"his opinion" His conclusion as an historian drawn from the writers of the day. All I can say is he has done the research, and as he has written...
This is an match of two extraordinary fighters. I would say that Fitz was a bit more extraordinary in his own time and place, but the general...
I think Machen was more or less shot. Liston would have had a very good chance at winning. He scored eleven straight KO's between 1966 and 1968...
A lot more than three. There were a myriad of newspapers in those days. Just at a quick glance, he quotes, The New York World, Sun, Times,...
When so and so was fought in their career might be an issue. But I'm sorry. In heavyweight boxing, if two men fight the same 170 lb. fighter, a...
My view on size--there is on youtube a film of a cape buffalo fighting a rhino. The whole thing comes to a bad end for the buffalo. The rhino is...
No one is denying Jeff's size was critical. Least of all Jeffries himself. From Adam Pollack: Jeffries--"I was so much bigger and heavier than...
If the issue here is the weights, Pollack notes that there were no weigh-ins but Fitz was known for giving what ringsiders considered laughably...
Well, it is tedious to recopy quotes from a 700 page biography. I think that those who have read Adam Pollack are impressed with his thorough...
"What other muscular top class men were around weighing 220 lbs.?" Where we differ is that I don't see that as a reason to criticize. The fact...
But just being big doesn't make you tough in and of itself. Jeff could take it, and the dynamic between chin and power favored him. Jeff might...
Neither did Jeffries. Adam Pollack's exhaustive research reveals that many thought Jeff was on the way to a decision victory, although his...
I think we should look at how big Jeff was versus his opponents and what this means. (all weights from boxrec or the old Ring Record Book. %...
Well, I think you are more right than wrong about Martin, and about McVea as a pre-1905 challenger. But then you went completely off the rails...
This list shows the limits of the old timers and the distorted perspective they brought to the table. Louis at #8 when he had the longest reign...
