Not remotely. When he was stopped by Williams Terrell had one split decision loss in the previous three years. That is not even close to "one...
Also untrue. Terrell won his first fight of 62.
Contemporary reports give it as either "a full minute" or "almost a full minute". An internet article written 65 years later doesn't change that.
We had this debate awhile back. Marshall certainly claimed in the years that followed that he'd knocked Liston down in their second fight, but...
Except Layne never had a 25-1 stage of his career - when he fought Walcott he was 25-1-2, having drawn both his last two bouts against journeyman...
This again. Firstly, no one's going to tell you he was 21, because he was 20. Secondly, the "33-1" against his name on boxrec doesn't mean he...
What confuses me is that Gene Tunney was a better heavyweight, cruiserweight and light-heavyweight than Ezzard Charles but not as good...
Besides which, Billy Hunter, Alex Miteff and Charlie Powell were all top 10 ranked when stopped by DeJohn.
Except that Williams wasn't on anything like that schedule. He'd fought twice that year - once in March, once in June. But it wasn't, was it?...
Thanks, but I've read it before. If you remember, I'm the one who showed you that article after you repeatedly claimed that Williams was in...
I'm going to assume you actually do understand the difference between training for a fight in the gym and going jogging. This is not true, there...
This is the standard anti-Williams speech and as usual it leaves out fundamental facts. He lost to Satterfield when he was just 20 years old and...
Well, this is the description of the 4th round from the round-by-round account next day: Fourth Round - Johnson came up smiling, with Ross in...
Yes, I don't think they suggested that the award was for his achievements. He was cited for "the interest and excitement he brought to boxing"....
I remember Henry Cooper explaining that in his day the southpaw stance was just considered weird and wrong, so he was trained to box orthodox even...
