Loughran had a 38 bout winning streak going into the Sharkey fight, but most of that was against light-heavyweights. Starting with the Sharkey...
My take was a fun fight to watch. Wlad did himself proud in a losing effort. Both fighters showed heart in coming back. Nice to see an exciting...
Several points which were made above 1--inexperienced-----but he fought in the Navy. How much experience did he gain there? Hard to say. He...
Gangsters attended baseball games also. So this proves the games were fixed?
This is evidence that it should not be a big surprise to anyone that Sharkey lost to Carnera. He was really never all that good and his record...
I agree with this. A physical threat against Sharkey or his family would have brought the wrath of the nation down on any gangster who did it....
But "I was knocked out" is exactly what he would say if he was knocked out as it was the naked truth. Also, it doesn't stand alone. The film...
Note how closely the 4th and final knockdown of the Louis fight resembles the Carnera knockout. Perhaps a computer savvy guy will bring it over....
I find Carnera not being able to stop Loughran far less "curious" than Sharkey stopping Loughran. Loughran was only stopped three times in 127...
I agree with the facial reaction. Sharkey would have had to have been a really great actor to have that "out of it" facial expression. He looked...
"I got knocked out." That seems to be pretty clear from Sharkey's point-of-view. "I can't convince anyone of this, even my wife has her doubts,...
This is my reaction also. It certainly looks like the glove hit Sharkey. It doesn't look like any kind of "swinging" blow to me, but an uppercut.
I dispute that Sharkey was the better fighter in 1933, regardless of how one views the two over their entire careers. Sharkey lost his next two...
"Apparently they did care." Well, did they even know what boxing was? I'm open to evidence from China in 1908 on how important they viewed the...
Very interesting thread. My take is Johnson ended up being an historical aberration, while Louis was the revolutionary who changed things. There...
