rusak--"Most of these were circus freaks." Elroy--"The other premise that the big, strong men of the past were no good is also obvious." Yes,...
rusak--"On the average, the ability to take a punch increases with size." Elroy--"In general, the bigger they are, the better they can take a...
"big guys they fought were trash" I want to hone in on this. There seems to be a central flaw in this argument. You say big men punch harder...
Rusak Willard took the ten count but was saved by the bell. The films of Dempsey against smaller men is limited, but I would consider it a...
You might well be right, but "a bigger, more massive skull is attached to a bigger neck, bigger spine, bigger body" exactly, and therefore the...
Rusak Lack of evidence isn't proof of the contrary. Marciano ko'd every fighter over 200 lbs he fought. He had more trouble with the smaller...
I really think the question of if and how much better a big man takes a punch is a super complex problem. The sheer weight of the bigger man...
"Like it or not, size matters. It helps absorb the force of the punch." Common sense would back you up on this, but I don't think history...
These aren't even good actors. Saloon fights I've seem from B westerns with actors like Tex Ritter and Bob Steele going against bad guy actors...
One criticism made of Jeff by old-timers was that he was a one-handed fighter, and this film does back that up. There were a couple of rights in...
You are Paul Burke's first cousin?
The bottom line with Marciano is that he was a very, very hard puncher for his size. He was on the small end of the heavyweight division but still...
That is why Willard hit harder than Dempsey and Carnera hit harder than Louis. Look at all the quotes from Louis on how hard Carnera hit....
"a subtle way of really raising himself" What is subtle about it?
"Gibbons was a wonderful boxer-he would haved knock(ed) Rocky out." Really over the top self-serving comment by Tunney. Who was the best...
