"winter coats" in 100 F heat? Okay. But the crowd in Havana was mainly American, wasn't it? So they wore coats in Havana but not in Reno? And...
I am not buying into anything. I have no idea what the damage really was. What I posted was what Willard said in 1964 he felt the damage was....
"Reno is a mountain town at roughly 4000 ft with low humidity and beautiful weather." Elevation is actually 4,506 feet. Which brings up an...
I checked the humidity for Havana. It reaches an average low of 43% in late January, but a high of 100% in late August. April is in the middle,...
I got hit by a car once. Flew right over the thing and landed on the sidewalk. Got up and walked away, mad as hell at the driver. But I don't...
Smith KO'd 38 men in 140 fights Kearns KO'd 19 men in 45 fights Moran KO'd 31 men in 68 fights Morris KO'd 40 men in 84 fights McCarty KO'd 15 men...
"You can't use an argument about Willard getting stopped three times" But those last two stoppages were to the two men who could be legitimately...
Willard--but those last two knockouts are the two big punchers he faced. So when did he prove he had the great chin he's being credited with?...
so your argument is surviving Johnson and Gunboat Smith proves you have a top chin. So Frank Moran had a top chin? But why was he stopped 7 times...
"What is the basis for thinking Jeffries has the power to stop Willard?" Well, what actually makes you think Willard was all that tough to stop....
Give me time to respond to your full thread. The temperature thing is something I just yesterday noticed. Yes, there were guys in Reno wearing...
"Do you realize how much more brutal the 100+ degree heat and 100% humidity" Well, as I pointed out in a separate thread, Havana averages daily...
I know everyone says it was "hotter than hell" in Havana in 1915, so I studied the rather extensive film yesterday, and also the films of the...
some points 1--Jeff had the much more consistent career. These two were champions only about 15 years apart, so a lot of folks must have seen...
two points--certainly Willard in his old age thought and said he took a terrific beating. This is from the AP, January 9, 1964 "In an interview...
