Whilst laying down a brief summary of his views on the all-time great heavyweights, he said he ranked Ali "somewhere below me," as well as Louis...
Now, I didn't say they fought equal opposition; I think I alluded to Ray's thinner resume of elite opposition in this passage: "Perhaps Ray was...
My indicating that I thought it was "a bit of a fluke" wasn't meant to indicate that it was something Thompson couldn't/wouldn't have ordinarily...
Thanks. Well, so far as I can tell, he was freelance for the first few years of his pro career in the late '30s. He picked up manager/promoter...
Sheppard had a strong reputation as a thunderous puncher among his peers in the heavyweight division and in the press. He was the only man ever to...
That happened in 1949 when Ray and Louis were both recently retired. The article I quoted above was from 1946, and at that time, Louis did, in...
Excellent post, 11player. Exactly. As William Wallace tells the troops in Braveheart- "Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you'll live -- at...
You don't think Gatti has serious snap on his punches?!? Besides which, Gomez has never been knocked down or even really hurt that I know of, and...
Charles and Moore are generally ranked higher than anyone on Greb's list, and Maxim had a combined total of eight fights against them.
Exactly. The data is so heavily conflicting on how old he was and when his career started as to make it nearly impossible to set forth a reliable...
When he starts fighting more than once a year and against opponents with over a half-dozen fights to their credit, then people might take his...
I'd also like to bring information about some of Ray's major fights to light. For starters, the first Turkey Thompson fight: This was a No...
Elmer Ray is an intriguing fighter, and one on whom information is scarce. He had an outstanding record, but has received very little media...
Emmanuel Augustus has been flagrantly robbed more often than any other fighter I've ever seen.
Bob Stallings and Tiger Ted Lowry were a couple of guys with approximately .500 records who were nonetheless highly competitive with, even drawing...
