I never ever said they were worthy contenders. And for the record, neither was McNeeley. *In fairness to London, he is not probably not among the...
I don't have to carry water for Liston. He has plenty of support on this board. Folks who consider him better than even Ali. as for...
But you are ignoring that it was the NBA which either urged or demanded that Machen and Folley fight an elimination. The fight turned out...
"You and Edward love Patterson and dislike Liston" Seriously, only a very naïve person tells someone else who that other person loves or...
I thought Patterson defended against Liston. Was he part of the hand-picked opposition?
Yes, I also this Harris bashing is going way over the top. Harris got up several times and lasted longer than Patterson did twice, or that the...
And Folley got knocked out by Alejandro Lavorante, how much better was he than Cleroux?
Some promoter claimed something which D'Amato immediately denied. Why claim this is factual. And by the way, Folley was not the #1...
"There is a reason why Machen Folley Valdes, Williams proved to have much better careers than all of those men" Pastrano is in the Hall-of-Fame.
I think it might well matter to him if he were fighting guys 6' 6" to 6' 9" He certainly could still out-speed them, but it would be a lot more...
Interesting opinion. Just not mine. This is a toss-up fight. Valdes has size and power. Pastrano has speed and skill.
"Valdes should have gotten the title shot over Co'kell" But not over Moore.
But what is your point--Valdes was higher rated than Pastrano, and probably would have been easily considered better until Pastrano beat...
We've already gone over that Johnson was the world champion and fighting very well when he lost to Pastrano. "He never got his chance to fight...
This is probably pretty true, but how central is boxing to Australia these days? I don't know at all, but my impression would be that it is...
