It is not Bradley. I don't know if he was active during the Vietnam era. Another clue--this man was a famous actor in the 1920's.
I'll try a Burt style trivia question. This man is very well known in his field, but his field was not boxing. He was a good amateur boxer who...
I don't think there is much to explain unless you have evidence rather than hearsay or whatever. Miteff was washed up and on the way down.
Let's focus in on the lightheavies who challenged for the title. Dempsey vs Carpentier--Dempsey 3 to 1 Dempsey vs Gibbons--Dempsey 11 to 5...
"I have found that the truer evaluaton of a boxer versus a contemporary is much more on target than decades later" Ok. But how was Dempsey...
"Dempsy would have been a big favourite" "Paolino Uzcudun koing Wills, and Jack Sharkey beating Wills" Wills was 37 and 38 when he lost to...
Well, I think there are not a lot of underrated fighters from this era, as most of the contenders fought other top contenders (not something which...
I think Charley Retzlaff might deserve a mention. Had a better ko record than any of these including some top men like Art Lasky twice. He also...
That was my reaction--both Burns and Squires looked like middleweights. All the other guys in the ring--not only Jeffries--seemed to be taller....
If the guy is top level at the NBA or NFL, why would he want to go into boxing? I think it is clear for most young athletes in the US, boxing is...
Carnera lasted longer against Louis and Baer (6 & 11) than Willard did against Dempsey and Firpo (3 & 8). Carnera was younger, but it is food for...
"had a terrific chin and heart" He certainly showed heart against Dempsey and also Johnson. but chin. He went down from Dempsey's first...
I wouldn't call him easy to stop, but he had laid off 6 years and was 35. No one else tested his chin. *I do remember reading a report by...
On Dempsey, Firpo, and Cox Willard was stopped 3 times in 34 fights, not a particularly good ratio. Dempsey and Firpo could punch, and they got...
"only stopped a shot Flynn" Except Flynn was on his feet arguing with the ref when the sheriff stopped the fight. Flynn didn't appear in...
