In a word, yes. Willard defended his title in 1916 against a fighter who had already had his shot and lost to Johnson, and then sat on the...
"sparring partner" and Fitz defended his title against Jim Corbett's sparring partner, Jim Jeffries. and Sonny Liston defended his title against...
"chinny Weinert" Charley Weinert was stopped 8 times in 96 fights, or 1 in 12 fights, (or in 8.3% of his fights) Jess Willard was stopped 3...
"Wills footage when he was 35 . . we have no footage of him in his prime" Plus according to boxrec, Wills fought 753 rounds. We have PARTIAL...
I concede. You just won the battle with all these quotes. But I think you lost the war. If Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, and...
"I don't actually see much difference in its meaning when applied to any profession or craft." I do. It is just confusing to mix the sport...
This post assumes that the term "journeyman" was adopted by boxing from what it meant in plumbing or something. Are you certain about that? I...
"The rules are the rules" Set by the governing body, and that would be by the state in the USA for the most part. "we almost speak the...
It appears to me that Kearns probably took it to the commission as he was the manager of Walker, The commission made a legal decision, but off...
Thanks, although it is interesting that this just got into the paper the day after the fight, after the tickets were sold.
A poster isn't an official anything. It is an advertisement for the fight. It is interesting that Wills-Weinert gets pride of place in the...
But skill in boxing isn't necessarily the bottom line. Was Jeffries the most skilled guy out there. Was he a "master craftsman?" Was Willard?...
Unforgiven This does remind me of the essay on language by George Orwell and how terms are drained of any real meaning. He was talking about...
The same issue of The Ring which rated Wills #16 all time rated Folley #38 all time, just ahead of Johansson. If you are in the top fifty of...
Vreeland did report it. It is just that he approved of it. One thing I noticed is that while the referee was moving in and breaking them,...
