They weren't. Tommy Farr was the UK title holder and Nova was the number 1 contender, and who most people thought would be the biggest threat to...
They weren't. The bum of the month was a period from December 1940 to June 1941 where Louis defended his title every month. In that time period he...
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Here are two Schmeling fights you can watch that show his ability. Check for his timing, counter punching and crouching style. vs Ben Foord...
Using the Louis rematch to judge Schmeling's ability is like using the Foreman fights to judge Frazier and Norton and the Liston fights to judge...
Imagine someone like Ken Norton or Zora Folley or Leon Spinks against Tyson. Someone not being able to beat Tyson is not a metric for how good...
Yes, he was ranked number 1 in 1941, the year Louis defeated him and he knocked out top heavyweight Bob Pastor who was very hard to beat during...
Another neat detail, Cunningham was a 36 year old that night.
Golovkin is a puncher and a stalker. He will be out of there in one round. What has Golovkin done against HW or even Cruiserweight opponents?
He weighed 199 lbs but he dehydrated himself to get there, and this was his 7th fight in 7 months. There is no HW champ who has a comparable...
Top black contenders like Roscoe Toles and Walcott who Louis knocked out, or the black LHW champ who was beating up heavyweights who Louis...
Conn was an extremely lean 174 lbs in the first Louis fight. He could wear +10 lbs at least and still be lean, he simply chose not to. He was 182...
Surprised to be the first to mention it but Ezzard Charles losing to Jersey Joe Walcott and Rocky Marciano twice.
Alright, Futch is biased and wrong but Stewart who talked to a guy who knew a guy who knew Joe Louis' milkman has a better guess on how this fight...
He sure did. Doesn't mean he knew more than Eddie Futch who trained with Louis himself, trained the guys who beat Ali and thought Louis could...
