Chuck, don't you mean "Boardwalk Billy" Smith rather than "Broadway Billy?" I think he got the name when he was knocked down by Archie in their...
He was pretty much a welterweight from 1958 through 1965 with some non-title excursions into the next higher weight division as most...
Actually, they came to mind. Pastrano may have fallen into the IBC category, however. Cooper is a good guess, I think.
Since Cus D'Amato was at war with anyone he called an IBC fighter (which included anybody who he thought was a threat to defeat his boy Floyd) and...
Frazier's style did not lend itself to a peak performance with much longevity. The punishment he was willing to absorb at the beginning and...
If the best Slattery can't beat Berlenbach, then he ain't beating Dempsey.
I am not sure at what weight Griffith was in his prime, but IMO Basilio was past it at 160. As a matter of fact, he never weighed a full 160 for a...
This. To me, Terrell was the biggest threat to Ali's primacy he ever faced and he handled Ernie with ease. Folley was old, Williams was a shell,...
Mike Gibbons, Henry Armstrong, Benny Leonard, Joe Louis, Ray Robinson, Archie Moore, Tony Canzoneri, Harry Greb, Marvin Hagler, Eder Jofre,...
I think the explanation is sure and simple. He was a stablemate of Ali. He had serious boxing aspirations, but was not sure what direction to take...
He was a beanpole. He had plenty of room to gain 30 pounds as he matured. The premise of this thread is "based" totally on unwarranted conjecture.
Mccoy moves around like a fighter in a short clip against James J. Corbett (1912): [MEDIA] and in the 1919 movie "Broken Blossoms:...
Gavilan-Bratton 3. This fight absolutely ruined Johnny. I try to never criticize a referee for stopping a fight too early unless he's doing a...
Owen Moran is my favorite lightweights to watch from that era.
One of the best if not the best is Owen Moran v. Battling Nelson. Also Jimmy Britt v. Nelson and Moran v. Ad Wolgast.
