Very hard to say when Walcott was in his prime. For the bulk of his career he held down a full time job to feed his family of eight. He went...
Dempsey was very much akin to Louis in terms of short arm combination punching. Certainly Dempseys inside game was superior in this regard.
The idea Louis ducked black opposition is utter BS at the highest level. It wasn’t until the war years where Louis title was frozen for four...
Interestingly in Fleischers book 50 years at ringside he implies that Dempsey would beat Louis due to his fast start and sturdier chin. Fast...
The fact that Dempsey signed to fight Wills three times coupled with his personal correspondence that clearly shows his intent to fight Wills is...
Wills himself completely exonerated Dempsey. Dempsey drew the color line several times upon his managements urging but quickly reversed those...
Johnson’s skill set shuts down any swarmer. He beats handily Dempsey, Marciano and Frazier.
Dempsey signed to fight Wills three times 1922 with Rickard as the promoter. 1925 once Dempsey split with Kearns he search for a promoter to make...
Most of Walcotts losses had to do with holding down a full time job to feed a family of eight. No time to train or eat well/eat at all. Walcott...
The master boxer beats up the bigger man who can’t box a lick. What else is new?
So lame. Everyone knows of Walcotts plight for the bulk of his career. Most of his losses were due to working a full time job to support a...
Based upon Dempseys own comments during his trial in 1930 the 1926 contract would have paid him one million dollars. A nice payday to end his career.
First Jones had a glass chin. Secondly Jones had exactly one fight at heavyweight. One. Third Jones never fought a 15 round distance. Fourth...
That is completely untrue. Pattersons management predominantly waited until Marciano retired to enter the heavyweight division quickly arranging...
