Jack really wasn't close enough to throw back in this clip and Gene was moving away but its an example of the abilities Jack had in his prime. By...
Sorry pal but your way off here! Far before the twenties Joe Gans had mastered all and more of the proper boxing techniques including feinting...
This was so much fun reading things by and about Nat after so many years since his passing. Nat deservedly has gotten a rap over his elevation of...
We Well yes, exactly the point. Its irrelevant at best.
Poor Jeffy? Who are you? Comparing a washed up and out from retirement Jeffries who could find none of the zip from his frightening days against...
Floyd used mma tactics in the clinch? Floyd wasn't a clincher instead rolling with an opponents movements in close and countering. Johnson's...
Sadler was taller, had longer arms, could fight a full 15 and hit harder then Sanchez, Willy often outjabbed him and won most of their exchanges,...
If you view Ali in the Cat Williams and Folley bouts you see what his defense was geared to do and how it required a physically prime Ali to carry...
And a young Tommy Loughran.
What?
His left hook against Firpo, Willard, Sharkey, and Tunney is all thrown and shown clear in film. In his book How to Box he taught how he threw...
Good posting! I differ in that I don't think Joe's left hook was better, it was different then Jacks. Joe could wing his in triples to the head...
