They were in denial. I've barely hit 30 and I'm struggling pretty bad with the mental reality of aging. I can only imagine the stuff a 40 and 50...
No. I don't think theres anyone except maybe Foreman/Archie Moore who could have beaten Jake Paul(or any prospect of Pauls caliber) north of age...
"Most accomplished with the best resume, and thus the highest ATG ranking" Hes beaten five opponents at HW. Five.
Officially Buatsi has 2 world title fights and is a world champion.
Louis it was more a question of his power vanishing then being washed. Louis was still a fine boxer he lacked the thing that made him unbeatable.
Then why did he dominate the H2H with "past prime" Langford? If you wanna argue 100% prime Langford is better thats fine I might even agree but...
I think he beats all of them. Every single one. Theres a certain sort of HW like Dempsey and Godfrey who do better against the giants then the...
Yes. The takeaway from both fights should be that Foreman and Holmes would have easily won in their primes. It forever subjugates the 90s...
Its all pretty close but Schmeling could easily have lost both the Sharkey fights and I think he got Louis at the right time. H2Hs the most...
Hes one of them guys whose career is split in 2 but hes got the better half in the 30s. This applies to most of the guys hes competing with though...
I have Braddock and Farr in my top 5. Would also have John Henry Lewis in the top 5. For last spot would plug in Nathan Mann or Uzcudchin. I'd...
Normally yes but Meehan specialized in these 4 rounders and only got stopped 3 times within 4 rounds. Once when he was 16 and then Gibbons and...
Lennox got knocked out by Rahamn and McCall but otherwise his chin held up just fine. He could be expected to beat someone like a Bruno, Tyson,...
Jack Twin Sullivan was a 3 division champion or claimant at MW/LHW/HW. Thats an ATG though this is clearly based on the previous era. His HW title...
Jack Johnson of the brilliant smaller HWs of his era was notable for having the least power. Thats why Willard was in the fight 25 rounds in....
