"are we making too much of the size . . . of Jeffries opponents?" In a word, yes. Here are the heights and weights, as far as I can see, of...
"what would Schmeling have done" Corbett--Schmeling had all the mobility of Old Mother Hubbard and his left is so weak I would score him for...
Yes, the Jeffries era was viewed very differently in the old days. This is from the Ring Question Box from the September, 1950 issue of the Ring...
Except Dempsey is the real champion because of his ko victory over Tunney in 1927 when Tunney was on the floor more than 10 seconds. After that...
"go watch it and see what it indicates" A tough fight to score, off the six rounds on youtube. Schmeling is aggressive, but I question his...
First Sharkey fight--I have seen the whole fight. Schmeling lost the first three rounds and was losing the fourth when Sharkey fouled him. I do...
My take Legacy--totally Jeffries. Not even close. Jeff cleaned out the division between 1898 and 1903, and I think one could fairly say the...
"Schmeling beat some number one and two contenders as impressively or even more as Jeffries did, see Stribling and Walker for example."...
"sawed-off dockworker" Who probably brought more punching power to the table than anyone Schmeling fought save Louis and Baer, and both of them...
"1934 was the loss to Baer." The old Ring Record Book listed this fight as being on June 8, 1933, when Schmeling was still short of his 28th...
On Wlad "Tommy Hearns also had a questionable chin, but he never changed his entire style to compensate for a weakness." You are criticizing...
"Louis and Baer losses happened post prime for him" Schmeling was past his prime in 1933?
I think one has to pick Marciano. Hart losing to Burns does not speak well of his chances against the bigger and much better Marciano.
lewis ko's Foreman
Oh, I just meant he might have gotten Holyfield and Tyson at the right time. But "luck" as a reason to denigrate a man's achievements is no...
