While I agree that Marciano outranks Dempsey, and mostly for reasons you outline in this post, I will point out some places here where you're...
Bowe was a legitimate top big heavyweight, but as big heavyweights go, he was strongly oriented towards infighting. Lennox Lewis, for example,...
Marciano by mid-late round KO over Langford Langford by SD over Robinson Langford-Moore D 15 Langford by mid-late KO/TKO over Schmeling...
A slight correction here- actually, Ray was #1 contender for Louis' title from December of '46 through February of '47, according to the newspaper...
Eh, pretty much everyone has been wobbled at some stage of his career. In a sport like this, it's unavoidable. McCall's durability is still...
So you actually think you can tell from 29 seconds of him throwing fake slow-motion punches to show off his muscles for a camera, 43 seconds of...
Insofar as I know, Johnson's losses were as follows: one to Walcott(slick boxer), four to Moore(boxer-puncher), one to Satterfield(pressure...
To make note here, I really don't think Langford was "fairly prime" when he fought Wills. I can't remember quite where Wills was last time I...
One lesser-known guy who people likely aren't going to think of is Obie Walker, who was a colored heavyweight champ/contender from the '30s and...
Liston was losing and going to split decisions with guys like Marti Marshall, Bennie Thomas and Johny Summerlin within a couple years of the...
They were actually scheduled to fight during the mid 50's, but Johnson pulled out with an injury. At that point in their careers, I think Johnson...
I've never read this idea directly discussed, but I know Joe was very fat before he took up boxing, and actually, according to some accounts,...
These lists are clearly slanted. With Jeffries' opponents, you go out of your way to emphasize their smallness and negative aspects of their...
The pro-debut loss is irrelevant and should have no real impact on Hopkins' legacy. If he'd won a rematch against Jones, that would vault him...
There are an enormous number of guys who would be qualified for inclusion on this type of list, without any really solid means of separating them...
