Charley Burley

No offence mate but thats not much of a break down of how you see the fight going.

 

What about Nate Bolden?

 

One of my friends told me that Charley Burley was never ranked number one contender at any given point in his career. I've asked if this true before on here and he was pretty pissed off with me for having to ask, so from my information, he never was. While he was clearly good enough to be a world champion in probably any era, he lost to good competition at crucial times (ranking wise).

Just some food for thought, not to discredit the man one fraction of an ounce.

 

lies

what do you base this on?

how would he do it?

 

Fritzie Zivic made his feelings VERY clear that SRR was a better fighter than Burley and I can't think of anyone who would have a better opinion than him.

 

Burley was no Ray Robinson!

 

When was Robinson's fight with Burley supposed to take place (because there was one in the pipeline, wasn't there)? Was it at MW, for the title?

 

Is it lies though? One of the most knowledgeable people on boxing i've ever met in my life pointed this out to me. You give me some evidence and i'll believe you over him. Noone else has disagreed on this point on here yet, not even McGrain. So you better get some evidence to get your ass some credibility.

I'm not saying you are wrong, as i just don't know, but if you are just coming out calling a very good friend of mine a liar without knowing for sure then you are going to look very stupid, and we're all gunna laugh

 

I'm not sure the dates of when Fritzie fought either Ray or C.B. matter on his opinion of who he felt was a superior fighter.

 

SRR was a welter up until Aug 1950 ,while Burley had been campaigning as a middle

 

1942 in a non-title bout. The promoters had put them both in the same card in Minnesota to build up to it. Robinson later increased his demand to like $50,000 so it fell apart.

Burley still held Ray in high regard and said he wouldn't have fought Ray if he were in that position.

 

Can i give my favourite Burley quote now? I need McGrain to give his blessing because it might be getting on his nerves, i bring it up all the time.

 

I think I know it, but please kill the suspense.