That said it does also depend on where and when you want to study. If you wanted to focus on the UK, https://newspaperarchive.com/ and...
Various sites. Some are free, some you have to pay for. Generally the free ones are regional, and more limited in time span....
James J Jeffries, or John L Sullivan would be far more defensible picks.
Jack Johnson, Lennox Lewis or Rocky Marciano, depending on criteria.
Probably only in a 25 rounder, with an old school liberal ref, that allows Sharkey to wear down Jones with wrestling. Sharkey wasn't even a...
I agree with Janitor. Though I will add that from what I've seen the rules of modern bareknuckle have nothing at all in common with historic...
I would also go for Miguel Canto.
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Something like: 1. Jack Johnson 2. James Jeffries 3. Harry Wills 4. Jack Dempsey 5. John L Sullivan 6. Bob Fitzsimmons 7. Sam Langford 8. Gene...
If its any weight class, then its the orginal Jack Demspey when he fought Tommy Ryan.
Why that version? He was past his peak.
The British judges also seem to have been a lot stricter on not scoring open handed punches. Though I have seen that opinion in the US too.
Yeah, they'd just need to stop Hart. Fitzsimmons is probably the most obvious bet. Tom Sharkey is probably the only heavyweight that could...
I think it's bits from loads of different takes that have just been stuck together, which is why you get all the repetition etc
The lowest weight mostly just seems to have been called bantamweight before then, though paperweight was sometimes used too, having weights like...
