Just for fun I'll mention Paolino Uzcudun, Johnny Risko, and Nino Valdes as "honorable mention" candidates.
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You can start with Willard-Moran and Dempsey-Brennan. This should really be a simple task for anyone wiling to go down the list of heavyweight...
The Louis of the rematch was motivated by a desire for vengeance and redemption. That desire led to an aggressiveness which we never saw Louis...
Davis wins. Wilt has to forfeit because he can't make weight.
Most everything posted here is correct IMO, but big, strong, fearless, tough, aggressive, and well-schooled middleweights like Turpin and Fullmer...
Things got commercial. It was easier to sell an abbreviated version with the boring parts cut out. A typical comedy two-reel short lasted 20...
Great collection of quotes. I take note that Billy fought Louis just like he said he would. No BSing, no hyping, no deception, just a...
I think all that needs to be said is that Chuvalo was the Uzcudun of his era, and Uzcudun was the Chuvalo of his era.
Billy Miske and Joe Gans, of course. Muhammad Ali was in the early stages of dementia or Parkinson's or whatever you would want to call it for at...
Billy Backus, Lauro Salas, Freddie Cochrane, Harold Dade, Paddy DeMarco, Jimmy Braddock based on the fact that they were fighters with in-and-out...
The theater version is the most complete version. The entire fight does not exist. Correct me if I'm wrong, fellas!
Most of the legitimate fighters he fought were either smaller than he was or if they were big they were not in as good a shape as he was. So I...
Primo used the gifts he had just like any fighter does. He had size, but he didn't have much upper body agility. In his era size was enough...
Nice take on this fight. As intriguing as any I have ever heard or read.
