McVea--My point he was that he was a teenager, and he was. We don't have film of McVea at this age, but off of what we know of all other...
I rate Johnson over Jeffries, but Johnson's resume is oddly unimpressive when put under close scrutiny. As pointed out by others, Johnson fought...
Interesting. I hope it surfaces. I have never seen it, but the first and third fights are commonly available.
Nat Fleischer in his write-up for The Ring, scored it 5-5 in rounds, although he would have given the edge to Charles on the New York supplemental...
The wins over Fitz, though, could certainly be viewed in a different manner. Other than the fluke loss by DQ to Sharkey, no one else but Jeffries...
Layne was known to be a lazy trainer who was not in the best of shape for some of his lesser opponents. He was obviously in top condition for...
"Marciano and Dempsey wasn't going to wear himself out fighting like-sized guys that the bigger super-heavies of today encounter when they fight...
Don't know how this dominant champion proves a weak era theory could be proven. For example, if Joe Louis never existed, they might have been...
As it followed two fights between Louis and Walcott, it doesn't seem all that much of a milestone to me.
Louis-Braddock has been mentioned, but I think it deserves a higher standing. It is the one which really ended the color line. Johnson...
One thing can't be taken away from Dempsey. He was aggressive and made boxing exciting. He took the fight to his opponents and he wasn't...
Dempsey was voted the greatest fighter in 1950. Jim Thorpe was voted the greatest athlete. at least, if you are talking about the AP poll....
"older ones can be shown that their KO performance drops off as the weight of their opponents increases" Prove this with the big punchers of the...
What really has to be explained is why for decade after decade not even one 6' 6" guy was very good. There is nothing to explain about why some...
Elroy "The premises that his man Rusak has put forward are straight forward and obvious." "Why would any of you nuts question this stuff???"...
