I'm not sure he beats Schmeling, Farr, Lewis, Godoy, Conn or Walcott ... Buddy Baer as well ...
again I don’t doubt he was for real , just a bit animated.
Steele was obviously serious but he looks a bit cartoonish to me with his wind ups and full commitment punches …. Fun to watch … in long shots he...
Willard was a physically gifted fighter who started very late, was in the game only for money, never came close to maximizing his potential and in...
Excellent post Pugguy ... Keep in mind Willard actually nailed Jack a few times in rounds 2 and 3 ... prime for prime without hovering over...
I’m not sure Dempsey wins if he didn’t stand over him and mug him like he did , especially against the vastly better prepared Willard that fought...
Nothing, you’re right. I misread it. That said I favor Holmes as Wlad fought often defensive, survivalist and scared. His fight against Haye was...
Maybe but as far as his physical prime, we missed it. Louis too.
Ali and Louis … both had physical prime years taken away. Ali by the exile, Louis by WW2
Holmes was simply better. Much faster. Took a far better punch. He’d have cut Wlad up and stopped him.
You're right ... for some reason I thought it read the Paq that fought Mayweather. The Paq that diced up Oscar beats the faded Whitaker that lost...
I agree .. Whitaker was supposedly drowning in drugs and not focused ... while Paq was also past his best and had been KO'ed by Marquez he was...
I don't think its a question that he ducked anyone but that he prospered by the age, size and quality of who was there to fight in his era ......
Ellis had incredible courage and a very sharp right hand , enough tl drop Bonavena twice .....
Its certainly possible he could ago the distance w Rocky or that Rocky catches him and stops him ... he did have a good twenty pounds on muscle on...
