I don't know what you mean by consistent then. He only fought Gibbons once. I find it interesting that Gibbons is an all time great, but...
This is a tough issue. We must condemn the racism of that society. How much we condemn any individual who merely reflects what he was taught all...
Do you mean Tunney rather than Gibbons in the first line?
A lot of emotion. I will concede the high moral ground to you. I admit to being a sinner. My take is Jeff was born about 140 years ago in a...
It isn't laughable. Most white champions immediately drew the color line after winning the championship. But Jeff seems to have been different....
I agree. "Reaching a level of greatness in your own time that deserves them to be remembered for all time" is putting it rather well.
"Dempsey was out of Jeff's league in terms of a puncher and every facet of the game." I remember not too long ago someone saying this about...
Okay. A lot has been made or Fitz hitting harder than Jeffries. But Fitz wasn't able to knock out Jeffries who was bigger than any good fighter...
What evidence is there that the black contenders were prior to about 1903 or so the best and most dangerous opponents out there? Johnson for...
This is a valid point. None of the American white champions from Sullivan on until Braddock fought Louis defended against a black contender. The...
Jeff defeated Armstrong. Childs was KO'd by Choynski. Martin was KO'd by Armstrong. How this sequence proves Jeff inferior is not clear to...
"There is absolutely no objective way of knowing how two fighters from separate eras would do against each other. Absolutely no way." Then why...
You mention jab and movers. Not a come forward slugger. The little good film we have, and even more the ringside reports, point to a man with a...
"Fitz was past prime" So. That isn't the issue. The issue is does he raise the bar in his era to becoming champion. Let's take Robinson. In...
"Dempsey beat the best competition of his time except Wills and Greb." and Tunney.
