Bailed out? Anyone who has done thorough research on the era knows wills got screwed time and time again. I would argue no other fighter in...
Ok well Norfolk decisively defeated Miske when he was at his peak so please note that
And Dempsey at 6’1 187lb wouldn’t have that overwhelming size advantage over Norfolk
He does have a point. Norfolk was a better fighter than Miske who was credible enough in your eyes to challenge Dempsey. Shouldn’t Norfolk be...
When you fight someone 7 or 8 times, winning once by a DQ after being knocked down and hit while down isn’t very impressive. More of a fluke....
Ray knocks out McVey Witherspoon dec Ray Young Dec Ray
Posters here love to romanticize older fighters, and they don’t like to hear that their favorite 5’11 190lb fighter from the 1920s can’t beat a...
Why do you keep saying Tunney beat loughran comfortably? I have reports which contradict this statement
1. Wills 2. Greb 3. Godfrey 4. 1917 Sam Langford 5. Renault
He still had enough in the tank in 1917 to knock out Kid Norfolk and beat Joe Jeanette. He was still very dangerous despite being over the hill....
How is a 1917 Langford not in the argument? It would have been one of Dempsey’s biggest wins. Dempsey was afraid and admitted so.
Wow smartest thing you have ever said. And unbiased too
Off topic but what rare 1940-1950s film do you have of heavyweight contenders/ champions?
Leonard fought and beat bigger and better fighters than Pryor. Why would he be scared of Pryor? Was a smaller aging arguello better than a prime...
"Louis did not perform well against black opponents" I don’t know about that According to ring record book, he knocks out Roscoe Toles in a real...