For me, the argument that Marciano or any other old champion couldn't compete today because of the size explosion is the weakest of all. The...
a question-- What does FWIW mean? and a couple of comments-- I mentioned that I wasn't referring to anyone on this thread. as for...
Marciano aside, I find dwelling on the difference between a KO and a TKO troubling (at least if we're not talking about a cut or another injury)...
my take fair enough to focus on the ages of Marciano's opponents, Their best days were behind them, except debatably with Moore who was on a...
Just on Carter and Tiger. These were just close fights. The Carter fight AP poll of 12 writers-----5-5-2 UPI poll of 16 writers-----8-7-1...
The implication that a boxer with enough skill to hit and not be hit is unmanly reminds me of those old stone age college football "four yards and...
"they repeated supported the guy who constantly provided none of the action they were looking for." And booed the Mims decision, odd if they...
It is being overlooked that scoring boxing is subjective, as the AP writer noted in his article on the Archer-Carter decision-- "The big question...
dempsey1234 "you have involved the New York Boxing Commission, the ref's and judges, the Garden, Brennan and Markson, the fighters and muscular...
Who was he protected from? He fought **** Tiger and Hurricane Carter on his way up, plus guys like Denny Moyer and Don Fullmer. Seems like a...
I go with Johnson beating them all.
Earp claimed that Fitz hit Corbett with a left hook to the jaw when Corbett was down. Corbett picked up the claim which of course spread it....
"If you can't accept weights and tales of the tape then why are you even commentating." Weights should be accurate if the man actually gets on...
The article I read on the Fitz-Corbett fight mentioned that there was generally a demand to rewind and replay the knockout as fans were trying to...
Klompton2 "You think Greb was comfortable at 160?" I never said anything about Greb. This is my exact quote which you quoted-- "I rather think...
