Clearly that wasnt the point. If Robinson was the money man and recognized as champion by Ring why did the networks rush to cover Fullmer?? In...
Again, this isnt true. As Ive illustrated above. In the situations you list as examples you conveniently choose to ignore the fact that to a man...
It wasnt the exception. Sugar Ray Robinson had been stripped and continued on as champion while Gene Fullmer, operating as only NBA champion's...
You dont have to agree. You are wrong. You wrote something incorrect and rather than have somebody believe your nonsense I corrected it. You made...
Opponents were definitely being paid off late in his career. It made a big splash in New York when Ketchel refused to fight an opponent (I cant...
Nooooo! One of my favorite fighters and participated in one of the best fights Ive ever seen.
There isnt a good book on Ketchel unfortunately. Ketchel was sort of the Tyson of his day in that he came out of nowhere very young and really...
Sorry Senya but in the absence of any factual evidence a story like this must remain squarely in the fictional realm. The burden of proof isnt on...
Sullivan is a bit different though. We are talking about a more primitive time for the press. But, regardless of that fact, did either Dempsey or...
Youre arguing from both sides of your mouth now. First you said nobody paid any attention to alphabet ratings before the Ring ratings scandal....
Collins was the one who started that story. It first appeared in June 1915 in a letter he wrote to the newspaper in Minneapolis. I dont have...
I still dont agree. Im not sure how you can say the networks ignored the WBA when it was network support of the WBA HW tournament after Ali was...
Thats not true. Newspapers all over the country regularly posted the NBA/WBA rankings from the 1940s well into the 1970s and Boxing Illustrated...
One of the dirtiest fighters Ive ever seen and for a HOFer he had a lot of decisions and calls go his way that shouldnt have. If you were fighting...
Im curious what their criteria is? Accomplishments? Head to head? Because I think both Frazier and Ali were miles ahead of guys like Corbett and...
