Lol... I'm an old guy (in my 70s) and have been following boxing since the early 1960s!
Why the hostility? Do we have some kind of problem, that I'm not aware of?
During his career Zivic was outpointed by more than 50 different men. Is it really too far-fetched to imagine, that Floyd could have been a member...
Why? Because Pacquiao has shown a tendency to fade down the stretch, and would have trouble keeping up his high work rate over the extra 3 rounds?
Since Corbett would likely be blasted out in a couple of rounds, it doesn't really matter.
In 1962 Sonny Liston reffed a fight between a former (Cleveland Williams) and future (Dave Bailey) opponent of his.
Vitali-Briggs Jones-Lebedev Johansson-Machen
Dempsey-Willard must be the obvious answer!
You have been here for a long time, and is obviously a very knowledgeable poster. Over the years, you must surely have noticed that, almost...
So what have I said in this thread, that is as biased as Arcel's opinion on Dempsey?
"Arcel’s verdict on the Manassa Mauler was thus: “Dempsey would have absolutely beaten any fighter who came after him – without a doubt. I know...
I don't pretend to know more than Arcel. But when he uses his knowledge in a way so obviously biased, when he's talking about Dempsey... well, I'm...
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, that when we come across an old-timer as obviously biased as Arcel... we may be wise to take his opinions...
So you trust Arcel's opinion on Dempsey more than your own? Of the fighters where we have extensive footage, I like to form my own opinion, based...
So when Arcel claims, that Dempsey would walk through everybody that followed him, almost like if they weren't even there... you're fine with...