I agree with all of this (except for the Guild being a monopoly) but what you leave out is how this came to be. The guild started out as a great...
Let me spell this out for you because clearly, despite your insistence that you "have done the research" you either havent, didnt comprehend what...
Oh god. You must be a glutton for punishment. Need I refer you back to the half dozen other identical posts youve trotted out over the years that...
You arent answering my question and Im not going to let you off the hook like that. What exactly is your understanding of Cus' relationship with...
Stander was a kind of tough man type fighter. Better than that but as someone mentioned above a lot had to do with how motivated he was. I believe...
Exactly, fighters who are technically skilled. Well schooled in the fundamentals, can slow their decline. Think guys like Moore and Hopkins. You...
The thing about Duran in the Hagler fight is that Duran got wore out and Hagler wasnt even fighting very hard. Hagler was criticised for hanging...
Crushed how? His reputation? Im not so sure. He might have been. But in light of the recent convictions of Carbo, some of his cohorts, and Truman...
Yes, the Ring, which as I said was operating out of an office owned by the IBC. The same Ring that rarely RARELY ever spent any ink discussing the...
Simple first of all Patterson was an Olympic hero. That counted for a lot initially. Secondly D'Amato was smart enough to put him on cards in the...
Only it hasn't been shot to pieces. Its one thing to throw around pointless, and incorrect, platitudes about D'amatos mob connections without...
When you frame that in the actual context of the day, in which Robinson was getting heavily criticized for not defending his title and then...
I dont think you can hold Rademacher against him at all. He got paid an astronomical purse to defend against Rademacher less than a month after...
The office Fleischer operated out of was owned by the IBC. Fleischer rarely EVER deigned to discuss the completely corrupt IBC or the mobsters who...
I could see him beating all except Leonard. Hearns and Duran I would heavily favor LaMotta. Hagler Id give LaMotta a decent chance. If Hagler had...
