Sure, it had nothing to do with the fact that Burley was considered a boring, passionless fighter who couldnt draw flies if he covered himself in...
Youd puke if you knew how many great old fight films have been lost to history. I keep a running list of lost fight films and itd make you sad.
Part of the problem with this film of Conn-Bettina (beyond the poor quality) is that Bettina looks to be getting the better of Conn in much of...
This is a post I made at boxrec last year during a similar discussion which sheds more light on the real reason why Burley didnt get a WW title...
The problem here is that this article was written in mid 1939. It was over a year later that Armstrong lost to Zivic. And frankly it wasnt...
Burley was not the #1 contender when his contract was purchased and he wasnt forced to move up to 160. Theres been a lot of misinformation spread...
You mean the first one that two newspapermen picked for Cocoa but did so by the margin of rounds they scored even and admitted that the crowd...
I guess this is where we can disagree because I think modern fighters, particularly Floyd's training with goofy choreographed pad work etc is just...
Langford crude? Uhh, no. He presses with good head movement and feints to draw leads from which he counters with powerpunches. He also gets...
For a second I thought we were talking about a fighter who hadnt lost and drawn 69 of his fights. If you believe he had the cuffs on in all of...
I didnt criticise Godoys rating, I criticized his style. You two are conflating two different discussions to create a strawman argument....
I dont see Godoys record as particularly impressive frankly but we werent talking about his rating we were talking about the merits of the rating...
Lol thats why I think Louis is the most technically proficient HW ever... No, Im not always trashing pre 1965 HWs I just think Godoy was...
You had a mountain to climb because the competition and money wasnt there. Getting rated site unseen with few if any noteworthy wins means you had...
Oh yeah, constantly. You can see this almost every issue. They even gave cover stories to many European ham and eggers that didnt warrant it.
