"Same gap of 18 years." Well, any comparison to statutory **** laws is off-the-wall in my judgment and doesn't back up your case. Let's stick to...
"Chins don't get better just because a fighter is heavier." I agree with this, and I think history backs it up. "At heavyweight weight is...
However skilled you think Corbett, Tunney, Charles, or Patterson were, I think it is a bridge too far to see them beating Fury. A 200 pound...
"Boxing history is loaded with smaller skilled fighters knocking the stuffing out of bigger unskilled hwts." Yes, but those bigger men were not...
"fascination with the biggest, baddest man on the planet" I was at a friend's house for Thanksgiving and he used to be a boxer and trainer. He...
Boxing125--I agree with you. Put the heavyweight division at 175 to 220. Above that is the super-heavyweight division.
Perry While you have a point that I agree with to an extent, you are carrying it right off the cliff in my judgment. "They are trained to be...
I don't see Fury in this group either. He has, after all, been a consistent winner, and is still undefeated. Braddock was 14-20-1 with 2 NC in...
I was going to come on an make my prediction but forgot. Well, my prediction is Wlad wins. Only fair that I take a hosing with everyone else...
heavy---Liston easily. I don't see Braddock having much of a chance. light-heavy---John Henry Lewis was the champion in 1935 and I take him over...
My take is that the only world to describe this criticism of Louis is captious. Louis defended his title seven times in 1941, more than I believe...
What did he (and you) mean by old-timers? "every city had multiple boxing gyms" In the 1890's? and how many folks were living in these...
On Fleischer's #1 criteria "ability to outbox boxers and outpunch punchers" I think Joe Louis probably ranks as the best bet for the...
Fleischer did give his criteria for boxing greatness in The Ring of December, 1955-- 1--Ability to outbox boxers and outpunch punchers....
"illegal-travel-purses-arenas" None of this indicates to me that the 1890's was a better era than the 1930's and 1940's. Far more impactful would...
