Don't know if it can be defined as "fought",but Joe Grim was at least in the ring together with Joe Gans and both Bob Fitzsimmons and Jack...
Willie Pastrano, on the other hand, fits the bill. In Hw top 5 1955-58 and Lhw top 10 1960-65 incl. of course being champ 63-65. One of the few...
Pipino Cuevas 13y 10½ months
Gentleman Jim Corbett HW champ Young Corbett II WW champ Young Corbett III FW champ and Dick Corbett british bantamweight champ, tragically...
Might the champ be Joseph Paul Zukauskas? Not the only controversy in his career. The opponent in that case is Unknown Winston
Joe and George Chip? The champ being Greb. BTW the Gibbons bros. also held a victory each over Greb, but as they were greats themselves they are...
1. I find it hard to believe that Louis would be allowed to defend against such a number of black challengers. Remember even the first JJW fight...
Apart from the already mentioned of which Charles, Tunney and Langford are the most obvious candidates, I feel that Tiger Jack Fox and Young...
Could it be Charley Goldman??? He is reported to have had more than hundred fights, but I don't know if he was stablemate of any legendary fighter.
Might it be the Kingfish himself? King Levinsky who was kayoed in 1 by Louis, saying afterwards that his body felt all "mum". And he fought...
Don't know if it counts but Paul Berlenbach was deaf as a child but later regained his hearing following an accident involving an electric wire....
Eugene Criqui's jaw was certainly good as gold, or at least as silver
Would agree Turpin vs. Robinson being the biggest, but then Billy Backus winning the title from Napolés must be up there too.
On the other hand Jefffries wouldn't be fighting: A 36-year old former middleweight who hadn't had a fight for two years (nor the same guy when he...
:bart No, he didn't! The girl in question was Geraldine Liston's daughter from her previous marriage.
