"Is not a consensus that Shavers hit harder?" Shavers has the much more impressive statistical record with 69 ko's in 90 fights, to...
The Layne fight shows a major weakness of Satterfield--one which made him an always exciting fighter--his tendency to throw caution to the wind,...
Satterfield in his own day did very well against the over 200 lbers, so I don't know if Shavers size would be that big of an advantage....
Burt--You seem to be arguing that Dempsey should be rated higher for ko'ing "big men" or "giants". Actually, the record shows the little...
"When is the last time you saw any challenger in any weight class dismantle a reigning lineal champion so decisively." Jimmy McClarnin vs Young...
"You should have left this old thread amoulding in the grave" I think Cross Trainer has a sense of humour.
"Louis does not really deserve d recognition of d best HW of his own era" ?????? "it might have been Murray just as well" Perhaps the great...
"I'd certainly favour them both against Patterson." But Patterson was in no way a dominant champion. The current situation is sort of like...
Are they all that good? Wlad was knocked out three times in his twenties, by so so fighters. Vitali was stopped by the two best fighters he...
And who exactly are you going to match Vitali or Wlad with to provide an interesting match? Patterson was an exciting young champion, and...
I can't say I think those two lists are any where close to as bad as today. The heavyweight division has hit rock bottom.
Without stepping into the deep _____ here, I didn't find these quotes all that revealing, really. 1--"Jeffries licked Fitzsimmons because the...
Off the Ring ratings in the 1920's, the following were highly rated one year or another Jack Dempsey-champion (2 x W 10) Tommy Gibbons-#2...
"bodyweight-based" Movie heroes like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood notwithstanding, size is a disadvantage on the modern battlefield as it merely...
I remember Billy Conn predicting on the radio that Johansson would ko Patterson before the first Patterson fight because Ingo had the best right...
