I said it was an excuse. Unlike Langford Johnson had went 5-1-1 against Jeanette. Jeanette had dramatically improved and hadn't lost in years but...
The world was not the US and part of the reason there was no hard color line is because the US didn't unilateraly decide the champion(at least not...
I'm kind of caught in the middle here. But at the time Jim Johnson was the highest ranked HW Johnson hadn't beaten. Now theres a lot more to it...
There was no historical basis for 1 and 2 having to fight for a title. None. Nadda. Zilch. No tradition about 1 and 2 needing to fight to decide a...
The WBC was formed to rival the WBA. The WBC champ(Ali)had just beaten the WBA champ Terrell. It really wasn't in the WBCs interests to strip Ali...
The fight for "August 30th" is still "TBA". It is August 31st.
For clarification on the "strange ones". Lee Murray was DQd for not trying. Harold Johnson pulled something in his back.
Charles won a 4 man tournament. Walcott got a bye because he'd almost beaten the retired Joe Louis. There wasn't a plan to match 1 and 2 that...
NSC becomes the BBBC. IBU becomes the EBU. Them and NYSAC are the main founders of the WBC.
I mean 1-3 if the Louis win never happened. Braddock was fighting 30 pounds underweight as a puncher. And his SOS was great. Schmeling didn't...
Now the August 30th date is back and theres 2 dates again. Everything is TBA.
The thing is that superiority comes from the group not the individual. A LHW Steve might beat HW Bob but Steve isn't viable at HW and Bob is....
If WWs could beat HWs or not is a moot point under the structure of the sport they aren't going to fight HWs. Smaller guys can beat HWs but not...
Wild Bill Hanrahan.
No because the UFCs HW division has been a smoldering tire fire for almost its whole history. The UFC HW division is not the boxing HWs division...
