Been trying to find out more about him and his career. Seems he was a dynamite puncher and definitely a tough customer for any in his day. Can anyone verify this story: This content is protected
Walcott seemed to think more highly of him than any other opponent Jersey Joe ever took on. Fox was reported as fighting often during the 1940s with a spare tire around his waist, but it's hard to picture that looking at him here. If he hadn't screwed around so much in the ring, it might've been his knockout record Moore had to break. (Max Baer gets denigrated as a clown for what he was seen doing with Braddock, Carnera and Galento on camera, but Fox seems to have done a good deal more of it.) Take away that near fatal stabbing before Bettina, then Fox-Conn for the LHW Title would have been an interesting alternate scenario. Tiger is one of the more compelling contenders Louis did not risk his title against.
Joker, literally and figuratively. How would Blackburn have strategized for this nut? Fox was crazy like one, not an orthodox practitioner like Ramage. If Braddock and Schmeling could put him down, and Conn stagger him... Fox took a knife near the heart. How's Joe going to intimidate him?
