"By avoiding Godfrey, Wills never established himself as the best black fighter." He had established that years earlier. Also, Wills was not...
Wills did sign a contract in 1924 with Rickard to fight anyone Tex chose with the winner to get Dempsey. Rickard chose Firpo. And Weinert was not...
You got me. You have a good source. I am sorry for questioning you on this point. "The only reason I think that Walcott fought a second time was...
"Wills was 32 vs Firpo" As Wills birth year is generally given as 1889, he was in fact 35. "he wanted no part of a big man with skills and...
The problem with quotes is did the man really say that. These quotes here have Marciano devaluing his own victory. Kind of an odd thing to do...
Duran and Liston (in the first Ali fight) did in fact quit. Walcott was counted out. To imply he stayed down deliberately and then jumped to...
Marciano is quoted as saying "I hit him with a left hook and followed it up with a right uppercut. I think it was a better right than I got...
I have read reports claiming Wills won every round, though. I came across this tidbit in the Journal of Sports History, vol 23, no 1, (Spring,...
My take is that Walcott just wasn't the type to give a "to hell with the world" performance and go into the tank in the first. It just doesn't...
"I am arguing that Brennan being successful against Dempsey is not a strong argument for Patterson being successful against Dempsey." Fair...
Fair enough. I misunderstood you. I don't necessarily agree, though, that an old Holmes was better than a young Schmeling. Seriously, one...
"he did beat also better men" Than Louis? That is certainly disputable. Actually, I think Schmeling did a lot more at heavyweight,...
Janitor--"It is a question of whether Patterson was similar to Brennan from a stylistic standpoint, and likely to replicate his results from a...
I looked at the 1976 Ring Record Book tales of the tape for heavyweight champions, and Max Schmeling--chest 43"--chest exp 47" George...
