I think its a fair statement. I think Dempsey is overrated as well. This doesnt mean he was bad, but he was heavily protected and beatable.
hopkins flew into ecuador a few days before the fight and was fighting high in the mountains. he didnt have time to acclimate.
Do you think speed and technique were invented yesterday?
I wouldnt totally discount some of these old timers. I think people today. Particularly younger people dont really understand how physically...
Because when Joey fought Anton Raadik who was a pretty good but not great fighter, and who might have been a step up in competition over Joey's...
I was referring to Pac who also started out at about 16 years old or so and only gained about 30 or 40 vs 90 or 100.
That may be but Jack himself admitted several times that the fight was basically a back room deal to help Miske out. I dont doubt that the quote...
BOxrec should not be used as the measuring stick. Off the top of my head Willie Meehan and Young Stribling. Meehan started out around 93 pounds...
Yes I have Miske's own words detailing the fact that he was hospitalized suddenly in late 1919 with severe back and hip pain. He was told by the...
Sorry but your wrong. Thats not how this kidney ailment worked.
Im a big Tyson fan and think hes underrated based on the last few years of his career BUT going through Sullivan, Fitz, and Jeffries all in the...
If you knew anything about Brights disease you could see how all of this could be possible.
Exactly, if he was so sure he could beat him (as he was when he faced a dying Miske... a fact Dempsey readily admits HE KNEW MISKE WAS ILL AND...
the fact that dempsey emphatically refused to face wills for 7 years to the point where he was willing to allow his new york boxing license get...
If Gunboat Smith had been coming into the Carpentier fight as HW champ he would have been much more protected against the homecooking that saw...
