Even if Fury had vacated, I don't see why either should be fighting for the vacant title. From everything I can see neither is the No1 contender...
He always does this, then shows up in the ring looking like a Staypuff Marshmallow man
The classic, boxer puncher swarmer triangles are always the best. Like this one with Young Stribling (the boxer), Paul Berlenbach (the puncher),...
He's described as "Our boxing correspondant" on page 2 of the paper. It's only signed as W.H.M though
The fact that Carnera dropped Gains in the fight alone makes it questionable if he could have possibly won "easily". News Chronicle (London)-...
Didn't know the fight was only 2min. I don't think you can put any weight on such a short fight, not even a full regular round. It was just a...
From what I recall it was a close fight and some disputed the decision.
Yeah, definitely wasn't what he was, but even well past his best he was still pretty capable
Benny Yanger actually probably ranks pretty high with wins over Abe Attell and Young Corbett. Some other good wins too, an aging George Dixon, Tim...
Corbett didn't spend a ton of time at the weight. McGovern has the deeper overall resume. I think there is a case that McGovern was greater and...
They were very different fighters. Baer took a much better punch, and was stronger, Johansson was a better boxer, and not nearly as reckless....
Johannson by a mid round stoppage.
Wasn't it just a 10 round ND? It's a debatable point but when they had two decision contests over much longer distances, I don't see a Newspaper...
Honestly it's probably just dodgy measurements or outright exaggeration I think it's maybe possible PEDs skew things to favour tall guys more...
Moran does have a lot of good wins, though he is hurt in this by his best wins being spread across three divisions. For me the lack of a win over...