I'll check it out
Dempsey, Marciano, and Louis are top 3 of all time in my opinion, with Tyson right there close to them. Ali is way overated, Dempsey way underated.
Liston has a mystique about him--ex-con, thrown fights against Ali, died early--and that's it. He was good contender who cught title shot...
Since when? Tua was always 5' 9", unless he just grew an inch :nono Marciano was always listed as 5' 10 1/2" Maybe since he died he...
Tua was way out of shape, and did not try, and is not half the fighter Marciano was. No comparison
Marciano fought guys like Charles, Moore, Walcott, La Starza, and all 4 had as much or more skills than Lewis. ****, Charles and Walcott had...
And in Johnsn's fights with Willard and Ketchel, he claimed knockdown was doublecross (Ketchel fight) and that Willard fight was dive....
Are there any Black fighters from that era that DON'T claim they took dive, or carried a guy, and time they did not win????
They fought, it's what we are talking about.
I'd give Louis the edge, but not a big one. Louis held title 11 years, missed 3 of them in middle due to military service, and then came back...
Marciano beat some big guys on way up, and there were big gguy saround then, and they were talented. Best heavies are not always biggest. A 135...
Tua is 5' 9", Marciano was 5' 10 1/2"
That's great article, never saw it before.
You'de wind up broke.
I think Dempsey is underated by too many here, I consider him one of top three, maybe even number one.
