I might question the more knowledgeable part, but I agree that that was a very poor choice of words. I myself try to stick to formal writing as...
Well, where I came from and my generation, saying someone "sh** his pants" is calling him a coward.
Although one year away from beating Folley. "Bates, Bygraves, Erskine, Neuhaus" All guys Johansson KO'd.
on Machen, I said Patterson and Machen were "two of his best" which is not the same as his two best. "Coward who was frozen with fear" My post...
"at the time they fought" Same as Terrell with Williams. Does this mean that Williams' win over Terrell means nothing? Cooper beat Harris and...
"Liston fought a guy paralyzed with fear" I think your point here is right on. If Floyd Patterson was "sh**ing his pants"? what does this say...
Why accept a second big fight in a year if most of the purse goes to the government? The question you should ask is why didn't Patterson fight...
"taxes" Anyone who scoffs at this as a motivation isn't in a high tax bracket. The example of Joe Louis was out there. In those days the tax...
Holy cow! I meant if WILLS got into the ring with Dempsey. Not Runyon. I'll edit my original post to make this clear. Always dangerous to use...
The bottom line why a lot of fights back then weren't made was taxes, not fear. Johansson already had a big money fight in 1961 and so another in...
I voted top ten, but have to admit, after admitting being old and getting a trifle slow on the gas pedal, that I thought higher meant higher...
If you have a disagreement with what Choklab posts, take that up with Choklab. As for me, "You bring up Ingo's big victories over Machen and...
A good argument for Liston being better than Johansson. Not much of an argument for Johansson being mediocre, though, unless you are arguing that...
How many guys ranked in the top five when he fought them did Liston actually beat on his way up? I think only Machen and Folley. The Boxing...
I will elaborate on what I said on another post. Why is giving Johansson credit trashing Liston? It seems to me it is the opposite. Most of...
