"Who do you think was better, Franklin or Dorazio." Dorazio. That was the point of the post. He was rated before and after Franklin appeared and...
The Ring Record Book says 18-5, but odds fluctuate. That was short odds for a Louis fight, and generally shorter than most for a heavyweight...
I judge just toting up defeats to be the shallowest of all possible ways of looking at boxing history. The best fighters often suffered a lot of...
The betting odds on Conn in 1941 pretty much speaks for itself. So does the attendance at a major ball park fight. I am sure most experts...
I think there would be quite a few who might fit into this class, but I'll say Kid Chocolate?
I have stood up for Firpo on other posts, so I don't see your view of him as overrating him that much, but I think you are grossly underrating...
Three I think. Joe Cox, Jack Dempsey, and Firpo (in 34 fights off boxrec) Firpo was stopped 3 times, Angel Rodriquez, Jack Dempsey,...
Actually, off the American census for their ages, none of these men are as old as the current champion. I assume you cleaned up at the betting...
The top heavyweights were certainly talented, but their big advantage is that they were much bigger on the average. I think in the lighter...
Picking Don C to compare with the man who was champion for most of the 1920's is stacking the deck a bit, isn't it? Actually, watching Don C...
Fair enough post. Don C was probably Marciano's worst effort on film, although he still completely dominated the fight. Dempsey's worst on film,...
Why the Dempsey of Toledo? Marciano was 4 months short of his 32nd birthday. In fairness to Marciano, there is no reason to think he was...
Interestingly, although Walcott was a bit older, he appears on film in 1952 to be much the better conditioned and "focused" fighter than the...
"much fewer fights, much less experience" this is true of Moore and the heavyweights of the fifties? I lot of you guys know more about the...
"one-handed fighter" Layne shows a good left jab and a good right cross on film. Also I think Layne looks much quicker than Firpo....
