Williams was actually rated by the NBA as early as 1957, following his ko win over John Holman. I can't find that link, but here's one from early...
No, Baker was unranked thanks to recent losses to Clarence Henry and Bob Satterfield.
Obviously Moore didn't beat the light-heavy champion during that period because he was the light-heavy champion. He did beat the #1 heavyweight...
Walcott actually did win this fight on points. He lost the decision thanks to the strange system which allowed the judge who gave him more points...
Walking into the gym for the first time at age 18, he may just have been a bit fat.
The book Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography gives that account. Basically it says that Walcott was out of shape, weighed only 180 pounds, and...
But Louis didn't climb the rankings. He was installed as #1 contender at the very beginning of his post-Charles comeback, despite Nat Fleischer...
He fought Chaplin in December 1984 - five years and one month before fighting Foreman. Totally unimportant, but true.
Well, firstly that's wrong - Cooney had three wins in the last six years when he fought Foreman. More to the point, it's irrelevant since I...
Um - no, it's called a fact. When he fought Louis, Savold had one win in the last three years. Try to explain it away if you like, but don't...
As I said - one win in the 3 years leading up to his meeting with Louis in June 1951. That solitary win being in 1950. His last win before that...
Shkor's upset cuts win over Mauriello was back in 1947, more than two and a half years before his exhibition with Louis, and he had lost the...
Louis's record after his original retirement is solid, but let's not get carried away. He never knocked out Elmer Ray. He boxed three...
I believe Frazier gave him an oil painting of himself - which is presumably the thing he's holding underneath the nicely wrapped parcel.
Foreman was actually down for 11 seconds - the commentator just lost track of the count.
