Fair enough, Burt. Dempsey was a fairly consistent fighter, but the original claim is that he was more consistent than Marciano. Marciano won...
"from 1918 to 1926 Dempsey was undefeated" He actually lost a fight in 1918, but okay it was a four round fight, but he didn't fight at all...
Damon Runyon died in 1946. Grantland Rice died in July 1954. Rice also was more a college football, golf, and baseball writer, with boxing a...
"These rankings were developed in the late 50's." Eder Jofre is #4 at bantamweight. Nat was clearly still shuffling his ratings in the late...
Here is Nat Fleischer's all-time rankings at light-heavyweight 1----Kid McCoy 2----Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 3----Jack Dillon 4----Tommy Loughran...
Both men often threw defense to the wind when going on the attack, but I would say Marciano had the better defensive skills to call on when he...
"Paavo Nurmi won 9 gold medals in Olympics" "nowadays Nurmi wouldn't even qualify in Finnish National Championships" But does this make the...
Williams played much of his career in a segregated era. It wasn't his choice, and it wasn't the choice of players like Ruth and Gehrig....
I was more interested in why Fullmer was rated so much lower than Giardello and still hope that McGrain explains his thinking on that one.
He definitely did well, but over a short period. But these defeats in 1938 seem to me to be too easily dismissed. Was he hurt going into...
I don't think there is a great gap between his rating and his record. In fact, his best defense is what he accomplished in the ring.
"Babe Ruth TODAY is still considered by baseball historians as one of if not the best player of all time." Because his record backs it...
Name another player with a .342 lifetime average, 714 career home runs, and who led the league in earned run average as a pitcher and twice won...
I definitely don't mind and I think my old professor, who has been gone now for years, would be very happy that his point of view, even if given...
Dempsey came along at a time when sports in America were enjoying a boom. The largest paid attendance prior to the 1920's seems to have been in...
