Two Steel Middles who Melts?

Freddie wins. Just an all around better fighter.

 

I agree

 

At his best, before his manager/father figure died, Steele would outclass Zale.

 

That's a tough one, mcvey. Zale's resilience may be telling here...

 

The old, Stonehands. :good

 

Who you calling old?I'm old between the ears, jack -that's 'bout it!

 

What a fight that would have been between a prime [before the war] body puncher Tony Zale and the Freddie Steele, who was the only man to ko Vince Dundee in One Hundred and Fifty Four bouts. Steele dropped Dundee ELEVEN times, breaking Dundee's jaw before the BRAVE referee stopped the slaughter !
Tough times breeds tough fighters,and great fighters,I might add, and Freddie Steele until his painful injury against Fred Apostoli, was close to unbeatable...What Steele also did to a tough young Gus Lesnevich ,was also mighty impressive. Cheers...

 

Lesnevich was at least as tough as Zale if not tougher and Steele went through him like a hot knife through butter.

 

don't dismiss Zale so readily, but Steele was certainly the more slick boxer and probably harder hitter, would be a good one.

Lesnevich was in his early innings and Steele was still ripe, I'd take the Lesnevich of a few years later over Steele, H2H, likewise Zale showed himself well against the bigger Conn, as I said would have been a good one,

of that period Apostili was equally one of the best of this overall period of middleweight marvels.

 

And Stanley Ketchel was an amalgam of the two. All tough S.O.Bs...

 

I fail to see why people always say Zale did well against Conn. He was dominated by Conn.

 

MW (Zale) v mw cum L-HW and beyond (Conn) makes for a diff, does it not?

Conn was merely passing through mw as it was quite clear that his stature was, and it was never a secret that he would be/was a bigger fighter.