Lord Tywin Thank you for the interesting postings. The editing seems to have been done right away, and rather extensively.
Under a modern ruleset, though, would Dempsey have been able to score so many knockdowns. It helps to be able to stand behind a guy and hit him...
I was just looking at full figure phots of Childs taken in 1900. The writer describes him as 5'9 and 165. That is about what he looks like, given...
How did the black heavies do against white opponents in the 1890's? I will list the men I know or think were white Frank Childs George...
"none of the white fighters would face them" I'm wonder if this is fair. I think the top black heavies of the 1890's were Jackson, Armstrong,...
Childs apparently weighed about 165 for Byers, but okay he weighed 173 for Dunkhorst. So let's call him a lightheavy (but a heavy by the...
at the time of the Corbett-Jeffries fight, Martin was 18 and his only major fight had been a ko loss to Armstrong. Klondike? Hardly a top man....
Corbett vs Childs Corbett was 6' 1" (at least) and about 190 lbs. Childs was 5' 9" and about 165 lbs Yes, I think Corbett had a better...
How was Foreman, coming off a loss to Tommy Morrison? But Foreman won.
"he lost three fights in his prime years" Three more than Jeffries lost. "significantly smaller man" This doesn't matter. This man was...
"Spinks and Berbick" You rate them above Tyson? "Tillis" Beating Tillis makes you #1? I think it kind of a spectacular stretch to consider...
"older" "inactive" Fair enough. "smaller" Than whom? Every good fighter was small compared to Jeffries and so would have been later...
"Witherspoon wasn't mediocre" I should clarify that I posted the CRITERIA allows those mediocre in their time to be rated over those great in...
I think the major points have been made. "Jeffries dominated an era, while Witherspoon was just a contender" Janitor puts his finger on the...
