I would go with the consensus here, with Daniels slightly ahead on the part of the fight we see.
"Tunney and Charles weren't reigning light-heavyweight champions." I pointed that out in my post. This only proves that a light-heavy doesn't...
"he looked like he was in a high speed car crash at the end" As did Jeffries against Fitz in 1902, Marciano against Charles in 1954, and a ton of...
I understand you are a police officer? If so, asking us to watch this certainly smacks of police brutality. I admit I couldn't watch the...
Interesting that Johnson is #2 here.
"Godoy and Bivins were nothing after WWII" Fair with Godoy, who was down to beating trial horses at best, but Johnson was only 20 when he fought...
I recently watched the Maxim fight and the two Liston fights, and the thing that really stood out is how easy Patterson was to hit with what I...
"the big men he was fighting simply weren't that good" In fairness to Liston, for the most part they were the best big men available. But as...
Well, Andrews knocked Johnson down with a left hook on film, but Johnson won the two fights solidly. I don't want to dismiss the Smith fight....
This does not address the question of why Liston actually did better on the average against bigger men than the smaller men with the singular...
"what's with that fight being called an eliminator" By NBA and/or BBoBC politicians. Don't forget the WBA later managed to anoint Terrell as...
Doug Jones knocked out Folley and took Folley's place, and then Ali beat Jones.
What exactly is the point you are making? Patterson fought McNeeley, an unworthy contender, on December 4. Cooper and Folley fought on...
Curiously, as you seem to know. What were the Boxing Illustrated ratings?
Okay. Thank you. I never realized he was #1 by anybody, but it helps that Liston isn't being rated. Liston is why I couldn't imagine when Cooper...