Galento did request a rematch, but then so did a lot of people. A rematch would have been viable, but there were other better options on the table and it probably simply never happened.
Tony Galento didn't shy from wrestling octopuses and feared no man. So...you've made the case for Louis/Galento II! (I did praise your eye for promotion right off the bat!) Except there were other deserving contenders still waiting for their own shot at Louis. By the time they began ebbing out, Two-Ton was through.
As I said, Galento was ranked highest by the NBA at the end of 1939 : [url]http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=FNFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4424,3252381&dq=tony+galento&hl=en[/url] He was also very popular, a colourful character, so he would've been a draw. But I think other factors prevented the match.
Thanks. The rating speaks strongly of Galento's viability. Interesting criterion of the National Boxing Association: consistency. It would seem very rare indeed for the sanctioning body to rank as number-one contender a fighter only months before brutally knocked out by the champion. I can't imagine this even in the supposed opposition-poor reign of Larry Holmes. This is solid evidence that Joe Louis defended against a truly poor crop. I originally thought Galento didn't get a second chance simply because no one was anxious to see him risk his health in doing so. Now --and even though I still staunchly consider a rematch completely uncalled for-- the original thread question must remain.
you dont give fighters a rematch unless it his highly warranted and demanded by the fans galento had a chance and did absolutely nothing who in their right mind would have paid to watch a rematch i dont think it even entered a promoters mind to set up a rematch:yep:think
does the buddy baer vs galento fight exist on film? ive seen max beat him but would like to view the buddy vs galento fight.
Lou Nova was the #1 contender and Galento beat him. Regardless of the circumstances of the win, that made Galento the new #1 by default. Shame in some ways because Nova was becoming quite hyped and Louis Nova might just have been built into a megafight.