well, Eastern Europe makes a difference, but most of the areas which are competing in boxing were competing in boxing way back before WWII, in...
Willie Pastrano
Williams had two wins over fighters who had been top ten at one point--Agramonte and Holman. I don't see the problem you see. Don't forget...
According to an article I read a few days ago, Holman was rated the "most outstanding contender" by the NBA in April, 1956. Yes, he then went on...
"your above rankings prove that Williams broke the top ten by 1958" That is why I thought you would appreciate my posting them.
My guess would be Holman.
Okay, but none of those three men defeated Liston or Johansson or anyone who defeated them. Pastrano defeated Maxim, and Harris defeated...
Patterson's one loss prior to 1958 was to the light-hitting Joey Maxim, a fighter in the mode of Harris and Pastrano.
"Valdes went 2-0 vs Mike DeJohn yet you have DeJohn two spots higher?" I thought a lot about DeJohn and Valdes. Valdes won two split decisions...
In 1959 Eddie Machen sued to prevent Ingemar Johansson from fighting Floyd Patterson. Machen had signed in May of 1958 a contract to fight...
I just read a brief on-line bio of Harris, and he was in the army for six months in late 1957 and early 1958, I assume for basic and AIT,...
It is more like boxing has simply fallen off the radar than just guys choosing other sports. The type of grass roots interest there used to be...
