"the live gate" I agree with you. I think black fighters against Louis would probably have drawn decent gates. But I do think this is a bit...
Reasonable question. The two challengers in New York were Jewish, and the object was to make money for the Army and Navy relief funds. There...
Franklin would have been interesting, but you probably accurately described Tony Musto as the worst of the men who challenged Louis for the title...
Well, Franklin was not a top contender to Louis for as long as Johnson was to Jeffries, and probably no longer than Denver Ed Martin was to...
Those are the ratings at the end of the year, not at the beginning or at the points at which Louis was defending his title. And even in this...
Was boxing legal in New York during those six years? I thought the Horton law expired very shortly after the Corbett-McCoy fight.
Do they have a Ground Hog Day in Britain? I thought that woodchucks (the ground hog) are an exclusively North American rodent. Off the subject...
As I posted above, apparently after signing an exclusive contract with Rickard, which meant this fight could never come off. Not surprisingly for...
By signing an open contract to fight anyone?
Johnson. Jackson was a big name. I know he had laid off for six years and all, but that is the sort of match young guys make on their way up....
This is the Ring Magazine annual heavyweight rankings at the end of 1940: Champion--Joe Louis 1-----Max Baer 2-----Arturo Godoy 3-----Red Burman...
on the original question, No. I don't think they could, but I don't see that as being relevant to historical ratings.
There was a very strong movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the USA to outlaw boxing, as well as other sins like boozing. One...
Time Magazine 4-7-1924 "Tex Rickard--'Wills agrees to fight any heavyweight I select, leading up to a meeting with Dempsey.' Wills was expected...
Jeffries deserves all the criticism he gets for his stance and statements. But Jeff's bad actions don't justify any of Dempsey's actions. As for...
