I'll pick Sam Langford at his best to beat prime Louis. Sam was a good power hitter who I think would crowd Louis. Louis himself admitted he hated...
Oh I see, still if Sullivan had gotten a fight I still don't think he was too far gone to win. Even Fitz of 1905. Although I wondered where...
Interesting, Sullivan could talk about boxing just as good as anyone in his time. I know one time they were going to fight a exhibition but the...
Hello, This is something I've always wondered. Lets say if Corbett gave Jackson a rematch and Jackson won. Also if he would've lost to Jeffries...
That wouldn't necessary make them wrong though. Every generation thinks their's is the best like you said. Just as true now as it was then....
Yes, some of those old timers probably were extremely biased but I'm sure some were sincere. I just think we should let them old timers lie they...
Yes, but still plenty of people who saw the old timers like Goldman would've agreed with him about the old timers. I just don' think we should be...
Like I said if it was just Fleschier's memory then I would say alright just an old man romanticizing his times, but its not. All of the old school...
This is why I think we shouldn't use those old films to judge the old time fighters. Nearly all the old time writers who saw the champions live...
On the McCormack bout the article below says that Sullivan badly needed money and agreed to step into the ring with McCormack. The fact he managed...
I read where Rocky Marciano knocked out a guy who owed him money with a left hook. Long after he retired from boxing. Also I remember a...
I never new Johnson had Burns down three times before interesting but, I still say Burns did better and was more durable since he got up both...
I'd have to pick Tommy Burns to win this by decision. Sure, Ketchel managed to knock out some common opponents that Burns couldn't do. However,...
There are so many stories about what happened during the computer fight it's hard to know what happened. I heard that Ali kept knocking Rock's...
Looks like Pat Killen ducked Sullivan. Cyber Boxing Zone says that on October 1886 Killen challenged any man in the world expect John L Sullivan....
