This is awkward lol.
The thing with John Tate is in the 1910s giants were oddly common. You had Fulton, Willard, Morris, Coffey, Tate, Andre Anderson and Al Palzer....
Hes won 6 fights at the weight class most of which have been close and theres people putting him in the GOAT convo.
I think Moorer was better at HW P4P and would pick Moorer in a hypothetical fight but Moore had the better resume. Moore actually has a longer HW...
Fair enough. I just think theres an understanding the borderline HWs are going to win most of their fights by decision unless they've got some...
In the 1880s Joe Macauliffe was over 6 ft 3 weighed 210-220. McAuliffe would have been lineal champ if Cardiff had been given Sullivans belt...
Interesting thing here is Chagaevs seemed like he needed to be in the 240s to get power that could translate against superheavys. Once he was that...
I'm going with Buster Douglas or Tony Tucker here.
Louis and Charles would have beaten Marciano. Tucker would have beaten Seldon. Goddard would have have beaten Jeffries and Sharkey.
42-60 is the magic period for all these ATG LHW/HW combo guys. Between(prime) Louis and Liston.
This is simply not true. Carnera himself knocked out the 3 best other superheavyweights in Santa, Campolo and Ray Imp as well as Gastanaga with...
Braddock, Tommy Farr, John Henry Lewis or Max Baer. Braddock is very hard to knock out and has an unusual mix of power, speed and durability....
Of the brilliant smaller HWs from the 10s-30s. Sharkey would translate worst to the modern era. Hes got no power and a relatively weak chin and...
Another interesting thing is this whole drama started because boxer rec refused to put down Brigerweight fights. And hillariously as of right now...
Something of interest to me is unearthing dormant title claims from boxings early decades where such things were rather poorly documented. One I...
