I have to take issue with your choices of Napoles and Papp as instances of bad Ring Magazine ratings. "I've given you one example of Napoles...
Well, I think Louis could. He could beat the old Liston of 1964-65 when he was 21 & 22, beat Frazier when he was 28, and 32. of course his...
"pleasure speaking with you." Same here. "By political what do you mean?" Not that you are political, but that the sanctioning bodies are. And...
Thanks for the reply. The "colored" championship--I don't see as quite a world championship although "colored" fighters from all over the world...
"why is Braddock considered an undisputed champion" Perhaps because the general public didn't think the rival "political" champion had any real...
Fair enough, and I generally am on the same page with what you are saying, but a couple of comments-- 1--Ring supporting Ali--well, Ali was...
I might wonder why anyone cares about "official" sanctioning bodies. Being the best boxer is not a political matter so I don't exactly understand...
"I believe Folley was unrated when Bonavena beat him." Fair enough. I would think so also. But what I did on that post was list any heavyweight...
I checked The Ring annual rankings for the period 1966-1975 when both Quarry and Bonavena were prime. Adding up the top five heavyweights--the...
"Jerry Quarry's opposition was much better than all the aforementioned bottom ten" Yes, in depth, this is reasonable. And Johnny Risko fought...
"ranked AT THE TIME!" And this system simply shifts an opponent into the non-rated column--laughable in the case of Ali. But what does this...
Okay, but Machen wasn't sparked out by Doug Jones either. No doubt he had a better chin than Cooper or I think Folley, but he still didn't beat...
The speed does look better here.
Well, as you went to so much trouble, I should at least give a reply. "Neither Muhammad Ali (1970), nor George Chuvalo were in the ratings, when...
