But then again, you can find people here, who believe Fitz would flatten every fighter today, close to his own weight... so it works both ways!
They are not clowns... but when did you last hear an oldtimer say, that today's boxers are better than back in his day? That simply never happens!
I'm curious... how many "average" fighters from back in the day have you actually seen?
Harry Forbes, 1911: "The boxers today do not know how to fight," says Forbes. "In the old days, when the bell clanged for the beginning of a bout,...
Is it still possible to access Ring's annual ratings in the "new" BoxRec?
I have often wondered, why Courtney boxed the way he did in that short Corbett clip. I don't think anyone could possibly look that bad... unless...
Ok, I'm now officially very impressed!
Yes, so many ways to "attack" a problem like this. I also had names like Gans, O'brien and Dixon in mind, but my main focus was really to find...
Excellent! I count 19 names between Sullivan and Fury... the same as my own best attempt: Sullivan Corbett (HW) Kid McCoy (MW) Jack Twin...