Just on my opinion of styles. There are experts out there who agree with me. Here is one post from 3-20-2010 thread on the film of Archie...
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"dictates the fight results" Everyone is supposed to genuflect to your analysis of styles? Yours isn't the only opinion in the world. If you...
DUBBLECHIN I think where the disagreement would be is in considering Valdes more dangerous than Moore or Charles, or for that matter, Baker....
LITTLERED Powell was certainly an outstanding athlete. I just have difficulty seeing him lumped with the likes of Jim Thorpe or Jimmy Brown as...
Weill confided in you? Seems pure speculation unless you have evidence. Counter-evidence anyone might produce?--Weill did publicly push for a...
I don't know what you are trying to say, but my point is that Powell really didn't look that athletic in a boxing ring, and his performances were...
Al Weill apparently tried to talk up a Marciano-Baker fight in 1955 according to both Budd Schulberg (sp) in SI and The Ring. The press...
Powell did give athleticism a bad name in boxing, didn't he. I actually read an article which claimed him as one of the greatest athletes ever....
This size fetish some have doesn't make much sense back then. Valdes and Baker, the two big guys with the size advantages went 0-8 against...
No problem. Everyone's entitled to their own criteria. And I assume we are talking about Bucceroni rather than LaStarza, or is it both. But my...
Suzie Q Did you agree with this long post? It seems filled with dubious ideas. *I thought you pointed out that Bruce Olson did not die after...
Fair enough. Certainly getting into the top ten at any time is impressive. But there was only one champion in those days, and with taxes, and...
I don't know what others are saying, but I think Holyfield could be rated #1, if given the benefit of the doubt. After all, most of his...
Just a comment Suzie. I have never seen the Liston-DeJohn fight, but I notice DeJohn lasted longer in this one fight with Liston than Williams...
