"I personally do not need a charismatic American heavyweight." This is one wish of yours which should be fulfilled. It is difficult to imagine...
Off surviving film, Joe Louis gets my vote.
my take Baer fight--The film shows no "rabbit punch" so it is difficult to see what the author is talking about. What happened is that neither...
That is all a shot in the dark as these fighters on the whole are much better, and bigger, than any heavyweight Tunney fought other than the aging...
There was a discussion earlier on where in the ratings the guys Louis fought in 1951 were. Well, here is the end of the year 1951 Ring heavyweight...
I agree. He was the Everest of heavyweights. Cutting down a third of the height of Everest still leaves a very high mountain.
Which makes him like most of the big fellows through history. Too slow to take advantage of openings. That's why despite the advantages size...
Seriously, frank I was really into baseball back in the fifties and religiously poured over things like Who's Who in Baseball, and when he was...
I agree with you. All these height arguments seem pretty silly to me as my measured height varies by over an inch depending on which physician's...
I have no facts to go on, but Oma was an in and out fighter with apparently a great deal of natural talent who was chinny. Bruce W had a strong...
Fair points, but he had 19 fights under his belt when fighting Quarry and was already in his thirties. His performances against Peralta and Young...
on Ron Lyle-- Because he's getting such a big build-up here (as do most second-tier heavies from the 1970's), I have been watching his films and...
Just on Lee Oma--Oma was a playboy who rarely trained hard excepts in spurts late in his career. He did seem to get serious around the time he...
Savold "had accumulated over 30 losses" boxrec lists over 40, actually. His record over there in 150 fights is 101-42-6 with 1 NC. He was...
Just on Savold He had just stopped the British Empire and former European champion (who had never lost the title), who was rated #5 contender by...
