Now think about this one carefully. Hearns, of course, was one of the most visually impressive fighters, and there was a lot of substance behind...
Come on. That's a distinction with which I thought we were most familiar. Harry Greb was undoubtedly greater than Carlos Monzon, but who would...
Imagine if we had the best footage of Armstrong back in his sub-130 days. The utter bombings of notable durables Petey Sarron and Benny Bass. The...
That has nothing to do with anything.
That's what they said about Ray Leonard.
**** that. It was Gbenga who won every round, those judges were ****.
At middleweight I presume: 1. Valdez 2. Griffith 3. Benvenuti 4. Briscoe (although let's not pretend he was an all-time great)
Yeah, he was at #4 for a while but gradually dropped. Didn't beat as many great fighters as the others. Although detractors of Pep's record are...
I'm pretty sure My dinner with Conteh is related to him.
Shut it, you old coot.
Just had to add a couple more onto Armstrong's list. It's surprising that you miss a couple, but I just went over it again and discovered two more...
1. Henry Armstrong 2. Harry Greb 3. Ray Robinson 4. Sam Langford 5. Benny Leonard 6. Ezzard Charles 7. Roberto Duran 8. Willie Pep 9. Archie Moore...
Yep - Armstrong's post '40 career would be enough to get him into the Hall of Fame. But the '37 to '40 run turns him into something else. He beat...
Realistically, you could put forth a reasonable argument for Armstrong being in the top three for featherweight, lightweight and welterweight....
I reckon Barrera could take Baby Arizmendi, Chalky Wright and Benny Bass. Those kind of level fighters. But if he was in their day, fighting in...
