Henry Cooper -vs- Tommy Farr

groove · Aug 13, 2008

Cooper is underated. He had some left hook and was fast and dangerous before he cut Yeah one dimensional but a good fighter who gave his all.

ron u.k. · Aug 14, 2008

janitor said:

Farr is one fighter whose paper record dose not tell the whole story because he was so frequently shafted.

Most of the press thought that he deserved the wins against Braddock and Burman, and a good few gave him the second Baer fight.

On paper Farr is 1-3-0 against lineal champions but the reality is 2-2-0 or possibly even 3-1-0.

Now take into acount that none of those lineal champions produced a comanding win over him and only Joe Louis produced an uncontrovertial points win.

That is a bit of a stretch.

For all his inconsistency Baer was a lineal champion who beat other lineal champions including one great one in Max Schmeling.

I dont think you can make a case for Zora Folley being an equal fighter.

Indeed I would argue that Tommy Farrs wins ove fighters like Tommy Loughran and Walter Neusel are as impressive as the Folley win.

Loughran although a former light heavyweight beat many of the top name heavyweights of the day including some champions.

Neusel was a ranked contender of the period.

Larry Gains although on his last legs when Farr beat him was once a great fighter.
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don't get me wrong here,i've taken farr to beat cooper and i think he was better it's just the extent he was better i would question.i don't agree the loughran and neusel wins were better,loughran was well on the slide and neusal was never that good.however i'm not talking farr down here,and when you look at his overall record and losses it doesn't tell the whole story that he started in the pro ranks at about age 14.as he matured he lost quite a few to middleweights and light heavies,but he was growing and having trouble making the weight.he was an extremely tough and well schooled fighter,and i agree our best heavy between fitzsimmons and lewis.
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