WHY is he one of boxing's great what-ifs? I've seen films of him. He looks like what he was -- a second-tier 1950s heavyweight. Nobody would...
Didn't know much of this. Good of you to pass it along.
Yeah, OK, but Sharkey was a shell by 1936 and Braddock was no world beater. Same with Primo. And Schmeling was getting old (33). Just sayin'.
As I look back and consider Joe's career it seems he had problems with big, strong, hard-hitting opponents who could muscle him. Granted, I don't...
Hubris doesn't explain Patterson.
ULTRADUST must be a cultural reference of which I'm ignorant. WTF is it?
Even though Evander was juiced to the gills Ali was still stronger.
I like Buster but I'm letting my head rule here. Ernie by decision because he knew so much about clinching, thumbing and the other rough tactics...
Like Swag and Jake, I see very little chance of him surviving the first two stanzas. Even if his plan at the outset was to stick and move, that...
Ingo floored Patterson 9 times in their three fights. But the seven times in their first fight really resulted from one punch which Floyd never...
I agree with you that Floyd had intel on Johansson before their first fight. I'm almost certain he saw the film of Machen getting separated from...
Machen had an excellent chin. He was rarely floored. Maybe only one other time -- by Boone Kirkman in Eddie's last fight. Was he even floored when...
Yesterday I re-watched the film of Leonard beating up and destroying Pete Ranzany. That version of Leonard was a stone cold killer. Too fast for...
How well Johansson does depends on how much is known about him. In 1959 we didn't have social media or YouTube. It was possible in those days for...
No idea. Sac was a decent fight town. I remember a downtown watering hole that had a huge picture of Max Baer on display, like a shrine to the champ.
