Tommy Gomez is, I think, a fighter with such a heavily padded record that it is almost impossible to tell how good he really was. Oma in the...
Just a question. I watched this fight beginning to end. At what point in the first round is the flagrant butt? I didn't notice one, at least...
I have never seen a film to judge, so I really don't have any settled opinion. I am just pointing out that off their records, Bruce W should...
Dominant is indeed a strong word for Foreman's performance, but he was relevant enough to become champion, something Louis couldn't do in the...
Oma was an extremely erratic fighter who was stopped something like 17 times, if memory serves. But he was also respected as a big man with some...
What I would notice about Louis in the fifties is that while he had been dominant in earlier years, he failed against the top fifties men as one...
Beshore was the type they wanted in the early TV days. He was durable enough to generally be expected to last quite a few rounds, provided decent...
Any list of top ten Irish heavyweights should include Jack Doyle, what other Irish heavyweight could sing "The Garden Where the Praties Grow" as...
Lauro Salas deserves consideration in a thread like this one pretty mediocre for a champion
I checked the top ten heavyweights at boxrec and the average age is 34.6 years. average age for NBA players, 26.8, actually lower by a tad than...
"Dempsey who mopped the floor with Firpo" Depends on interpretation. Dempsey was knocked out of the ring, and was down three times off the...
I give Gerry C no realistic chance at all. A puncher's chance? I wouldn't carry that very far as Gerry's big wins were over opponents who...
This is obviously a whoever lands first wins fight. I don't like to be a wimp, but it looks like an utter toss-up to me. Neither man could be...
My take is Holyfield punches harder and has a better chin than any version of Johnson, let alone the one of 1915. I don't agree with the...
discounting war years (Willard in 1917 & 1918-Louis 1943-45), how many years of the 20th century saw a champion not even make one defense. I think...
