"Both of those guys were heavily thought of as being dead meat." Not Conn. Only Schmeling, Nova, and Walcott in his rematch were...
Their odds were actually even. I made a mistake in my original post in putting Walcott at 3, but have edited him into the second #2. Just an...
He had stopped Max Baer twice beaten Farr and drawn with Pastor
the 1976 Ring Record Book had the odd in heavyweight championship fights to that point. I can't speak for the accuracy, but this is the odds on...
I also noticed a kind of slippery numbers game here, so 3 of Louis' 25 defenses were against black men, 2 of the 20 men Louis defended against...
"During sparring before the first Patterson fight he refused to throw his right hand." With the Machen fight being shown on TV, why would this...
"No need to go off topic about it." My point is why should men like Bettina or Shucco who could be viewed as much more qualified than many of the...
I'll try the first 70 years of so of the 20th century on Franklin's qualifications. Now what makes a qualified contender for me--wins over top...
"I never specifically mentioned their names" You said the top echelon ducked Liston. The cliché about Liston is that he cleaned out the...
Partially, Ray certainly deserved a shot, but not if it meant Walcott was left out in the cold. What separates Louis from earlier champions is...
A lot. He certainly wasn't as qualified in my judgment as Walcott, and I think at least Schmeling and Conn and probably Nova of the earlier...
Whatever, but it is off the wall to say that Louis should not have rematched the man who gave him his toughest test as champion, who was ranked...
Mann is no brainer for me as better than Franklin. His record going into the Louis fight was 40-4-3 and he had never been stopped. He had...
On Franklin's qualifications, I might consider through the history of heavyweight fights, but right now, I'll just stick to Louis' defenses...
