I may be wrong about this but if memory serves the fight between Leonard and Tendler that exist complete on film today is the lesser of the two...
The point was that they werent there, They are obviously reporting the information second hand or using what are essentially wire reports...
Yeah, I wasnt arguing with the core point you were making. Indeed, I would trust Lott's opinion and Flash even moreso. Both guys had a good head...
No doubt he was a good fighter, even a great one, Im just curious how his career might have been different (notice I say might) had he survived...
Lott did not discover Mike Tyson. He was a friend and employee of Jim Jacobs, they met through handball. Cus D'Amato who was training the young,...
Yes, to answer your question there were certain New York newspapermen who were outright hostile towards Greb and as such I consider their...
Yes, as it stands right now. Keep in mind that recording of such broadcasts was also in its infancy.
The earliest radio broadcast of a boxing match that exists is Dempsey-Tunney 1927 recorded a year after Greb's death by placing a microphone up to...
It was the silver content, they melted the films down for the silver.
Yes the weight is accurate. At that point, the end of 1914, Greb had grown into a middleweight. Weighing in the mid 150s. When he fought Borrell...
Those are two New Zealand newspapers and neither refute the accounts I have heard. The only person who ever claimed Darcy was flagrantly fouled in...
That settles it for me. If someone can show me where he lost his teeth before Louis I'll buy that. But the photos I have show a bloody maw and no...
writing on a forum setp 1: dont waste your time with proper structure as 90% of the people reading it wont know the difference, wont care, or wont...
Id like to see the articles that state he flagrantly fouled in the first fight or second. Everything Ive read didnt mention low blows and...
Just for the record Greb fought LW, WW, MW, LHW, and HW. He turned pro as a lightweight, or rather just above the LW limit. and spent a year +...
