Whitlock was a light-heavyweight. I would expect that most of his better opponents were in that class.
So the world champion finds it a big problem to be matched with a fighter who can slip, duck, block, and roll with punches. Apparently this...
"taking the fight on less than 2 weeks notice" Wasn't this true for Byrd also. It is like a team complaining about the weather if they lose,...
The 4th was one of Vitali's strongest rounds for me. Both Lederman and I gave Byrd the 5th and 7th rounds. I differ from you guys in giving...
"had shoulder surgery and was out for almost a whole year." This is interesting to me, so I looked up the dates of his fights on...
Just on Muscato, though, just look at the level of the competition Harry Matthews--reached #1 light-heavyweight contender and picked by Ring...
"You don't think there was a lack of talent in the light heavyweight division in the late 40's?" No. Not at all. A case could be made for it...
My score was 5-4 Vitali, I saw the fight as competitive with Byrd throwing far fewer punches but being much more effective landing. Vitali...
Mendoza "Pro boxing is different and Vitali had not been pro for long." This I find an incredibly weak argument. I checked Vitali's record....
Who ever claimed he could? No one I know of ever claimed Louis was prime in 1951, but he was quite another to say he was a set-up. He was...
and they also had 139 victories, for a winning percentage of about 83% Muscato was a veteran on the way down who had been beaten 18 times, but...
Basically this is the way I saw it also.
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I wasn't comparing American football to boxing, only noting in both sports the athletes have gotten so much bigger that the old-timers, even if...
This indicates Louis was going back, but also it says Louis had only lost to the incumbent heavyweight champion over a fifteen year period, and...
