What is LaMotta's reputaion based on exactly? A win over Robinson in which he had a 16 pound weight advantage. Shouldn't there be some other...
I don't think LaMotta was even a top 5 middleweight of his own era and he's supposed to be a threat to someone like Roy Jones Junior, that seems...
Given LaMotta was beaten by guys like Dauthille and Villemain he seems like a pretty bad example of someone who would supposedly trouble Roy....
Anyway, I was inspired to see how many ranked contenders other fighters faced and made some interesting discoveries--Floyd Mayweather seems to...
George Costner was rated highly the year before he faced Robinson but seems to have fallen out of the top 10 by the following year, maybe the loss...
Well at welterweight he also missed out on many of the best guys there were no fights with Tippy Larkin, Frankie Wills, Leo Rodak, Johnny Greco,...
Maxie Shapiro, Jimmy McDaniels and George Costner were apparently not ranked at the time Robinson faced them.
Because he was campaigning extensively as a middleweight and had numerous fights against middleweights long before he became middleweight champion.
I thought Lloyd Marshall's wins over Jake LaMotta, Joey Maxim and Freddie Mills were a big part of his legacy not winning and losing against the...
Rocky Graziano was just outside the top 10 when he fought Robinson. Ring Magazine had him number 11 (including the champion for the year prior).
Suppose Robinson beat Olson 25 times would that really enhance his legacy in anyone's eyes?
Rather than fighting the same guys over and over I would prefer Robinson fight Lloyd Marshall Charley Burley Holman Williams etc.
I don't see why he should more credit for beating the same guy over and over.
Some of the fights were over-weight matches that technically occured in a division in which the guy was unranked but I felt these wins should...
The total is as follows by my count-Pete Lello, Sammy Angott, Fritzie Zivic, Marty Servo, Jake LaMotta, Jackie Wilson, Ralph Zannelli, Henry...
