Can somebody justify why Rubin Carter is held in high esteem?

He was a better murderer than he was a boxer.

 

:roll:

He was on the downside and no longer a ranked contender.

 

That ****ing movie was so inaccurate it made my eyes bleed. :-(

 

what? you mean he WASN'T the greatest middleweight to never win the title, create earthquakes with every step and kill all the dinosaurs with a single left hook?

 

you mean his patented QUADRUPLE left hook, which was faster than
SRR and SRL COMBINED.:shock: yep

 

This is it right here. Carter is well known because of the movie and song, and the way his court case played out, but he is not considered one of the top middleweights in history by any objective boxing expert.

And he wasn't schooled by Giardello. It wasn't the robbery portrayed in the film, but it was the kind of fight that could have gone either way.

 

A "must read" for anyone who wants the whole story.

Hurricane Carter: The other side of the Story
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http://www.graphicwitness.com/carter/

 

"Griffin"? You're referring to an ATG, zoo. Griffith. Anyway, people really like Denzel.

 

He always struck me as a pretty good actor, but others make him seem like he's top 5 of alltime.

 

Well -- back in the day Bob Dylan had a huge following, and now days Denzell Washington commands a big audience. The problem is that neither the song nor movie portray the facts accurately.

 

The truth is probably somewhere between the movie and the website you posted.

 

Denzel and Dylan are the only reasons. He was actually guilty as ****.

 

If this guy got a movie, they better make a movie about edwin valero.

 

Carter could hit like amuther****er. unreal power for a middleweight. Solid top 10 when top 10 meant something

 

Interesting... Hollywood sure knows how to make up alot of ****!