Look at Joe Brown & George Araujo over at the lightweight thread. Makes your point.
I am not trying to knock Holmes, just defend Louis. Holmes had an excellent career. I have read that Louis had an injury against Conn in their...
That round percentage stuff relies heavily on not counting the last round in a KO fight, but I assume the guy scoring a KO would have won that...
"weird bunch of stats" Okay, a poor choice of words. What I should have written the age stuff is sort of weird, because both lost all their...
Brion's top was #6, mainly because Louis was still being rated although his career was over. But should guys who rated better than 5th, like...
What sticks out to me in this rather weird bunch of stats. Louis won 4 fights and lost 2. Holmes won 2 fights and lost 4. Louis was 22 and Max...
Your "source" is arrant hearsay which would never be allowed into a court of law. There was a weigh in, and there were weights given. That is...
Here are Billy Conn's listed weights for his last 8 fights before going into the service, including the Joe Louis fight. Ira Hughes---182 Danny...
The official weights were 199 1/2 and 174. It is clearly announced on the film. I am old enough to recall a lot of commentary on the Louis-Conn...
I would say 1950 to 1952, but Layne didn't stop winning exactly after the Marciano fight. He was never as successful, but besides Charles, he...
Fair enough. Two points though. Putting Carter in a top 20 does not mean that Brown shouldn't also be in the top 20. Brown certainly had the...
I would like to read exactly what Fleischer wrote. He was not one to go to fix talk usually. I don't know if there is much to explain with...
Nice list. I am glad Joe Brown made it.
Brown was champion for six years and 11 successful defenses. He finally lost at 36 to Carlos Ortiz. Jimmy Carter was champion for only 4 years,...
Just off the top, what about Joe Brown? By some criteria, # of defenses, etc., he had one of the best lightweight championship reigns of them...
