The 1917 rumour seems to have confused him with a cousin. Of the recent evidence, the 1940 census is certainly the best, putting his birth year...
Off resume and all I have read of them, I pick Wills. Valdes just doesn't look that good on film.
line 42 which says he is 10. brother Curtis is 11 brother Wesley 2 That is how I would read this document. Thanks for the good research...
"jet lag" Most traveled by ship back then. A lot of Americans did fight abroad, though. How many fights in other countries did Archie Moore...
Just to pull Burt's chain I was going to post that "no, the gloves weren't loaded. Dempsey couldn't hold that iron bolt he used to smash Willard...
The bottom line with Munroe was that he was a mediocre contender, probably really undeserving of a shot at Jeffries. This is true whether we...
The old Ring Record Book has Munroe listed as 5' 11 1/2". Who knows how accurate any of those old measurements are? I am just looking at the...
"Clay was considered a clown and an undeserving contender." Which is why Liston didn't want to hang around to get embarrassingly knocked out in...
All the fix talk just explains what doesn't have to be explained. Off the 1940 census, Liston was probably born in 1930. He reached 34 in...
Without stepping into long-standing arguments, the photo above of Munroe with Jeffries backs up that he was a big man, as tall as Jeff. I was just...
*then the others mentioned Fitz--suffered 7 ko's in 97 bouts or 1 every 14 bouts--I was wondering why Fitz is credited with being more durable...
Foster--suffered 6 ko's in 65 bouts or 1 every 11 bouts--Foster never beat a top heavyweight so it would be a shot in the dark to assume he beats...
Flea Man Thanks for the film. It was a hell of a lot better than my 52 yr old memory or for that matter the black-and-white old 21" Philco...
Thanks Senor Pepe for the reports I remember seeing De Piccoli in the 1960 Olympics. He was a very big heavy for that era but wild. He had a...
While Louis might have made these picks at anytime, I think it worth noting that it was made in 1944 for a publication meant for American...
