Yes, that would indeed be more challengingI So with this in mind... who can come up with the shortest way to "prove" Jimmy Wilde beats Primo Carnera?
Jack Smith fought 3 of the Sands brothers: Alfie, Clem and Richie. Freddie Mueller fought Frankie, Billy and Pete Petrolle. And Stanislaus Loayza...
Remember this quote of yours: "Boxing died many years ago"... which you of course know is a factual lie. So why say something as silly as that?...
Difference of opinion is one thing - but straight up factual lying is another!
Very hard to have a serious debate with someone as obviously biased as the OP!
John L. Sullivan Jim Corbett Bob Fitzsimmons/Jim Jeffries Jack Johnson Brad Simmons Ham Pounder Archie Moore Bobo Olson Don Fullmer Emile Griffith...
Not counting Sullivan and Napoles... can I ask, how many names you have cut it down to?
Valuev Haye Maccarinelli Jones Trinidad DLH Pacquiao Barrera Hamed
Taking on opponents from lighter weight divisions, is nothing new. Dempsey had an easy (though very profitable!) defence against LHW Carpentier....
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Yeah... and half of those posts are probably yours! Do you really believe, that if we had (for example) Ketchel vs Papke filmed in perfect modern...
There were probably years back in the 30s, where some of them could have cracked The Ring's end of year Top-10 lists.
I don't think Bill Squires looked very modern! Heavyweight championship - Squires vs. Burns 1907 (Colorized Boxing) - YouTube
So we've had no truly great fighters, since the start of this century - is that what you're saying?
Me too! That's why I asked, if Ketchel was an ATG. You hear all the time, that this moden fighter or that modern fighter, with maybe only 20-25...
