I agree with the general thrust that Liston should win, and that his best bet is turning it into a brawl which forces Schmeling onto the...
I remember what my dad used to say about mortality, "The young can die, and the old must."
I agree totally with your point, Burt. And another thing to consider is that boxing might have been outright banned by the federal government if...
I saw him fight a lot, of course, and he always put on an action show, and was certainly hard to beat. Unlike most maulers, he had a plan B...
Jeffries does deserve a nod over Dempsey for fighting top black fighters on the way up. and for ultimately meeting most of the top black fighters...
Weaver was pretty much the most chinny guy ever to get to the top of the division, right up there with Leon Spinks. Weaver was stopped 12 times...
I agree with you. The "foul" posters all seem to be assuming facts not in evidence, as they say in a courtroom. I am not saying there couldn't...
an excellent point. Wills had signed an open contract to fight anyone Rickard picked in an elimination, with the winner to get Dempsey. It is...
well Firpo has almost no defense, and little boxing technique, but he does appear to me to throw his punches with his body behind them and his...
Fair enough, but taking off all of 1924 and 1925 did push it to the extreme. And Jeffries should be given credit for not sitting on the title,...
"tell me about the legitimacy of the Spanish American War?" This has something to do with Luis Firpo? I agree that we Americans should...
Jeffries drew the color line, so that would be a valid criticism, but he defended every year, and had six serious defenses over five years (not...
I would say, in historical order, Fulton, Willard, Gibbons, Firpo, Sharkey but the six to ten places would include two light-heavyweight...
"Dempsey didn't refuse to defend his title against black contenders" "he was prepared to fight them in principle" Except for over half his...
I've been watching the fight since I purchased a complete 8mm copy from an organization called Blackhawk films back in the 1960's, have seen it...
