Read one account where Rosenbloom said this guy was the best he ever fought. Strange because every other interview I've seen Rosenbloom mentions...
The Pittsburgh fight writers, who were as good a crew as any btw, felt Fritz first fight with Lamotta was his career best form. This fight is in...
Nope, "Jackie" Blackburn?
Eddie Futch had some very faint praise for Rocky.
Zale was easily outboxed by Bolden and Soose. I doubt he ever coudda improved beyond that form, war or no war.
no ring combat footage
Excellent post Thil took 2 outta 3 vs Kid Tunero and gets very overlooked when rating the div.
What Lloyd woudda done to Billy Soose would get boxing banned!!
Jack Delaney fighting as a middleweight owned this guy! Delaney wound up being called the greatest light heavyweight I ever saw by both...
Speaking of late in Cocoas career, once at the Brooklyn Lib I quickly read the write ups vs Pete Mead, in the record books as a loss but it sounds...
allen rosenfeld told me he had a copy of cocoas licensed and he signed it louis hardwick arroyo 1. Charley Burley, The Life & Hard Times of an...
Fighting Tommy and Gene with one eye may wanna factor, and he beat Phantom Mike in ten!
This post has Harry Grebs name written all over it. Its all his opponents ever talked about. "He confuses you"
I was gonna say, to little Cocoas credit, he gave up many lbs and gave Georgie Freedom Abrams all he could handle. In addition, Georgies draw vs...
Main Reason, He couldn't break an egg with a sledgehammer but was certainly a master boxer. Billy Conn bitched about how unhittable he was.
