"Interim champ" There were millions of men, most of whom were in their prime years, who were in the service from 1942 to 1945. There was no big...
Could you elaborate. Holyfield fought and beat tougher competition top to bottom than any of these three Who are the best men (other than...
Burt No one made Dempsey take off three years. He could have fought a few times. Even if the politics of the era ruled out fighting Wills or...
I also think Vitali Klitschko and especially Evander Holyfield might well sweep this competition.
I think Joe Louis or Lennox Lewis might sweep these opponents. I don't see Frazier giving them as tough a time as he gave Ali, frankly. Styles...
Obviously Louis has to be the heavy favorite here, but I think Ingo has the style to be less of an easy victim than some assume. He was pretty...
"Ingo was always up there with Carnera when talking about the worst hwt champions." But perhaps not fairly. Johansson has a very thin resume...
"Ingo of 1962" Off the films of the Bygraves and Richardson bouts, Ingo had gone back a long ways since the mid to late fifties. He...
In fairness, Machen also stopped Hurricane Jackson.
"his body had softened up considerably by 1946, he was dreadfully out of shape, and he hadn't fought in 4 years." Are we talking about Conn or...
Fair enough. The "he beat this guy or that guy" argument cuts both ways, as Lovell beat Rosenbloom who beat Toles, between 1937 and 1939 Lovell...
"he slowed down progress in boxing" Gad. What a bizarre point of view. Louis more than anyone else brought down the color line in American sports.
"My point is Louis missed out on 2-3 key fighters during his reign that deserved shots . . . They happened to be black." Not all of them....
