Really Jacobs contention had some merit. Lewis, despite being a champion, didnt draw as well as some of the lower ranked white contenders Louis...
Basically, John stated that after some disappointing losses and performances Hurley, once he took over Franklin's management, had a lot of work to...
I just spoke with John Ochs who knows more about this subject than anyone. He said Louis and Jacobs agreed to fight Franklin and had contracts...
The Toles fight in 1935 was an exhibition. Its not revisionism to leave it off his record. The problem is that some people have argued over the...
Up until the 1970s when it was taken over by latin american despots the NBA at least had a rhyme and reason to how it rated fighters and tried to...
Again, it may have helped him. Not just the rankings were frozen, but also the careers of his some of his stiffest comp in every division. Without...
I think its partly 2 things: 1. I think most “experts” in this era werent nearly as informed as theyre given credit for. 2. He was certainly...
The thing about a lot of Joe Louis’ exhibitions is that while officially they werent sanctioned fights they were in fact hard fought fights with...
Yeah Id like to know what, beyond beating a couple of Louis’ leftovers, would make one think that Franklin could beat Louis based on what we know...
How exactly did he get screwed over?
Exactly. Better scholarship raised his esteem beyond what it was during his lifetime.
Fleischer and his “ratings committee” (which was nothing more than his old fronies from his newspaper days) ranked fighters however it suited...
Bovins didnt get a title shot because the war froze the titles. He would never have beaten Louis anyway. Despite what that article says Bivins ran...
The Johnny Davis thing is the same as the Dempsey-Jimmy Darcy thing. Both fights were exhibitions, promoted as such, etc. but shortly before the...
He was respected but considered kind of ho-hum and reigning over a weak division. In truth he could be boring and the division was in kind of a...
