Also Charles beat Layne a SECOND time in April of 1953 and they STILL left Lastarza above Charles despite the horrendous rocky Jones loss
Wow.... Lastarza losing to a 14-9 steamboat captain only drops him 1 spot in the ranking while Clarence Henry losing to hall of famer Archie...
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Im not arguing against Marciano needing to fight Lastarza to clear his record, I'm arguing at Lastarza being promoted to number 1 was undeserving...
Rocky Jones was a no hoper. And it does work like that. You suffer a bad loss, your ranking suffers. Unless you're a white fighter with great...
Baker and Henry were rated in the top 5 1950-1952....well above Lastarza who didn't even crack the top 5 until 1953. One win over an erratic...
No it's not....You're failing to include bad losses like Lastarza losing to Rocky Jones in his previous fight! That loss alone prevents any...
I knew you would get a kick out of that! Like I said before, it doesn’t surprise me that he didn’t support me because I have called him names and...
Why should Lastarza have that number 1 rating over Charles? Charles knocked out Layne, plus defeated much more ranked contenders than lastarza....
1. The Layne he beat was no longer a dangerous fighter. Layne was a force on his way up in 50-51 but by 53 he was shopworn, and had stopped...
Disagree on Lyle being “green”. He got a late start, but he aS already 32 years old and 19 fights deep when he figure quarry. The previous...
Ahh thank you. Always wondered what happened in that fight. Yeah for the era louis was a big guy. I mean he was weighing in the same as fighters...
Number of Title Defenses By World Heavyweight Champions Vs. Black Challengers: 1. John L. Sullivan- 0 2. Jim Corbett- 0 3. Bob Fitzsimmons- 0 4....
Is it worth even buying off you or is it as dull a fight as they say? Questions 1. How often did Louis throw his right hand or combinations? 2....
Top 35 black heavyweights 1930-1950 1. Joe Louis- 6'2 200lb 76" 2. Jersey Joe Walcott- 6'0 195lb 73" 3. Ezzard Charles- 6'0 185lb 72" 4. Elmer...
