Lee Oma
my two cents worth--Walcott would have a shot at being champion in any previous era. It is hard to compare to the real old-timers because of the...
"do you believe cuddling produces great fighters" I know this was just a typo but I just can't resist. Fighters need loving too. Depends on the...
"Gus Lesnevich" "He didn't expose anything." He exposed Tami Mauriello and Melio Bettina. Mauriello was the #2 contender to Bivins in 1942 &...
well, I to a considerable degree share skepticism about "murderers row" designation for WWII contenders. To begin with, out of a total population...
How competitive was the 1960 Patterson-Johansson fight? It was The Ring's fight of the year. I have seen the two Frazier-Quarry fights. I think...
I think someone should defend the 1940's here. Certainly a tough decade to evaluate because of the impact of WWII. I have sympathy for...
Another mistaken post. My posting on this thread has been a problem. Just on Walcott, he is a difficult guy to get a handle on as he was just a...
mistaken post--sorry
That's why Joe Louis did so badly after the first Schmeling fight.
Well, Max ended up well enough off also, just that this site has Carnera ending up wealthier. I would hazard that Max living to 99 might have...
Possibly if folks take The Harder They Fall as real concerning how Carnera ended up. (Although in the movie Toro ends up with some money because...
One thing about Carnera is that he was unfairly trashed by Budd Schulberg. Schulberg was certainly a fine fiction writer, but he seems to have...
Fair enough post above defending Carnera, but in his actual career Carnera lost to sub-200 lb. fighters. I would understand this post as saying...
Certainly true, but Maxim I think was taller and rangier than Tommy. I would favor Primo because of his size, but Maxim wouldn't be that much...
