Larry Gains ,like the trio in the title ,never got a chance at the title, how does he compare to his three predecessors? This content is protected
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Add Godfrey to the mix, too. An enigma that many rated a match for Tunney, Sharkey, Schmeling and rated by Godfrey as better than Dempsey, who he sparred.
I forgot about that. Was this a cuts stoppage? Or was that the Diekmann match? The KO is odd, as Gains has a very low KO percentage and was not known for power.
It was Schmeling´s last lhw bout and he had a hw fight shortly before. By what I read he was badly weight drained ... it was also before Schmeling hit his prime.
Gains was as tall as Louis. I think Gains was a respectable hitter he racked up 60 kos in 114 wins,of his 22 losses, 9 came when he was past 33 and ,5 when he was around 40 years old. I think heavyweight boxing is at its absolute nadir at the moment. Between Tunney and Louis there was. Stribling Schaaf Neusel Lasky Griffiths Braddock Carnera Loughran Baer Heeney Risko Sharkey Uzcudun Godfrey Hamas Schmeling Gains That list compares very favourably with the Klits victims ,imo.
