The Ring Record Books did list it on his official record back in the 1970's and 1980's.
"very weak" that better describes these arguments. "ruled by old men" Not in this era. The ages of the heavyweight champions (and the...
I at least would not be at all convinced that the fight would ever have come off even if Wills accepted Tunney's newspaper challenge. I think...
"no film or video materials are held by the BFI National Archive" Fair enough. "By all means feel free to keep contributing to Mendoza's...
I don't want to get into this, but the British Film Institute website does seem to imply that they have a copy of Langford-Hague. Can't say...
Jones is faster than Johnson but also probably (depending on source) two or three inches shorter and probably forty to fifty pounds lighter. I...
for what it is worth, this is from Time Magazine 7-2-1923 -------------------------------------------------------------- "Jack Dempsey,...
He was always the bigger man, and he benefitted from it. But he would also be much the bigger man against Jeffries, while Jeff was always...
Not nearly as fair with Willard, if modern record sites like fightsrec are accurate. Willard was a real giant, but he fought men close to his...
If we are talking about the committed Willard of 1915, I see this one as being closer than most here. The difference between the two is that...
Draw seems to have been a fair verdict in a close fight. Off my notes on the newspapers-- W. W. McNaughton--"Bout ended in a draw and Referee...
why exactly is Hart a lineal champion? Whom did he beat for that designation? I would consider the lineal title going from Jeffries to Johnson.
Just a point, off what I remember of hearing Willard interviewed back in the 1960's. Willard has been described here as a farmboy or plowboy....
Well, I got the chance before X-mas dinner of watching the Willard-Johnson fight with my former boxer-trainer friend. He turned out to be a...
The film of Johnson-Moran I have available is limited in how many rounds are shown, but the film shows Johnson dominating the action and winning...
