Ray was the only man to beat Ezzard Charles in his prime, and also beat the same Walcott who clowned Joe Louis in Madison square Garden over 15...
“Higher level of opposition” Here we disagree. Ray fought Charles and Walcott. These two men are the highest quality in the division outside of...
Yes unfortunately other posters don’t seem to realize that these white contenders who got title shots, were not better fighters than the black...
Muariello got a lot more opportunities to fight other top contenders because he was white. Ray had two strikes against him. He was black and...
And what we have with Mauriello is A fighter who looks mediocre on film A fighter who has a mediocre record A fighter who in his prime never...
Does he beat Tami Mauriello? You sure have a high opinion of him in the other thread
I’d be surprised. Ray beat a prime Walcott and Charles, two top 20 heavyweights of all time. Who did Tami ever beat? He went 0-4 against...
A guy who lost against Gus Lesnevich ain’t beating the Elmer Ray who defeated Walcott and Charles
Yes. Ray was nowhere near his prime when the fight took place. We don’t know if Rays listed age is actually correct or not. What we do know is...
[MEDIA] This has to rate up there
You can name any fighter in history who displayed an amazing skill and you come up with a blubbery cheeseburger eating year old George Foreman...
While I agree with you that Jack Johnson definitely ducked Sam Langford, I do think Louis defended his title vs the two best black heavyweights...
Hagler 5’10 75” reach weighing 158-160lb in his title defenses Griffith 5’7 72” reach weighing only 150lb when he beat Tiger for the...
Why can’t you access boxrec I’ve already conceded that McVea could go the distance with Ray. I still pick ray to win. I strongly feel Ray was...
Mauriello also lost to lesnevich at age 23 in 1947 while weighing 200lb. Bottom line, lesnevich had his number Mcvey is trying to argue...
