Didn't we already see that same fight in 1923 (via film) give or take a round or two?
I don't attribute "fault" to either fighter. Floyd at that instant was too hurt to be able to know what he was doing or even be capable to think...
Oh come on William. Patterson turned his back to Ingo. When you do that it's fair game, especially in the heat of battle. Do you think the same...
We don't have much to go on here. Papp was four years older than Giardello and had much less professional experience than Joey. He had faced no...
He cleaned up the division pretty well before WWII and deserves some credit for that. He can be excused for not fighting guys like Archie Moore...
I agree he would have been outclassed even at his absolute best. And I believe he was in good physical shape. But I also believe he was rusty and...
I think he wasn't at the top of his game, but as much from inactivity than age. A combination of both really. He hadn't fought a full round in...
As or more important than the power of Moore's punch was its effectiveness. He had the smarts to be able to set up his opponents before delivering...
I think the real question is, who is willing to put the effort into writing a good biography about a boxer he or she is interested in. Any boxer...
Joe Louis at the instigation of Mike Jacobs drew the color line against other black fighters. When asked as early as 1935 whether he would fight...
My suggestion would be to upload them one at a time, and allow at a very minimum two or three days of discussion before uploading the next one....
IMO, the only person who could have beaten Ali from 1967-1970 and for several years thereafter was Ali. By this I mean, if he hadn't been exiled...
Morlocks, thanks for giving me the opportunity to toot my own horn. There's a whole lot of information about Billy Petrolle in Volume One of my...
