I can see with my own eyes, that Usyk is quicker than Liston! What does this prove about the general quickness of the two eras? Absolutely...
I'm well aware, that the number of active boxers in the US isn't what it used to be - especially if we go back to the depression years of the 20s...
How do you know that? I'd like to see the numbers, that support this idea.
So if we pretend he was born in a later era, what happens to the things that formed the original Fitz? For one thing, he would be unlikely to have...
Ok, so I'm back again - after having looked at the first 400 boxers listed by BoxRec in August, 1930. I could of course have gone on forever, but...
What has any of this got to do with the opening question?
Kid McCoy was apparently married 10 times - to 8 different women!
Absolutely nailed it! Imagine if we had been born 100 years earlier, and were boxing fans during the 1920s! Imagine how terrible that would have...
So do we agree, that we will both look into our respective projects (both are interesting, I think)? Not necessarily right now, or tomorrow - but...
As i have already explained in detail (post #23), I'll start on August 1, 1930 - and then go through the fights, in chronological order, as they...
Ok, you're interested in one kind of statistics, and I'm interested in another. Both are intriguing, imo - so lets do them both! And again... how...
I don't think your original question specified anything about whether or not the fighters in question should be world ranked. Certainly thistle...
Yeah, I remember that thread - where we both contributed with some FACTUAL research. However, it didn't deal with any of the numbers being bandied...
Hi again, It's now been a week since you suggested this - so I'm wondering, how your research into this is coming along?
I have also studied thousands of records over the years... and the intuitive sense I get, is that back in the day many boxers had a lot more...
