I agree with this. Satterfield is the more proven puncher against elite competition.
"Layne was supposedly landing left hands" Fleischer seemed to see it that way. "The left which heretofore hadn't been used too effectively by...
No one is saying that Charles wasn't a better fighter than Layne. The fact that he defeated him decisively two of three shows that. The issue was...
Well, Nat Fleischer writing in Ring scored it 5-5. Jack Hurley scored it 6-4 for Layne. With Dempsey, they make up the three best boxing men at...
I take Layne to win by decision.
Marciano.
I like Carnera to outbox Spinks. Carnera was not all hype, as the film of the ko of Campolo shows. One of the weaker champions, but Spinks might...
Super interesting matchup. Cooper definitely outboxes Galento. Will his skin hold up? I think so. Cooper wins more often than not in this one....
Sharkey wins it at his best. This is a fight between two guys who could look very good or very bad on any given night. I think Sharkey was the...
I think the political problems which prevented a Dempsey-Wills match prior to 1926 would have also prevented the match after 1926, regardless of...
A lot of people think the 1970's were a golden era for heavyweight boxing. Here are the top rated non-Americans in the Ring Ratings: 1970--Oscar...
"50's, 60's, 70's, 80's we have a quite different history in the larger classes in those decades" The Eastern Europeans were not dominating the...
Mcvey I am not criticizing Louis for not fighting Bettina who peaked during the war, but I thought Janitor's question was who was the best...
"Bettina lost twice to Conn" When both were lightheavies. Anyway, I am not saying Bettina was better than Conn, who Louis said was the best...
No. Melio Bettina would be, I think. And Alberto Lovell might be a bigger omission than Franklin.
