Similar to Holyfield.
Legendary manager, trainer, matchmaker, promoter Jack Hurley (February 10, 1935): "If I were a matchmaker I would match fighters against...
Chuvalo couldn't get it done against topflight competition except for his lucky kayo of Quarry.
One major element missing in this hypothetical is the length of the fight. If it's a 45-rounder like the Johnson fight, I give Willard a very good...
Except for the Baer win, I think his greatest was his kayo of Jimmy Slattery. Farr was a nice win, though disputed, but it didn't have much...
At heavyweight, I don't think Langford was ever in good enough shape to defeat a prime Tunney.
Posting this just for fun not to prove a point. It may be Rocky's follow-through rather than a forearm, but then so might Carnera's uppercut...
Chuck Davey built up a good record. To me, he doesn't look so good on film. I think the promoters protected because he was a clean-cut college...
To me, Sharkey's reaction in jerking his head back was too quick and natural to be faked. It looks like a spontaneous reaction. Sharkey wasn't a...
Yes, it's true that a lot of people attributed Schaaf's death to the Baer fight and maybe other prior damage he had received, largely because they...
Carnera was ponderous but deceptively powerful. After the Carnera-Schaaf fight, Bill Corum wrote a feature article published in the next day's...
I understand, I've worked with 16mm, etc. film for a long time. Not much digital, though. I have too many interests, and the time I have left is...
Didn't know you could do that. Learn something every day!
I don't consider this very good quality. It's dark, but more importantly it's too fast. I have seen versions slowed to a normal speed somewhere so...
