Hi The quote from boxrec only proves that whoever wrote it doesn't know anything about the era. 1. "No credible white challengers on the...
Jackson was always referred to as the British Empire Champion when I was a youngster. I don't recall any writer ever referring to him (or someone...
Wild guesswork without evidence. Both Cyberboxing and the old Ring Record Books list Jackson going 25 rounds with Billy W-A-R-R-E-N in 1900....
piscator I can't say after checking their records that I think as much of Childs, Byers, and Martin as you do. Childs was ko'd by Choynski and...
Hi piscator Well, had Jeffries fought Johnson in 1904 or 1905 and beaten him, that would be a big scalp on his resume. McVey and Jeannette and...
"They all knew who the best fighters were" Who was this supposed to be? Childs? He was ko'd by Choynski and Creedan. Johnson? Ko'd by Choynski....
1. Langford, Jeannette, and McVey rose to prominence after Jeffries retired. The best of them, Langford, was a middleweight at the time Jeff...
"Certainly didn't fight the best black fighters of the day" I don't think this is fair. He fought Hank Griffin, Peter Jackson, Bob Armstrong,...
McVey All the reading I have done points to the Wills-Firpo fight as being a one-sided victory for Wills, if a boring fight....
I haven't read what others have said, my own take is that it not a horrendous robbery, but I had Norton slightly ahead.
What has Vitali Klitschko to do with Joe Louis? If I ask if Jim Jeffries faced tough opposition, do you reply that he didn't face Joe Louis?...
"Louis only fought two black fighters in his 26 title defenses." A. Who previously had fought more? B. Louis fought 4 black hall-of-famers...
Put another way, Louis fought every fighter who could sustain himself as a top notcher (champion or top contender) from the late twenties to the...
Interesting thread. I am not an expert historian, but I looked at the yearly Ring ratings to see how Louis did fighting the highest rated...
Jack Gibbons claimed Langford had a bad cut going into the Fulton fight but went through with it because it was a big payday. Fulton's first jab...
