Whether the Corbett Vs McCoy fight was fixed, we really cannot know. Despite rumours before hand many of the next day reporters thought it was...
The real answer is probably get DQ'd for an accidental foul before making it to Jack Johnson, even if he didn't otherwise lose.
Beware the Cosmic Punch!
Of the first Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali fights respectively,
I've seen mistakes there before. Historic records aren't their priority sometimes they'll fix then, sometimes not when you point them out
Not sure. But both Jeffries and Griffin have talked about it.
I think without the Color Line or racism Dempsey challenging Wills would have been how it played out. Wills' best wins were before Dempsey was...
Harry Wills almost certainly. Probably Sam Langford at some point. I think McVea could have done it if the right fights happened, but maybe not....
My current theory is that it was a confused report of his fight with Hank Griffin, which Jeffries said happened much earlier than boxrec lists.
Boxrec has gotten records from old fighters from Mechanics Delight Cards before. I wouldn't be the only time they've gotten fights from not the...
It all depends on the circumstances IMO. If he lost to a fighter he then beat, I could see cases where it could increase his rankings.
On a serious note there's this neat little video with Len Harvey. [MEDIA]
To be fair, that was just "Destory. Attack. Kill." repeated thousands of times. Actually won his an award as an outsider artist.
True, but I think there is a genuine difference with muscle gained via PEDs. Especially when comparing with someone not training for size.
Earnie Shavers is an odd pick to me. A lot of his wins were against terrible opposition, and he didn't even have a spotless record against weak...
