Big Jess Willard was castigated by some sections of the press for retiring on his stool after 3 hellish rounds against Dempsey. Down 7 times in...
Jack Dempsey is listed as weighing187lbs for the Willard fight. Adam Pollack's excellent bio of him casts doubt on this ,saying there was no...
He and I clashed on many occasions and just never got on at all,probably my fault . Saying that , he seems to have been an unfailingly generous...
I'm not getting this,I thought most, if not all of these were considered to be good punchers?
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Even more emphatically is the success of veterans in the 50's!
This was mooted after the Carnera v Schaaf fight but fizzled out . Baer 6 ft 2in 210lbs proved it wasn't necessary.Wilder with nothing other...
Thirteen pounds lighter , heavies maybe 40 lbs plus heavier that's a big ask.
Corbett wouldn't beat GGG. He never beat a real heavyweight in his prime.
Tunney never saw action.
None. He owed it to pacing himself better,his chin was the same in both careers, he just learned to harvest his stamina more intelligently.
Robert Ryan was a good college boxer. Jack Palance fought pro. Bob Hope fought as Packey East. Ray Winstone had some amateur fights.
He hit harder? Had better defence? Was better inside? Had a better chin? Better uppercut? You are basing your statement on Corbett's 20 fight...
Good breakdown.
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