Ruby Goldstein
Maybe we can get some idea of how Greb fought by watching tape of Ken Overlin, who was called "a poor man's Greb" during his career.
Dempsey had better technique but was prone to going total caveman. Marciano may have had a more limited repertoire, but he rarely abandoned it and...
Zivic. Bigger man, just as skilled. Ray Robinson said that he learned more in 10 rounds with Zivic than in all his other fights put together....
Can't decide between Charlie Phil ********* or the fighter that's easily the most exciting champion of the past 75 years: Sammy Serrano.
reznick, I just GIS'ed "Valuev Marciano"
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzLRCaOIgAALRD4.jpg I still think Marciano wins a wide decision
Joe Rein wrote a nice article on Burley http://www.thesweetscience.com/articles-of-2005/2602-it-wasn-t-so-much-charley-burley-s-color
Philipp and I fought out of the same gym for a while. Good guy. He really wasn't a fighter at heart. I'm pretty sure he started boxing when he was...
Ruth played at least 19 games against what were basically Negro League all star teams. It's a pretty safe bet that those Negro Leaguers felt as if...
The sarcasm is wasted when I have to explain it in crayon
OMG I know, right? So jerky and nonathletic. It's hilarious when people try to blame it on the primitive film technology of that era. Contrast...
for perspective: http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/05/07/sports/ELLIS-2-obit/ELLIS-2-obit-articleLarge.jpg
figuratively descriptive of Greb... ...literally so of Jackson.:nut
Harry Greb Should have said it about Hurricane Jackson, but that would have been a little too close to the bone.
