"Steele already had the fractured breastbone when he lost to Apostoli and Hostak" How did he win the three fights in between? Anyway,...
What you say is true, but let's compare him to Yarosz. Yarosz went into the Conn fight 88-4-2 with victories over every man he had fought to that...
"reason most of us would rank Steele higher is his remarkable consistency" But I think he only was fighting and defeating top men from 1935 to...
It is certainly true he had a good concentrated run, but it all went south rather fast as he suffered three bad defeats and quickly retired--so...
McGrain Sorry not to have gotten to this thread earlier, but I do have a couple of comments-questions 1---I would second the questioning of the...
And lost to a lot of other guys. Slade was an in and outer- Slade was a very good light-heavyweight (and could always make the light...
Seriously, what is this supposed to prove? We have an imposing looking young fighter against an utterly overmatched and obviously untalented...
"Walls two knockouts over Layne were better than anything Cokkell accomplished at heavyweight." Why? Both Matthews and LaStarza had beaten Layne...
"I would bet my life savings that a fight between Walls vs Cokkell in 1954, Walls would win." Given that Walls was beaten at his peak by the...
As for Walls' position among the contenders of the 1950 to 1955 era with Marciano taken out, here is how I would rate them by tiers, Tier...
Well, I'm no where's near as impressed with Walls as others seem to be. The Layne KO's are impressive, although Layne had gone into a losing...
"Both these men got two title shots" I think they got one each.
Okay. But what if Fury defeats Wlad. What in your opinion would that do to Wlad's legacy and historical standing? Just wondering.
The original question-- "Which of the lineal champions could he beat over 15 rounds." I take this to mean which champions could he beat at some...
The AP report does indicate that Williams grew stronger as the fight went on. *one odd line was that "Williams towered over his opponent"...
