Except the time span is from Feb 1890 to December, 1905, which is close to SIXTEEN YEARS, during which Fitz was the champion of three different...
"He stated he went 9 years unbeaten" I have tried to be clear about the Sharkey fight. Fitz lost on what many considered an outright crooked...
Tunney's take on Fitz is interesting as he was a guy who studied boxing movies, so it is not unreasonable that he may have studied the...
"I haven't lost a fight in over 30 years!" And you have been world champion in one division or another over all that time? Come on, this is...
"Sharkey was on a roll and he was in his prime" Like the 27 year old Bobo Olson when he got KO'd by the 34 year old Sugar Ray Robinson. Or the...
I was discussing Bob Fitzsimmons on another thread, and I was wondered how he would do under your system. Well It was easy to give him 10's for...
Thanks for all the hard work. I agree it was a great learning experience. One question--is that middleweight photo of Sugar Ray Robinson really...
We disagree. The two losses to Jeff were the only two legit losses Fitz suffered over an almost 16 year period. That is really remarkable, and I...
Greb lost to Tunney prior to the Gibbons bout taking place." No he didn't. Greb beat Gibbons on 3/13/1922. Greb defeated Tunney on 5/23/1922....
Who is disputing that it is an advantage to be bigger and a disadvantage to be smaller. But the fact that Jeff was big is just a fact of life and...
Fitz's prime isn't the question. It is whether he was better than a prime Jack Sharkey when he fought Jeff. I think the evidence points to his...
No. Batting requires reflexes and coordination. But old geezers can display stamina also. Carlos Lopes (born 2-18-1947) won the Olympic gold...
I wouldn't claim secret bouts, but there were exhibitions and who knows about "shooting match" sparring sessions. As for Odd, he mentions that...
In both sports average or typical competitors slip in performance with age or layoffs, but certain outstanding performers do not necessarily show...
Good point, except Williams turned 39 that August.
