The "maybe worse" was about the weight discrepancy.
Johnson dominated an era, p4p he is great. Schmeling absolutely could beat Holyfield and Frazier, Tyson would be the hardest for him.
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The argument for Marciano banks on the quality of the Louis, Walcott and Layne wins, for those are the guys with comparable size or power to...
Old crowd audio from the ring microphone was distorted so it was replaced with a much cleaner one. Additional broadcast included from rounds 6 and...
Most people don't realize that Foreman cutting off the ring with so much forward momentum could work against him against guys with decent...
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That could be, and Louis' recent loss to Schmeling could've given Jack the idea that a win over Louis wouldn't be too far fetched. His bob and...
What you're describing has nothing to do with Baer [MEDIA]
Louis got 30% while Sharkey got 25%, it was a good deal for Jack for his last fight. However, between the Carnera and Louis fights, Sharkey...
I will buy your book at some point, I'm very interested in the sources you mention. There is an article from Donovan in Liberty magazine 1939...
But why would he cross paths with Loughran, Shucco and Louis if he had no aspirations for a title fight after he lost his champion status?
So it wasn't done by anyone at heavyweight, and the bantamweight who managed had defenses against people with records of 2-10, 0-1 and 0-2 while...
Best way to estimate this is to look how close these guys where to the point where they were washed up. Take Charles, the youngest, for example....