Rate the Heavyweights 1927-37

OLD FOGEY · Nov 24, 2008

mcvey said:

In the words of Dylan you can have your cake and eat it too".I don't think so.Nice try though. So Carnera was well schooled and improved then suddenly he meets a live one in Baer ,followed by Louis and gets murdered in both ,the then twice by Leroy Haynes,,but of course he is past it now right? At29! Braddock lost his licence because he was figting with broken hands and needed the dough ,not because the mob were fixing fights for him.What evidence have you that a, Baer had broken hands? and b,that he had a fixed fight?Braddock with painkilling injections in him the day of the fight ,and suffering with arthritis gave Louis a competitive fight putting him down .Carnera was slaughtered by Louis.Primo ,after the fight being asked if he wanted a rematch, with Louis" JESU GOD NO"
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"he is past it now right? At 29!"

Come down with diabetes and lose a kidney and you might be past it at 29, especially considering the state of medical care in the 1930's.

Mendoza · Nov 26, 2008

mattdonnellon said:

Recent debates regarding the respective merits of Carnera, Schmeling, Sharkey, Braddock, Baer etc leads me to proposing a thread rating the heavyweights from Dempsey to Louis not including these two greats but including Tunney.
We have the champions, Tunney, Schmeling, Sharkey, Carnera, Baer and Braddock as well as Loughran and Godfrey for sure. Then there is a whole slew of contenders like Risko, Stribling, Griffiths, Heeney,Poreda, Schaaf, Walker, Rosenbloom, Lewis, a host of Europeans like VonPorat, Charles,Uzcudun, Neussel, Scott etc Larry Gains, Hamas, Lasky and on and on. How about a top 10 1927-37?
I'll lead off;
Tunney
Sharkey
Schmeling
Loughran
Baer
Godfrey
Carnera
Braddock
Hamas
Rosenbloom
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I suppose my top 10 here would be:

Tunney
Schmeling
Baer
Sharkey
Godfrey
Carnera
Gains
Rosenbloom
Uzcudun
Schaff

Horrible era of talent.

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