I think Leonard beats Robinson at 147lbs but I don't think Leonard would enjoy 10 rounds with Zivic twice and another 6 fights with LaMotta.
For me he's up with the best of British, the Lewis brothers Ted and Lennox, Jimmy Wilde, Jem Driscoll, Benny Lynch, Ken Buchanan, Randolph Turpin...
Cheers Mike
Definitely. Robinson liked to party, dance and the ladies, but he didn't drink. Turpin was up for the fight and it had parallels with Frazier-Ali...
If you watch the fight without the BBC commentary done by a chinless wonder who'd been told to expect a gallant British defeat the fight was a...
I like reading about the nearly men, journey men and contenders as much as champions and ATG's He, Daniels looked as hard as nails.
William gypsy Daniels a very tough Welshman
Very heartwarming how they became close after the war. Louis probably felt guilty about any hate he had for the Black Uhlan. Do you know who the...
Like a lot of fights from yesteryear I can't think of many Southpaws who RAT fought.
Turpin would ko Downes with a lot of blood flowing. I think he would outbox Benn, Eubank and Watson. I'm not so sure about Froch and Calzaghe....
Probably Baer's best fight.He hit Schmeling with everything including back hands which he wasn't warned about. Schmeling was said to have actually...
Tommy Farr had 4 cuts on his face, a broken nose and a broken finger. Louis chopped his opponents up without a flicker of emotion.
Hahahaha thanks. I also had Jersey Joe vs Marciano, Sonny Liston vs Leotis Martin and Floyd Patterson, Floyd vs Ingemar Johansson of the twitching...
I included him getting KO'd by Jersey Joe, but that isn't the same
To be fair to Galento, Louis had just used his head as a heavy bag. Galento also thought he'd knocked the champ down twice too. The pummeling that...
