please don’t compare Valdes to Wills. Wills not getting a title shot is the biggest travesty in boxing history. They weren’t even close in terms...
Not in 1956. Patterson looked fantastic vs Moore but Floyd’s biggest weaknesses’ were masked because of a perfect stylistic matchup. A young Floyd...
louis fought 3 black hall of famers in world title fights Lewis, Walcott, and Charles. how many did Dempsey fight in world title fights?
No, but Valdes never jumped levels to the point he was a mega threat to beat Marciano. He struggled so badly vs Archie McBride he lost his number...
Proof? I have Weill on record saying he wanted to fight Valdes. “Valdes and Cockell are next”. He gave no order Weill was not afraid of Valdes.
And Dempsey wouldn’t get in the ring with black men after a black fighter broke his ribs. Dempsey was knocked out in 1 round by a 37 year old...
Louis knocked out Nino Valdes in 1 round in 1950
valdes should have gotten a title shot over Cockell, but Moore was definitely superior to Valdes. The rematch was a very competitive fight but...
yes, that’s true and Moore beat Johnson 4 times proving Moore was an absolute stud!
Louis knocks out Dempsey every time. Louis is an entirely different monster than Harry Wills, who Dempsey avoided like the plague
Archie Moore had dominant wins over the 3 best young heavyweight contenders of that era Nino Valdes , Bob Baker, Clarence Henry. great win by...
Dempsey was way ahead of his time, but he still had severe technical deficiencies for today’s era, not to mention today’s best p4p boxer. The...
@mcvey The answer is yes, Marciano’s legacy does improve if he beats Henry Valdes and Baker given the youth, size, length, and punching ability...
A lot of Dempsey fans are vocal detractors of Marciano’s title reign, usually hammering the title defense against Don Cockell, and ignoring the...
Marciano knocked Archie Moore down 4 times, including for a 10 count. Something Valdes could not manage to do in two fights with Moore. What does...
