"that was the reason for the assumed name wasn't it?" Could be. On the other hand, all his fights were under an assumed name, just later a...
I go in the opposite direction and see him as possibly a bit overrated. Wills was getting old and lost much more decisively to Uzcudun. The...
I haven't read the rest of thread and wanted to just respond fresh. I don't see it. Norton was KO'd in his own day by Jose Luis Garcia, a...
As far as Marciano and baseball, I don't think there was anything untoward at all about that because everyone would have known about it if he was...
Just on the alleged Dempsey-Johnson fight--these reports are so scattered and weak that even if some sort of fight happened, I would question...
If you were trying to sell to the general public, the Moore-Valdes matchup makes sense,as does the Marciano-Don C matchupI can see what how a...
What often happens with any evaluation is that the premise implies the conclusion. Most of the "Valdes was avoided" arguments assume that folks...
His brother fought under the name Peter Fuller in exhibitions with Marciano. The exhibitions were in the 1951 to 1952 period when Marciano was...
"Although a slight majority felt that Corbett would have won a decision had it lasted the distance, there was no consensus." Don't want to get...
"that's just my opinion." And I disagree with it. No problem. I think another poster hit it on the head. They wanted to attract high-rollers...
Marciano-LaStarza was filmed and the full film is on you tube. I was just going by the film announcer who said more than once that the fight was...
DUBBLECHIN "Whoever I argued with on this board, I didn't take anything personally. I hope you didn't either." I didn't. Just hope we can have...
Joe Louis would be my favorite heavyweight among the greats. Among those who weren't that great--Bob Satterfield is always fun to watch on film....
so "no available film footage" is an indication a fight is not on the level? A lot of non-championship fights were not filmed. There are all...
"baseball and football" I only mentioned them as illustrations that Americans looked at sports and sportsmanship differently. "not only got...
