Burt--your post implies that Fleischer himself changed his mind about Ketchel over Greb sometime between 1958 and his death. Why? He certainly...
Excellent evaluations, Burt, but notice that you pick Greb over Ketchel while the early experts quoted above, like Fleischer, who went back to...
Well, here's the heavyweights 1958 Nat Fleischer 1-Jack Johnson 2-Jim Jeffries 3-Bob Fitzsimmons 4-Jack Dempsey 5-Jim Corbett 1968 Charley...
Burt--do you rate Ketchel above Greb? Do you rate Ketchel above Robinson?
I guess the question is if you believe the experts, which experts? Here is the printed ratings for middleweights by Ring Magazine over the years....
This could be a steer if Jeff was really cruel.
I don't know nearly as much as you guys do, but I was interested in the "Dempsey will blow out Marciano inside of 3 argument" and so went over to...
I want to say that I am certainly not mocking Dempsey. I think the two polls which rated them Ali, Louis, Marciano, Dempsey, Johnson are most...
Burt and Henry I think you stance about the "experts" would be convincing if there were no film of either man. That does allow us to judge not...
"I honestly can't remember once that Rocky came out on top." I have the special on VHS from HBO back about 1980 in which the Boxing Writers of...
Haven't we all seen both of them in most of their major fights on film?
I take Marciano in a close one. Both men's crouching and bob and weave defenses might well negate the offenses of the other.
Marciano was the favorite over Walcott. I can't see why that fight caused shock waves. Of the ones you name, I would say the Foreman fight....
Burt, are you hitting on Abe Attell again. Abe won recognition as the world featherweight champion in some quarters on October 28, 1901. He...
Off the films of each I have seen, I take Pastrano by a decision. I think he would be too quick for Nino.
