To degree. A friend of mine just sent me the last pic of them together taken earlier this year. In his words: "Jakes an ******* but Joey loves him."
I never said Joey signed over his right to dispute the story. Thats something you incorrectly inferred from my saying he signed a release to use...
Thats because the movie ends with Jake and Joey reconnecting which took place before the hearing and long before Robinsons retirement. The...
No that was the american bias as well but if you watch those fights he was indeed fouled, pretty brutally by broulliard. His bad rep was...
Ask your boss who his dad was. Im interested because one of my friends was based in Chicago and Tony Zales sparring partner at that time and he...
You just described Jake LaMottas life. So youre saying it was accurate in trying to say it was inaccurate... So you didnt think the film was...
That isnt true at all. Jake moved out of the family home in early 1943 and moved to Pelham Parkway. He lived right next door to Joey's first wife...
Thil was a great fighter. The best French middleweight ever IMO. He was winning on points against Apostoli when he was stopped on cuts. One paper...
I think moorer and hopkins win with hopkins then beating moorer Dariusz and ward win with ward then beating dariusz Hopkins then beats ward.
Former Floyd Patterson victim Jacques Royer Crecy died a couple of years ago at 86.
Lamotta was better at everything than Vito. I actually think hed beat the hell out of Antuofermo.
What do you think was wildly inaccurate? It is based on the book but during the course of two years worth of research into Jake and Joey's lives...
Ive never heard the term glass cannon in nearly 40 yrs of following the sport but I dont consider Norton or Morrison to be guys that "could beat...
How do you figure? Dempsey had one legitimate HW threat. Hes next most dangerous opponent was a middleweight. 4 of his title defenses were against...
Yeah. Its interesting but its hard to imagine a guy who went through periods of homelessness, insanity, etc living into his 90s. Im still guessing...