It took George Chip 12 tries to score his first (and only!) win over Jack Dillon. Also Battling Levinsky took his time to score his first win...
If the name Yvon Durelle is brought up - I bet we all think of his first fight with Archie Moore, before anything else.
I wonder, if Tunney and Loughran ever saw any of Corbett's fights... since they were able to comment of how fast he was, and how many tricks he knew?
But even if they thought so... out of respect for the old champion, I doubt they would have openly voiced such an opinion!
To be fair, shouldn't we also ask Frazier, Roman and Norton - who, combined, lasted less than 5 rounds with prime Foreman?
Sure, but how on earth would Corbett be able to make it out of the first couple of rounds, against a big, aggressive, hard punching champion - who...
Funny stuff - but this is a more likely scenario, imo: George Foreman vs José Roman | KNOCKOUT Boxing Fight Highlights | 4K Ultra HD (youtube.com)
Indeed! Can we think of another sport, where the best present-day athletes would, according to the "experts", get their butts kicked by those...
I'm not sure, what this exactly means?
I have just now seen this thread, and my first thought was to argue, that surely Jimmy Wilde would have benefitted from putting on a few pounds of...
I will take Marciano to win on a DQ.
Just curious... do you think there are any pre-Liston HW champions, that Fury could beat? Or would he lose to all of them?
The missile hint should make this very easy!
So you think, Charles might even stop those 3 much bigger guys? You're of course entitled to that opinion, but since you also believe Usyk would...
... that Corbett would beat Tua. ... that Tommy Burns should be favoured to beat Deontay Wilder. ... that Marvin Hart would walk right through...