Willard. It was 1939 in Miami.
Lastarza fought and beat the number 2 contender at the time and the number two contender was coming off a win over the number one contender,...
Layne and Bucceroni were both top ten when LaStarza beat them. Layne was #2 and I cant recall where Bucceroni was but he was also top ten. Brion...
Lamotta was very often compared to Greb in his prime. Antuofermo, an aggressive, strong, durable guy without a big punch who pressured. Yeah Id...
Robinson had his hands full against LaMotta who was a poor mans Greb. So Greb. Hagler had his hands full with Antuofermo who was a very very poor...
Greb. He was past his prime already by the first fight which he won, and second fight which he was blatantly robbed in, and fourth fight which...
Im going to go out on a limb and say that Burns reigns longer than expected (he would have done fine against Johnsons challengers) and the knee...
In the newspapers, where they were regularly published and which almost every American read unlike Ring magazine.
Champions werent bound to the Ring ratings at all. The NBA had affiliations with most state governments by this point and as such when and if they...
I think he was at his best mediocre. Bum maybe a strong word but a lot of people seem to mistake his interesting story for actual ability. He was...
Yes. Ive said all along, until the 1970s the NBA ratings usually made sense, were fair, and also official. Yes there are some exceptions but by...
Yeah, and Max ended with half the losses that your mediocrity had despite fighting more fights. They dont call him the cinderella man because he...
Fourth, behind Bettina.
Somebody apparently loves mediocre fighters. Have fun with that.
Bivins was rated number 2 in 1945, right behind Conn, in the NBA ratings. Ring ratings are pointless.
