There seems to be a some misconceptions regarding the 70s one of which is that they are not significantly smaller than todays heavies. For...
I'm curious at this notion that Wladimir would be too robotic or would be at a stylistic disadvantage compared to Lewis. His handspeed seems...
I think Joshua's combination of size and skills could prove too much. Tyson is unproven against skilled super heavies.
He had already been beaten by Cerdan at that stage which would have dropped him from the number one spot
The other argument that LaMotta was ducked by Zale was another thing I took issue with because LaMotta was by no means the outstanding contender...
People seemed to be arguing that LaMotta was ducked and had a difficult road to the title and I was pointing out that LaMotta failed to clearly...
Villemain might have been more deserving of a shot in 1949 though
The obvious point is many deserving fighters didn't get title shots at all. LaMotta got his chance I don't think he was ducked to a greater...
Lloyd Marshall was part of the black murderers row and he scored wins over Ezzard Charles, Freddie Mills, Joey Maxim, Jake LaMotta, and Teddy...
He lost to Dauthille right before his title shot and also was apparently handily whipped by Villemain despite the official decision. These are...
I absolutely can criticize LaMotta for not fighting guys who were not big draws, fighting the best of your era or not fighting them impacts...
As far as LaMotta ducking guys as champion he did a fairly good job but as a contender he missed out on a lot of good opponents. You feel he was...
The major point is that many guys who seemingly were worthy of title shots did not receive them. I don't see any reason to sympathize with...
For sure more than Graziano
What had earth had LaMotta done during Zales reign to reach the number one spot? I'm afraid I just don't see it based on his record.
