Silly But Honest Heavyweight "Weights"

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  1. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Thomas would open up a whole can of whup ass on the division today.
     
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  2. janitor

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    The white hope campaign might not have produced great heavyweights, but it does seem to have produced a lot of big heavyweights.

    Jess Willard, Luther McCarthy, Fred Fulton, and Carl Morris were all products of the white hope campaign.
     
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  3. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good info ^.
     
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  4. choklab

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    Yes I think it was decided that in a fight to the finish a bigger man might be able to outlast a better fighter.

    Either that or it was decided that a man like the previous dominant champion needed to be searched for. A new Jim Jeffries.

    But whatever they were every last one was a real boxer. Never think they were just big farm boys. They all fought lots of time in a tougher era than now. All of them would be relevant today.
     
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