Im sure a quick search on this or any other boxing history forum will turn up a plethora of "why didnt Sugar Ray Robinson ever fight Burley?...
The offer Harry puts so much faith in came from Burley's manager, not a promoter. Managers can talk all the pie in the sky numbers they want but...
What is so BS about two guys eliminating each other. Heeney was good as it was going to get for an attraction. How can you scoff at the idea of...
Right, so why is his opinion less valuable than the manager of Godfrey or Risko, or you for that matter? The job of any manager is get his fighter...
The more you post the more reinforce the validity of Tunney's opinion that the crop of heavyweights he had to contend with were nothing special.
That knockdown wasnt from the first round. It was a knockdown from the 7th round. Ken Burns used the same knockdown twice, reversing the image...
Boy you sure love taking quotes from fighters managers as gospel. Why isnt you havent quoted Heeney's manager yet? Ya think he might have...
Tunney didnt specify who he wanted to fight. He just specified that he had every intention of fighting in June. He wanted to fight in June for two...
Dont get mad because you once again took on faith the word of someone who did nothing more than copy names from an old inaccurate record. If...
See there you go again. "it makes sense why Tunney chose Heeney" "I can't be critical of Tunney's choice" It wasnt Tunney's choice. Heeney was...
Its got more fights on it than they knew too. They dont even dates or locations for the first two years of his record. They just take it on faith...
CBZ's record is incorrect. Yes, nice try indeed.
Ok, who, in the immediate run up to Tunney-Heeney had a BETTER record than Heeney? This is a nonsensical statement. We arent arguing who ended...
I did. What source are you looking at? The Ring Record book? Which is notoriously inaccurate for this era?? LOL. Nice try.
Bill Brennan had 103 fights and 49 KOs. Check your math.