Stan Weston, who I had the pleasure of knowing, was five years old in 1925 when that fight supposedly happened in the early morning hours outside...
I never said the "fight" was made up. I said the way you characterized it was incorrect and that indeed the details are murky. The Walker street...
Most films from that era have not survived. Something like 85 percent of all film predating WW2 have been lost.
If you notice I directed my comment about sports films to Rhino, not you. Well first and foremost he did not refuse to press charges against the...
The three previous stories told by ice cold boxing are incorrect in various degrees. Greb did not predate sports films rhino. He was actually...
He fought the last five yrs of a 13 yr career blind in one eye. He fought Zulu Kid in Kalamazoo, Mi with a broken arm boxing almost exclusively...
Id pick carnera comfortably by decision.
I would just like to point out that Braddock was never the #1 contender. Schmeling was. Braddock was allowed to leap frog Schmeling because MSG...
I already said prime Quarry vs 1950 Louis is 50/50. I dont equate any of Louis' non Charles/Marciano comeback opponents with Quarry. I think...
More impressive than anyone Louis was beating. Id pick that Patterson to beat every single guy on Louis' comeback win ledger. Id pick him to beat...
But the most people you can name as being leading lights in any one division is four or five. That obviously points to a weakness in the division....
I agree. I think the division took another temporary dip post WW2 for obvious reasons.
Quarry at his best loses worse to Charles than Louis? Ha. I think not. If hobos like Barone, Oma, and Valentino can cause that version of Charles...
Yes but you are talking about a 1950 Joe Louis, and all of those guys would have likely slaughtered that version excepting maybe the Machen who...
Yes he was. He was near retirement, pounds over his best weight, and did nothing but run against Louis. No, I wouldnt favor the 1950 version of...
