He was a good fighter, but very small for a heavyweight even for his era That factor, however, just goes to show what a good fighter he was...
Dempsey?
I was talking percentage gap rather than a straight poundage gap. But like I say, I didn't think I needed to actually do the math to make my point!
What about Jimmy Wilde vs. Rocky Marciano? I haven't done the math but isn't that match close to the same percentage weight differential as Burns...
If they are fighting at the time in each of their careers when they both at their bests as middleweights and could both make the middleweight...
Good discussion. I can offer a few points of clarification. Matthews was actually born on December 9, 1921. Hurley shaved a year off Harry's age...
I'd pay to see it. I just love the way Galento feints before throwing the left hook. You know it's coming, but his timing is such that you don't...
There is no doubt that Marshall was a shell of his former self. As McVey pointed out, it was his last fight and he had been losing as much as...
Do you know anything about Tiger Jack Fox? Look him up. He is a serious candidate in a P4P banger discussion.
Willie Pastrano and Joey Maxim were both rated heavyweights for several years before they won the light-heavyweight title. Harry Greb fought many...
All very true, and add to these facts that he was almost 39 years old when he fought Foster and was really just a blown-up middleweight trying to...
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Good point, certainly Carmen was a little bit over the hill and probably would have been sharper a few years earlier at 147, but then Ortega had...
The question already has been answered conclusively. Carmen won a 10-round decision over Gaspar on January 7, 1961....
I think Conn has a little more spark in his game, and that would carry the day.
