Who is talking about skill. I am talking about punching power. By the way, if Sanders caught Dempsey like he caught Wlad, I think there is a...
After rewatching films of Wlad-Sanders and Dempsey-Firpo, I'll take Dempsey in this one. Wlad would probably have an easy time with Tunney who in...
No. Johnson is quite old in this photo. I would imagine it was taken in the 1930's and he is pushing 60. The other man is youthful--I would...
Just stepping out of arguing the facts for a post, I think it just distorts the records to consider something like this a defense even if some old...
Here is what the New York Times reported prior to the bout New York Times, November 11, 1944 "Sergeant Joe Louis, World Heavyweight Champion...
I just watched the 30 minutes which seem to exist. I had Louis winning. He scored with his jab. Godoy didn't score with much of anything...
reading through this thread, there were two arguments made for Frazier which I found less than convincing. 1--Frazier defeated Ali, who is...
Holmes dominates fight and probably stops Quarry on cuts in 8 or less.
back in the fifties and sixties, there was a TV panel show called What's My Line about guessing folks' occupations. The highlight would be the...
very sorry to hear about this. RIP
In the USA, the Louis-Schmeling fight in 1938 garnered a rating of 63 on the radio. the rating for the highest Super Bowl is something like 48....
Oh, come on. Robinson seems to have been in a very serious condition due to dehydration after the bout. His son is on film saying it took...
I think it clear Robinson fought Maxim in 1952 because he was champion. It is an open question if he would have gone after the light heavy title...
Yeah, it's the old psychic prediction trick. I remember a lady (I forget the name) who became famous by allegedly predicting JFK would die in...
Not Nat. Jack Johnson picked Tommy Ryan to beat Louis. Johnson in the July, 1946 issue of The Ring "history proves that the men of my...
