Put me on the list of people who disagree with you. You have set the bar way too high for my taste. When you consider the number of welterweight...
Everyone interested about what it takes to be a "cutie" should read greynotsold's post to this thread.
Zale-Graziano 2 is a classic example. We have no film except 8mm film clips shot way up in the stands, but there are numerous accounts of the...
I mostly agree with your comments about the pre-war version of Zale vis a vis the "murderer's row." I actually think that a prime Zale would have...
I'll take a flyer at this: Zivic, Maxim, Benton, Canzoneri, Greb, Moore, JJ Walcott, although in some contexts I think the term implies that the...
Ali's prancing around the ring in his second bout with Liston was the main reason for all the confusion in the ring following the knockdown...
I haven't watched the fight to prepare this answer, but as I recall, Floyd didn't take many shots prior to each knockdown. So the fight wasn't...
Thank you very much.
Thank you for this information, Chuck.
Eddie Cotton's fourth round stoppage of Johnny Persol on March 13, 1964.
Two questions: 1) How would Jack Dempsey's reputation/legacy been affected if he hadn't scored the long-count knockdown? 2) How would Gene...
My recollection is that the reason Rickard had to move the first Dempsey-Tunney fight to Philadelphia on short notice was because the strong...
Dempsey-Tunney Tunney-Greb Louis-Schmeling Petrolle-McLarnin Petrolle-Canzoneri Charles-Moore Burley-Moore Canzoneri-McLarnin Langford-Jeannette...
First one I can definitely identify was Archie Moore v. Guilio Rinaldi II. Seems like I may have watched a few fights before that featuring guys...
It should be read with a grain of salt then. I'm sure there were payoffs, but when a person, either a writer or fan, starts mentioning names, he...
