No Valdes is not lumped in with those 3. Cockell was in his prime when he fought slade. Don never really hit any impressive stride during his...
Cokkell was British hype because he somehow made it to number 2 without beating the best contenders in Europe (Neuhaus Sys Gardner ) and beating...
I’m re posting this “Carnera is from that school of thought where the next heavyweight champ was "discovered" in some remote backwoods whose...
For him to “earn” that number 2 ranking it was either a terribly weak era or it was undeserving British hype. I’ve already stated my case why...
Stop pretending cokkell was good. He was a short fat blown up middleweight with a short reach who couldn’t crack an egg, had a weak jaw, was a...
Walls was rated top 5 two years in a row from 1953-1954....when was cockell ever rated that highly two years in a row? Answer is he wasn’t...
Steve Belloise lost to 4 men whom Lamotta defeated Belloise was a come forward fighter who would have been made to order for Lamotta
This is the best I’ve ever heard it described Thanks seamus “Carnera is from that school of thought where the next heavyweight champ was...
Ezzard Charles 42-0 in Amatuers
“Losing effort to louis” Odd you would bring up the “loss” to Louis without mentioning the knockout win, which may be the single greatest win in...
Are you insinuating Schmeling may have avoided people? Schmeling beat the following RING top 10 fighters Louis Sharkey Walker Risko Uzcuden...
Sharkey had some good performances, but his bad performances were bad.... Sharkey fought to a draw with a 5’7 middleweight. Name me a 5’7...
I think max looks really good on film. Love his style. Reminds me of Charlie Burley’s with lesser defense, but a bigger right hand punch
Graziano was so scared of Lamotta he pulled out of a NYSC title elimination match in 46 then deliberately punched a tree to get out of a fight...
Was jack the better boxer? I thought max outpointed him very clearly in their title bout rematch (the first fight sharkey definitely outboxed him...