Not when he fought Liston. Hed won just one of his last five fights and been stopped in three of those. And, as the previous article I posted...
Im not, Im saying at the time he certainly wouldnt have been considered worse. What it is is yet another example of an offer Liston turned down to...
Which looks good in hindsight only because Joiner beat Cleroux AFTER he fought Liston and AFTER Liston turned down the offer to face Cleroux. At...
Liston was better than Shavers in pretty much every regard. Hed slaughter him.
Im not trying to prove anything. This entire discussion started with people saying that Liston couldnt get fights, nobody would fight him, and...
No amount of hand wringing on this is going to change the fact that Liston turned down the Ellis fight, three or four Quarry fights, a Mac Foster...
This is inconsistent with what Ive been saying all along how? You seem to keep making this about Ellis avoiding Frazier and continue to ignore...
https://flic.kr/p/2pL4xmX I'll just leave this right here for a bit of context on how Liston and this fight were viewed at the time. Sputter away...
Right, and Ive already explained why those were soft touches and why their rankings were odd to begin with. And lets not forget that Martin,...
Ingo. Mildenberger was awfully susceptible to right hands and he could be hurt. Those are two things you dont want in combination against Ingo.
Exactly. They think it will detract from his legacy or something. I dont at all. The guy was in the twilight of his career, he had been exposed to...
Why would Liston expect to make more than Quarry who was rated higher and far more popular at the time? Anyone doubting the legitimacy of the...
And again, he said very clearly that they offered him a fight and he turned it down. Im not sure why you are ignoring that fact. "Sorry, but...
Im not sure why you think Dundee didnt talk about it. He did. It was discussed a lot. They floated Liston the offer from Chris which Liston...
Yes, sad news. He was a link to a bygone era and a really interesting guy.
