Did Dempsey plaster the Parisian? Yes. In four rounds.
There is a boxing scene in a Hollywood Technicolor film of Maxie. I saw it years ago and don't remember the title, but it does give some idea of...
"Wills arguably was the best of the Dempsey era including Dempsey himself. Do you agree with this?" I do. And so does the boxrec ratings....
As is, Wills went 17-4-4 with 1 NC against these three. one can certainly argue he wouldn't have done as well if they were younger, but how well...
Just on Cleveland Williams--I bumped a thread posted by Senor Pepe on the Liston-King fight of 1960 which concludes with comment about Liston and...
bump I bumped this for two reasons. Cleveland Williams is described as the #3 heavyweight, does this perhaps reflect that he was much...
"his actress girlfriend" I thought she was a journalist?
Excellent post.
I agree. Forgot about Jackson, but he should be on this list. It is very tough to rate such different careers. I was looking closely at...
This is a solid list. Everyone is defensible for being on the list. My disagreements. Minor--I would rank Marciano above Liston. Major--I don't...
Yes, but Johansson had only one victory over a currently rated opponent when he fought Patterson according to The Boxing Register. Johansson had...
Zora Folley 1956-1966 (11 straight years)
"in 1962 when he lost to Machen" He didnt lose to Machen.
So tell me about your logic, "The opponents had nothing to do with that then?" Hamas was the same opponent. Your point is Baer was better than...
Norfolk as about the same weight as Levinsky, Carpentier, and Gibbons.
