Yes, he was on the last ballot (Class of 2020) - where Hopkins, Marquez and Mosley got voted in. He has of course now lost his place on the list...
Well, unfortunately for Fitz we have the Corbett footage - which is all we need to know, that he wasn't all that! (Just kidding, mate)
Ok, then... let's for a moment not discuss, specifically, the footage. Instead let me ask you this: With what you know about Fitz, you feel he...
Would you have felt better, if I had asked him what made him reach that conclusion - without mentioning anything about footage?
I agree! it's not all that impressive to come back after many years in retirement, to have a one-off fight (or a couple) at an advanced age. If...
I don't think anyone here is crazy enough to form an opinion on Fitz, solely based on the rather poor footage against Corbett. Everybody here on...
When did I say the Corbett footage is enough to paint a full picture of Fitz? Did I not just say, that we of course would have a better picture of...
Well, then for you "modern" starts around the beginning of the 20th century, right?
But the footage we have of Fitz, is from his title-winning effort against Corbett - not from one of his worst fights (I'm not counting the Lang...
For me, "modern" (when it comes to boxing) began around late 30s/early 40s... where Louis, Pep and Robinson came on the scene. I don't really see...
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words - or translated to boxing: Even a small piece of footage, is worth more than a hundred articles....
No, of course he wasn't clueless. He was the best of his era, and he should get all the praise in the world for that - as we can ask no more of...
Why would you think that?
That there are people who can look at the Fitz footage vs Corbett - and actually conclude that Fitz is one of the "best and most horrifying...
Doesn't get much funnier than this!
