Um, by that logic, if the 21-24 journeyman Bob Stallings could beat the snot out of Shavers, I don't see why Johansson wouldn't be able to.
The original was "Biography of a First Son," published in 1972, and he published an updated version titled "Undefeated: The Fighter Who Refused To...
Corbett is also often credited with inventing the left hook as we know it.
Hey, that's not a bad roster.
Um, how exactly would you know whether Murphy would or would not have floored LaMotta in the eighth? Moreover, even if he had, what LaMotta had...
I would expect light heavyweight Charles to win about 4.
The most reliable figure I've seen was 8-4, as that consists of actual fights, although I've also seen 27-4(24 KO's).
Um, no, those guys were all real fighters who looked much different, were different sizes and styles, and had different records. Marciano...
Johansson delivers the knockout. Both had devastating power and weak chins, but Johansson was a decent boxer with pretty quick hands and...
Ever heard of Irish Bob Murphy, I wonder? Murphy was one of the hardest-hitting light heavyweights alive, possibly one of the hardest-hitting of...
I disagree. Busy, aggressive, quick short guys with powerful left hooks were the absolute worst type of opponent for Ali- see Cooper, Jones,...
Galento was fat, sure, but he was a legitimate fighter, not a sideshow king-of-four rounders. I'm confident he would take out a guy like...
A minor correction of here- you're thinking of Lloyd Marshall, not Ray. I would have Charles around #8-15 all-time pound-for-pound....
Basically, he was a journeyman who would travel around beating clubfighters, then would face a contender and be knocked out, beat a few more...
I agree. I just watched a couple rounds of Monzon against Napoles, then against Benvenuti, and Monzon seemed noticeably faster and sharper in the...
