Did Conn ever beat an even halfway decent fighter, who weighed in above 200 lbs? Could the best version of Conn (Louis 1) beat the best version...
Now is a great time to be a boxing fan! When I first took an interest some 60 years ago, my only window to the sport here in Denmark was through...
Archie Moore, 1958: "You can count the really accomplished boxers active today on the fingers of one hand. Unless emergency measures are taken,...
Charles one of the best ever - and obviously too much for Ward, imo.
Nothing in Greb's record suggests, that he could have beaten someone like Willard or Carnera.
Inoue comes to mind!
Ali fought Moore, who turned pro in 1935, and Holmes who had his last fight in 2002 - a time span of almost 67 years!
I described who as a grabber? And we're supposed to have a running feud here?... I'm very confused!
Inoue must have stopped a few with body punches.
Some fights are stopped early, some too late... and some at just the right time. Now and back in the day. I don't think more squeamish referees...
Yeah, of all the WW champions throughout history, surely Hearns is the one Floyd has the least chance of beating! It's very difficult to imagine,...
You're right... we can have two different discussions relating to refs stopping fights today, compared to back in the day. One is how much...
This is exactly what I'm getting at! Now I'm not singling you out with respect to this - as I'm well aware, that most posters here on classic...
This raises a question no one seems to have addressed yet: How lenient were the refs really "back in the day"? I know, we all like to think, that...
We all know (or should know!), than when oldtimers reminisce about the good old days... they have a tendency to paint a very favourable picture of...
