You can go around and around with this one. Langford stated Dempsey was the best heavyweight he ever saw. Dempsey also had great respect for Sam .
Jeffries was 30 years old when he retired. I think he was prime ,for both the second Fitz, and the second Corbett fight for which he was 27 and 28...
We certainly never saw Ali's prime.
Or ,more accurately A Coloured Champion ,and a White Champion.
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Eddie Futch did not want that fight!
Jeffries got his arse comprehensvely kicked in and his face re-arranged against a near 40 years old Fitz who was handicapped with bad hands in...
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Louis said his last great fight was in September 1946 against Mauriello.I think he was kidding himself.After WW 2He was never the same fighter.
Hart was not cautioned as to Greggains criteria regarding aggression. There was no discernable difference vis a vis weight, both were estimated to...
Sullivan was 51 years old in that clip.
Tunney, he would be taking John L places in the ring he never knew existed.
George Siler the leading referee of the day called the decision,"exceedingly strange".
If you consider Sullivan .Corbett,Fitz,Jeffries,Hart , champions you wold have to accord Holmes the same courtesy imo
