So Greb didn't beat 15 HOFers - but only 14?
Well, according to the OP Jack Blackburn counts - and if that's the case, Goldstein must count as well.
Plus Ruby Goldstein and Jackie Fields... which gives McLarnin wins over 14 of the 16 HOFers he met.
Probably post #215 was what did it!
Tony Pep was 6'1½"
From the OP I got the impression, that Saintpat was looking for nobodies/journeymen - who somehow managed to beat at least a couple of outstanding...
Yes, it's an unanswerable question! It would have made more sense to ask for the SHORTEST connection between the two... which of course is how the...
Rigondeaux's schooling of Donaire was a masterful performance.
Absolutely agree! Making broad statements about how today's heavyweights are nothing but a bunch of untrained fatties, who gas after 6 or 7...
This is an opinion, not a fact! Anyway, when do you feel boxing reached its peak... from where it has since devolved?
Hmm... I count 17 wins in the last 22 years of his career!
Thanks a lot, mate... much appreciated.
Jimmy McLarnin defeated 8 future HOFers before his 22nd birthday: Sammy Mandell Ruby Goldstein Sid Terris Luis Kid Kaplan Bud Taylor Jackie...
Not sure anything coming from this poster does!
That's funny... coming from someone who claim Langford would knock out Fury, Wilder and Joshua, possibly same night!