I've watched Patterson-Bonavena recently and I thought Bonavena won. Nat Fleischer agreed. Patterson was a favorite in NY and Oscar was from...
I agree. I have recently seen the complete version without the overdubbed commentary this version has. In the original version, the sound is live...
I realize that the "bum of the month" comment was only a minor part of your otherwise legitimate post, but I just felt the urge to set the record...
Well said. I'd love to see some of the fighters you taught in action. Maybe I'll get in my car and take a trip to Montana some time.
Just to clarify, Galento was not one of Louis' opponents on "his Bum Of The Month Club program." Galento fought Louis on June 28, 1939. Louis "Bum...
The guy deserves better than the ridicule some of you are heaping on him. He went 13 rounds with Louis in their first fight and busted him up...
Yes, Hurley actually was pretty transparent. I started my research as a skeptic on a lot of things, but as I worked my way through the research I...
Not only was Uzcudun relevant as a contender when Schmeling defeated him the first time, but the fight was the semi-final fight to the tournament...
Those issues are addressed in Volume One of my trilogy The One Is Jack Hurley. Volume One is entitled Son of Fargo. For additional information...
I don't really know the attributes of many of the opponents put forward, but in a fight scheduled for 45 rounds, as I remember the Willard-Johnson...
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Okay, I am pretty sure as a main-event fighter that Beau Jack was the guy. He was setting all kinds of attendance records at MSG during World War...
That's fine. This is not my thread. I was just trying to be helpful, but you seem to have an attitude. Frazier and Monroe often played against...
That's fine. This is not my thread. I was just trying to be helpful, but you seem to have an attitude.
Interesting. Have you seen the Ali-Inoki match? I think Ali would have done whatever it took to survive and/or win.