Quarry would struggle to get a punch through Johnson's defense. It would also be an utter stinkeroo of a fight, IMO.
This ... in his autobiography, Louis talked about his "friend" Ali, but then said, "He'd have done real good with Max Baer, Jimmy Braddock or...
This one goes to Lyle
Quarry-Lyle redux
Probably. It's not a garden tea in there.
If we're talking about really PEAK Charles, he wins a decision here but he ain't knocking Joe out like Schmeling did. IMO Schmeling hit harder.
I think it goes about like Walcott and Marciano but it won't go as far. Max will give a very good account of himself and Marciano's face will look...
He would have stared at them balefully ...
Who else REALLY noteworthy besides Valdez and Satterfield? I know he beat some people who were "ranked" but those rankings weren't exactly gospel...
Lyle, supine, quickly.
I think Charles is the only one who has a chance to beat him. None of the others IMO were close to being elite against strong heavyweight...
Go watch Frazier’s fight with Bob Foster to get an idea of what he’d do to a smaller historically elite opponent. He liked to have killed Foster...
You make valid points but I would argue this … Floyd Patterson was a technically better fighter from age 33 to 37 than he was as a young champion....
Ron Lyle. People will practically FIGHT you that because he “had Ali beat” … which he didn’t, Ali was farting around and absolutely ruined the guy...
If he avoids getting caught in the first two or three rounds Patterson will utterly embarrass him. I’ve spoken my piece about this, Patterson is...
