It isn't 2017 dollars. That figure is from the New York Times of July 7, 1919.
I go with Baer as likely to win a decision. I don't know about Chuvalo always being in better shape. Baer twice went 20 rounds. He must have...
yes, one wasn't wearing a T-shirt and one was. The first guy looked very small. I would guess a middleweight. The other was bigger, but not as...
Thank you.
Dagowop Fun exchanging views with you. Whatever else, going off like this I tend to learn things about eras in the distant past, like living...
"it seems that whatever role AJ played it was brief and informal." for $6,126.20? Whether informal or not, that seems like a lot of money for...
What does this have to do with Auerbach? If the New York Times story is correct, what are the implications. The question is not a moralistic one...
"Dempsey was practically an unknown" He was a well-known regional fighter. I have a question about his autobiography. Does he mention A. J....
The only thing I am saying is that all this was in August or so of 1916. It is not the time of the Flynn fight. Dempsey was a sparring partner...
Okay, but the actor I quoted said he could get a good meal for two bits. Does a good meal always have to be a steak dinner. Why not chicken? or...
I don't know. Only that one probably could bunk in a flophouse for a dime, and a good meal might go for as little as two bits.
I let you guys hassle out the backroom politics concerning Schmeling, Farr, and Louis, but on the Louis-Farr fight itself, I don't know of very...
Probably. I think flophouses were very cheap. Like a dime a night.
"They didn't have refrigerators back then" This is off of Dempsey, but they had something called an icebox. Even I came after those, but if I...
Goldman and training Yes it is an advantage to have a good trainer, but there is no way to separate the boxer from his trainer. It is just a...
