Well, Wlad has been undefeated and champion for ten years. Satterfield lost 1/3 of his won-lost decisions, was knocked out by middleweights like...
Comment--Liston's career doesn't back up the big guys are tougher argument. The big but very fast Ali beat him twice, and I think no one will...
Sonny Liston's opponents divided by weight ------------------------------------------------------------- under 190 lbs. Total fights---8 Won---7...
Neither I nor Liston, nor probably most posters on this blog have been lumberjacks, and anyway a tree doesn't move. A good boxer should. So...
"a rubber match needed to be made" Actually, this was a rematch. I honestly think Folley should have gotten the shot with Patterson matched...
"are you turning from Ring Magazine" No. They remain a good historical tool if properly used, as do the NBA ratings. The NBA ratings just...
"Johnson who did fight and defeat his top challengers before he was champion" True, but does beating a middleweight Langford in 1906 actually...
Jackson was the number one contender, so it is unfair to Patterson to not consider him "of merit" And Patterson did defend against the two...
"Why England Slept" was mainly ghosted by Arthur Krock of the New York Times. It was an expansion of Kennedy's senior thesis at Harvard....
"He could hardly not declare war on the States after his ally had attacked it could he?" Well, you are disagreeing with my old professor. No sin...
A question for Brits I was interested in this boxing debate about WWII but one thing I was wondering about. Some pointed out that it was/is...
"I wonder what Hitler's reaction was to the news?" It was Hitler who first declared war on the United States I believe, not vice versa....
The last paragraph I think is right on. Guys have just gotten too big for much lateral movement or bob and weave torso movement, so height has...
"if Valdes could figure out Charles, he could figure out Pastrano" Certainly he might. But if Valdes could lose badly to Johnson, he...
Potentially, certainly. If Harold Johnson could easily outpoint Valdes, it is certainly possible that Pastrano could. It is simply not out of the...
