightful circle your argument goes in.
Corbett does not know how to throw a proper jab. This is not a matter of argument. It is a fact, recorded on film.
