Poor Jeffries. His rep has fallen so far he now can't even beat the journeymen of the 1930's. I want to pull a Burt here. Can anyone name...
Billy Graham?
Thank you for the very interesting interview. As for Curtis Sheppard--I remain slightly skeptical of these "he hit harder than anyone...
There is no question boxing has badly declined as a mainstream sport in the US Joe Louis heavyweight fights had radio ratings higher than those...
I admit I don't have an answer to this issue. It appears to be apples and oranges to me because of the effect of drugs. "I'd say that...
"outstanding characteristics of the current/recent dominant champion" It is always the case in almost every area than men extrapolate from the...
Getting down to historical facts-- Big man historically, or now, haven't proven that difficult to knock out. The historic big men--Willard,...
"Sharkey" I have plenty of doubts that Sharkey wins any particular fight with anyone of note. He was very erratic. His next two fights were...
That is Jimmy Cannon's opinion. By the way, A J Liebling has a much higher opinion of Moore back in 1955. At the end of the century, Louis was...
"you can count defeats if it pertains to wear and tear" I don't that getting ko'd as an amateur is any less wear and tear than getting ko'd as a...
Okay--my A ratings would go to those who are either the best fighter walking the Earth or arguably the best fighter walking the Earth other than...
I just don't agree with you. Walcott's two fight winning streak was over the best heavyweight in the world. Moore lost to Patterson. Yeah, and...
On Holmes versus Walcott, Charles, and Moore. Holmes hadn't won a fight since May of 1985 and had been off for almost two years since the losing...
on rating them Walcott--A Charles--A Moore--A LaStarza--A in the sense he was the #1 contender. B as an opponent, as I think he was a notch...
***Just on Cockell Perhaps someone here knows much more than I do, but He is listed as dying of cancer. Why are so many saying he died of a...
