But not obviously so. Anyway, rhetorical questions deserve answers too. My answer wasn't meant to be rhetorical. :)
No way Ellis ever goes 15 rounds with Frazier.
Lou Brouillard as either a welterweight or middleweight. Just look at some pictures of him. He's built like a house.
Knowing what I know now 59 years after I bought my first boxing magazine at a bus station in Seattle (Boxing Illustrated, August '61 -- a special...
For me, it's a battle of mystiques. And as much as I revere Langford, Dempsey's wins for me. Also, I think Dempsey peaked at a better weight (for...
Mike McTigue, Rocky Kansas. Almost forgot to mention James J. Braddock
Shared guilt, man, guilt for enjoying such a brutal spectacle.
All true, and Quarry in his prime didn't cut that easily unless he was being continually pummeled by Frazier or Ali, and I see no possible...
You may think Terrell was champion, I don't. Ali was the only champion. Defeating a totally washed-up Eddie Machen in a bogus match -- not even a...
I think that Barry's record indicates that he deserves to be included in the discussion of all-time greats as much as others who fought during his...
Yes, but that only adds strength to my point that Barry's career should be evaluated at flyweight. If Wilde, weighing anywhere from 97 to 110...
Yes, and a few weeks back before that, and a few weeks back before that, and a few weeks back before that, etc., etc., etc.
According to BoxRec, Wilde weighed 105 pounds in the fight his last fight before winning international recognitions as flyweight champion and 106...
But aren't weights be the best measure of the classification?