This is an impressive achievement for Quarry and it is certainly pertinent to bring it up. that said, though, having victories over more rated...
Except he did stop Terrell, who was a solid 27 fight veteran.
Just another aside. As an old f-rt who grew up when most movies and all of TV were black and white, I never think of black and white as being...
Just a comment. I don't think this film is being run at the proper speed. Note how fast the referee moves around. Because of the limitations of...
"Germany was notorious for its partisan judging." Unlike the United States? "I asked you if Cooper, Erskine, and Mildenberger were as good as...
"Machen hadn't been ranked for 2 years when he lost to Mildenberger." Eleven months earlier Machen fought Terrell for the WBA championship. So...
I think the relevant stat for Folley and Machen is 4 losses in 12 fights, and the reason is 12 is the number of fights they had with Europeans....
I think very misleading stats. Machen fought four fights against Europeans. He defeated Besmanoff and London. He lost to Johansson and...
on the original question, while I think by far the most likely result of a Holmes-Baer fight is Holmes winning a decision by a mile, or Baer being...
True. But he was active in the US and most of his career was there, but I yield to your point. *Just an aside, being from the United States,...
"I'm in his book." I think it best we agree to disagree. It is certainly reasonable to consider Quarry the best of these men, but I think it...
Just on the relative levels of American and Euro heavyweights in the late 1950's, here is the 1957 rankings and some results when matched with...
I don't agree with the criticism of Johansson for not fighting a rematch with Machen. I think it really unfair. What happened is that the IBC...
I don't find the "he was unranked" when X fought him argument all that convincing. I think the overall career is what we should look at. For...
