Rickard actually dumped Darcy very quickly when it was apparent that the public would buy into someone that had shirked his duty in his home...
Considering he lost to Jeannette, his fight with Levinsky was allegedly fixed and Wells and Beckett were little better than club fighters Id say...
Jeannette, Wells, Backett, and fixed fight against an old fat Levinsky make a great resume? interesting...
I think some might give Darcy a little too much credit. His wins over great american fighters were done on his home turf when he was THE bread...
Carpentier knew better than to fight Greb. It would have been a one sided loss. Carpentier's entire style depended on him landing his right hand....
greb
Ill believe the newspaper reports of the Greb-Norfolk fight before I believe the report of a guy who wasnt even there (nat fleischer). First of...
Norfolk did not take Greb apart in 1921. When they fought in 1921 the newspaper reports are split straight down the middle as to who won that...
McFarland-Gibbons is available, and so is Loi-Ortiz 2.
None of the reports you list from Boxrec are from a ringside source. Period! Now who is quoting heresay. Wire reports, as all of those are and...
Your right. Greb would have been destroyed in one round by a beefed up welterweight despite his record of fighting the greatest fighters from...
"there are videos of him sparring though, i thought. Not the one where he was really old, but another one in preparation for a fight." Film of...
Its not hearsay if an eye witness records his impression of the fight. Its a fact that ONE cleveland newspaper had Greb's fourth bout with Tunney...
Your talking about light heavyweights slowing down a guy (who beat them anyway) with body punches. How does that equate to Robinson who couldnt...
Greb actually was considered a big middleweight considering he fought most of his bouts above the MW limit and his prime weight was about 163...
