I think Joe suffered a lot of brain damage in the first Schmeling fight which accelerated his decline and showed up later in the reflex tests he...
They were recorded off the air on 78rpm discs and issued in a five-record set of 10 inch records by the Paramount Record Company. Each side of a...
Don't miss the interview of Billy Petrolle in the Duluth stuff which begins at 4:15 of that segment. Particularly interesting when he says...
Thanks for the boost, Greynotso! Right now, Amazon is offering Volume One of the Hurley trilogy for $34.36, which is $5.59 off the regular price....
Sometimes you can do a Google search and find the photo or article online and then post a link on the thread in which you are contributing. I...
Right on point! I was thinking something like this, but hadn't quite formulated how to articulate it so precisely.
I don't think either fight would last long. Tunney was very skilled, but he just didn't have the physical tools to hold them off.
He was a grab and hold guy. His style was effective but boring. Nowhere near an all-time great, IMO.
Conn and Ali had many of the same attributes. The main difference would be that Ali outweighs him by 35 to 50 pounds. Conn has no chance. Why even...
Petrolle-Battalino Basilio- Tony DeMarco 1 and 2 Virgil Akins-Vince Martinez Joe Brown- Wallace Bud Smith 3 Baer -Schmeling Walker-Milligan...
Dempsey looks pretty bold to me in the Firpo fight. He walked out there with his hands down low and charged right in like he owned the place....
Yes, it always is a guess as to who hits harder, but Ingo was more effective against better fighters. Firpo never kayoed fighters near the quality...
Richard, you are a bolder man than I am! I would need favorable odds to bet on Dempsey in this one. Go for it, Ingo!
I take Dempsey for his aggressiveness, superior stamina and ability to take a punch, but I give Ingo a puncher's chance to pull off an upset like...
We really don't have to speculate in answering this question. In essence, Rocky did challenge Ingo, at least in his own mind, when he considered a...
