Jack Dempsey comes to mind, though of course there were doubts as to whether his 1st round ko loss to Jim Flynn was on the level.
It isn't his estate as such, it's the marketing rights to his name, which Ali himself sold some time ago.
It seems like in the first fight Fitz started fairly cautiously, got on top in the middle, but then got worn down by Jeffries' size and strength....
Yes, and I guess that's why the governing bodies had to give way - by pretending Louis wasn't champion they were just going to look stupid.
Bivins had a pretty good retirement - had a decent job, trained fighters, owned a couple of houses. But when his wife died and he moved in with...
They were reluctant to recognise the Braddock - Louis bout as being for the title because Braddock was supposed to defend against Schmeling...
That's true, Folley was still a live opponent at this point and the win shows that London was a better fighter than he's often given credit for....
This kind of cherry-picking of facts is pretty easy to do. Folley was in his prime when he beat Machen and 36 years old when he lost to Brian...
I have to admire your guts for standing by that comparison. Lamar Clark compiled a long unbeaten streak against novice opponents, many of whom...
A good question to ask the tiny dwindling band who still cling to the myth: can they find a single contemporary source from 1963 which says...
When Williams was 20 years old, coming in as a last-minute substitute, and weighed around 10 pounds less than he did in his prime. In fact Liston...
London wasn't as bad as people make out. Though limited, he was a gutsy, hard-working sort of fighter who was very seldom beaten easily. Coming...
Also, it's a myth that Foreman beat the count. If you time it he was down for about 11 seconds. Edit: as Houdini just said. Oh well :)
Where did he get top billing? All the posters I've seen, Liston gets top billing, as you'd expect. http://www.webgalleria.com/sonny-liston
Jack Dempsey admitted that his success was mostly thanks to Nuxated Iron....
