I understand where all the pro-Patterson folks are coming from. Boxing had made a lot of progress in 40 years. p4p and inch4inch Patterson was...
"Vitali Klitschko" I can't imagine Patterson having any success at all with Vitali Klitschko either, so I think the point is rather weak.
"quit against Firpo" On the film Firpo gets him in a corner and hits him with several punches. Willard goes down and can't get his legs under...
The point with Patterson and Liston is that Patterson couldn't get out of the first round with Liston. Liston would destroy Willard, but in...
I see this fight something like Patterson-Maxim except Tunney hit harder. Floyd had a tendency to dawdle between attacks and combinations,...
excellent point--Willard lost to men who were not bigger and were no where near as good as Patterson. Perhaps Patterson would dazzle him with...
I have to say this one is an intriguing matchup. Floyd was not exactly a giant killer. I see Willard catching him with an uppercut and stopping...
My take is that the Louis, Walcott, Charles, and Moore of the nights they fought Marciano would sweep Dempsey's championship opponents prior to...
see post #19 below, the underlying premise to me seems to be if only Dempsey fought in Marciano's time, he would have run a spectacular record,...
Fair enough. Peace. I might be venting a bit much today.
just stepping off topic for a post, but I do find it interesting that only in boxing do we get these weird attempts to diminish real world...
It is easy to say this or that guy would sweep Marciano's competition, but none swept his own. Liston, for example, lost to Marty Marshall, who...
"I can see Dempsey emerging undefeated from Marciano's resume" Okay. But Dempsey's winning percentage in the fights he actually fought was...
There is a difference here. I can argue that Dempsey had some trouble with slick boxers. The Miske ND draw of 1918. The 15 round to a decision...
it is actually impossible for me to see Dempsey doing better than Marciano in the Marciano era. Could he do as well? My judgment is no. He would...
