Joe's true prime ended with the FOTC. He was never the same after that epic battle. I would place his actual prime at 1968-71 when he was an...
I doubt any heavyweight in history could have beaten Ali during those years. Joe Louis was too stationary. I'd give Ezzard Charles an outside...
I agree 100 percent. Buster Douglas was one of the most talented heavyweights in boxing history. He had one of the best jabs and he could throw...
Usyk turns 40 in January 2027. How's about we match that Usyk with 1980 Cooney?
Jim Beattie. Tony Alongi. Duke Sabedong.
Excellent post, J.T. Feel free to elaborate on what you know and have read. The fictionalized movie based on Primo's boxing career portrays him as...
Judging by what I've read, the general consensus of boxing writers and the public was that Carnera was musclebound and not a hard hitter. His...
Primo was so strong that I think he wins that taffy pull.
Theater of the grotesque, as I see it through the mind's eye.
I don't think so.
Tunney was obviously very tough and would give most of them trouble, especially the crude champions Baer, Primo and Rocky.
You say Gene would hold his own against anyone up to the early 1960s. "Hold his own" is a broad and elastic term. You can hold your own while...
By 1930, Carnera was already a box office attraction. In November he and Paulino Uzcudun drew 90,000 for a boxing match in Barcelona. How many...
This is very good, thanks Bolo. I learned something. But also it seems to me that Tunney, who was a great fighter, must have lacked the requisite...
