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...
I am showing the newspaper and the date of the article. Wills was also interviewed by a New York newspaper in the early 1930’s and stated “it...
No. Dempseys private correspondence proves he wanted to fight Wills plus the fact he signed three times to fight him and that Wills himself in...
Dundee stated he rubbed Ali’s eyes and rubbed his own and his eyes began to burn.
The history clearly points to this as fact. Dempsey signed to fight Wills three times in 1922, 1925 and 1926. He actively pursued a fight with...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) - Harry Wills quote, Saturday 20th December 1958: “It wasn’t Jacks fault we never fought. He wasn’t...