Charles had great career, Conn had a great fight against Joe Louis. Conn did not do nearly as much as Charles. In Conn's defense, he did lose...
One of weirdest things I ever saw was in first Bonovena -Frazier fight. I thought Frazier deserved decision, which some say Bonevena should...
Raging Bull by Jkae LaMotta, and Willy Pep's, called Friday Night Heroes. Pep's book alternates chapters on him, and on Fighters who fought in...
McCall was a club fighter/fringe contender Look at names you put up. Besides an old Holmes, that's a pretty sorry list. If you were...
What! You must be talking about another Rocky Marciano :D
He got ko'd in prime twice by good club fighters/fringe contenders. NOt an all time great, not even top 15.
Freddie Brown trained a lot of good fighters, and along with Ray Arcel trained Duran. Petronelli developed Hagler from amateur days, and has...
How is it stylistic nitghtmare? Marciano could crowd him, and not like Frazier did. Frazier thought he was in for an easy night, and just...
Tunney was young and green in first Greb fight, and was still developing in next bouts with Greb. Also different styles. Dempsey hit way harder...
I don't thoink Marciano ever put any fighter down. He was classy guy. Frazier was too. If Marciano had not died, they would have met of course,...
Is the purpose of this to demean Dempsey, or are you really that much of a Greb fan?
Oh oh. The excuses in case he losses are starting already.:patsch
Thanks a lot, I enjoyed that. Never remembered it went to fouth round, thought it ended earlier, like 1st. It's been close to 40 years. I'm...
I was thinking I'd be only one who remembered. In New York it got little coverage, just a paragraph in one paper. I had to wait for magazines to...
I just mentioned layne in another thread. Walcott had to fight Marciano caus eof Rocky's win over Layne and Harry Mathews. Layne was not as...
