There was a thread on this fight back in 2014 (which I bumped yesterday) in which Adam Pollack made this comment--from June 25, 2014-- "I think...
First, thanks for printing this. Always interested in more info. But this is from the San Francisco Call, and off the comment the punch stats...
Somewhat beside the point of whether this fight was competitive or not. Also, a writer could write something like "Peralta made Foreman look like...
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did you actually read through your three newspapers and total the rounds. The second one didn't actually call most of the rounds. The Daily True...
"His parents were long dead" A valid point, but I don't think overwhelming. Most lies a man tells are to himself. Jeff just might not have...
Okay, but don't try to lump very different historical movements under one label. I don't think it useful to call the abolitionists progressives....
This has been a very interesting thread for me, with a lot of issues raised, including this one. "That's not the progressive movement though, the...
One problem with this viewpoint is that the colored championship seems to have been more like the British Empire championship. Someone like...
But here is what Pollack says, (all quotes from page 22) "It is possible that Jeff did fight Childs." "It is unclear as to how often or whom...
Jeffries might not have thought of the Childs' fight, if it happened, as that important, and it he had promised his parents not to fight as a pro...
If this is based on Matt's ratings, it is off. 1899 Sharkey-----#1 Fitz-----#2 Childs-----#8 Martin-----#9 1900 Fitz-----#1 Corbett-----#2...
I guess I misspelled Greggain's name. Well, thanks for pointing it out. I will change it on my previous posts. "guts and aggression" But...
The weakness of this argument is that it assumes the road taken was the only road which could have been taken. But American history isn't only...
This is speculation, though certainly well-informed speculation. But pointing out a possible ulterior motive doesn't prove this was the motive a...
