"The program would be smart enough to consume every data point about every movement of the boxer through fight footage." I don't know why you...
If I understand your point, I think you are missing mine. I have no doubt they might one day be able to create a perfect physical clone. But men...
"clone virtual versions of past fighters using DNA" But a clone of Joe Louis would not necessarily be Joe Louis. Physically, yes, but would he...
"without preamble" sounds like Sullivan hit a guy who wasn't ready. comes across like one of those barroom bullies in old B westerns.
Burt "My money is on Dempsey because of speed and dexterity . . . sue me!" No reason to drag lawyers into it. This is not an out fight either...
I had trouble following the points of the IRS and Louis debate, obviously Louis came back to pay tax bills-no doubt of that, but I can't think...
I voted #1, I definitely think the first fight was legit with Liston deciding that he couldn't go much further and quitting before the worst...
Besides that monumental achievement, I will give 1948 this--it was a hell of a lot better than most of the years of the 1930's and the first...
"when was Flynn a contender" If we are talking about Johnny Flynn, he was #4 in the yearly Ring magazine rankings in 1948.
Throwing a pre-1960's heavyweight against modern giants is not, I think, a good argument about their historial importance or placement. Take...
I think another poor argument is the "so and so had lost 4 out out of his last 9" type. We have to know who he was fighting and the details....
Perry I don't know if I'm the "you" who knows nothing, but as the men are spinning and Dempsey throws the first right, his shoulder definitely...
Perry We disagree on how definitive the film is in exonerating Dempsey. I do think it does not present irrefutable evidence that Dempsey "hit him...
Of course. Read the ringside reports of the Robinson-Abrams fight. "Experts" advised Ray to forget the middleweight division off his showing. One...
"Corbett and Sharkey were not blow up LWH's! Neither were the rest of his title opponents." Okay. Fitz was not a blown-up light-heavy. He...
