It is interesting to me how parallel Moore and Tommy Gibbons are. Gibbons went 15 with Dempsey in 1923. Then won 11 fights in a row leading...
"Tiger 2" I saw the fight close, perhaps a slight edge to Fullmer. The judges had it a draw. UPI 70-66 for Fullmer. AP a 70-70 draw. UPI's...
I think Pascual Perez would at least have to be considered in 1956 as he was unbeaten. His record was 40-0-1 with the draw to former champion...
Walcott successfully defended his title against Ezzard Charles when 38 in 1952, three months before fighting Marciano.
"Giardello could run hot and cold but when he was hot he was better than the best Fullmer" Certainly a defensible opinion. I don't agree, but...
I will still try my original question for McGrain Why do you rate Fullmer so much lower than Giardello? They seem close to me, so I'm interested...
I meant 7-5 odds. The longer the fight is scheduled for, the better it is for Johnson. Vitali certainly seemed to run out of gas against...
I don't see this as an out fight as many posters do. I think Vitali will look very slow against the extremely quick for his size Johnson. Johnson...
Okay Burt. The polls of old sportswriters in the fifties and sixties favor Dempsey. One problem I would have with it is that I recall the...
"Dempsy would have had a much much better chance against the old washed-up Wills." I remember an article by Jack Kearns much later (probably...
But what point is being made? Marciano had some easy fights along the way, but he also beat the good fighters, and in fact often did better with...
Savold never fought Applegate. Applegate was an excellent athlete who played in the Negro National League as well as boxing. It lost more often...
Dempsey is rated 7th greatest heavy of all time on ESB's official rankings. That does seem pretty good, considering how many great heavyweights...
