Just a couple of points... In probably 90% of the world, promising athletes (and potential world champs) aren't lured away from boxing by...
Jack McCarron beat 5 future HOFers: Billy Miske Jack Blackburn Mike Gibbons Leo Houck Jeff Smith ... and also world champ George Chip!
Yeah, Fritzie was one of those oldtimers, who had loads of fights against top-10 opponents... though a long way behind Rosenbloom, who's a clear...
So how high would you rank Fury on a H2H list? Somewhere in the top-50... or maybe even lower than that?
Hard to disagree with that... yes, there must have been lots of fighters throughout the history of boxing, who could have won a world title, if...
I don't read too much into number of fights and years. How good a boxer is, is more important to me. Take some of the best fighters in recent...
Joyce vs Wilder is a very intriguing fight... if for nothing else to find out, if Joyce's chin really is as undentable, as it has so far appeared...
I don't get, why some people think the oldtimers would hold an advantage over moderns, because they fought so often! The way to get in top shape...
Vitali vs Briggs. From around midway through to the 11th round I was praying that, PLEASE somebody stop this slaughter. In the 12th, I was...
I'm surprised at how highly thought of Conn is on this forum! Just last week, I was told he would beat Usyk and humble other of today's top HWs -...
"A snapshot of the middle 70s"! Other boxers who made The Ring top-10 during 74/75 include Chuck Wepner, Henry Clark, Larry Middleton, Duane...
Just curious... where did you get the 74/75 top-10 list from?
Why would we want to make this comparison - without including two of today's absolute best, Usyk and Joyce, in the lineup?
For sure, few prople are likely to watch as much old-time boxing as the geeks here - probably (though I don't really know!) not even most trainers...
This is very true! A lot of other things to capture fans' attention these days. Not least in the US, where interest in boxing certainly isn't what...
