With respect to opponents of stature, 6'3" amateur champion Martin Burke lost to Gene over ten rounds in August 1921, then again over the...
"Little Man" Petty was a superb southpaw technician, outstanding defensive specialist, and something of a perfectionist, his own worst critic...
Ken would box not to lose, as he did in Yankee Stadium, while Larry always fought to win (with Holyfield being something of an exception). Even...
I do think Schmeling might have the best chance if he's on top of his game. However, it's difficult to win a championship over the distance by...
More than once, from the beginning of my membership here in April 2007, I've expressed the belief that, defending once per year, if Gene goes on...
This was the very subject of my introductory posts here at ESB Classic in April 2007 (before the last big crash). I think Heeney was his peak...
I thought at the time, after RJJ's close call in Tarver I, that Roy should get out IMMEDIATELY! Dropping nearly 20 pounds after Ruiz with his...
Vilomar Fernandez was a guy I enjoyed watching. His reach was listed as low as 59 inches (I was most often under the impression it was around 65...
Well, the round by round entirety of Baer-Schmeling is always available for study on MaxBaer.org (viewable in Firefox Mozilla) for anybody...
Not only that, but I noticed that Baer made liberal use of the cross armed defense, immediately covering up with it after unloading his right,...
Again, I have to emphasize Duran's punch evasion in Montreal. Nobody ever made SRL miss and swat air so much, not even Benitez and Shields. The...
Nobody punched out Meehan prior to Tommy Gibbons in 1921, a span of 146 bouts covering over a dozen years. A near peak Wills also failed to take...
Very interesting article. Thanks much. Seems to have done all right for himself by the standards of his day, until that premature stroke and...
He had three bouts in the nearly six months between Baer and Carnera, and won the latter two via sixth round knockout. In, "Primo Carnera: The...
That's one of the reasons I like him in a fantasy match with George. Fleischer had Carnera pegged as clearly faster than Max in the run up to...
