.....chavez couldn't have got to him before the bell rang.....but referees aren't time keepers and he a looking at a damage fighter and i think he was right in stopping it...

buzzy.....i don't think i can list them as the top ten. let me just mention some that i recall-- Charles/Marciano one. certainly the most exciting. you know how i am about charles and i saw this a the albee theatre in cincinnati. full house-most were rooting for the local boy. we almost went crazy s...

.....i'm thinking bob fitzsimmons..

there was a lot of confusion and talking and yelling, and some may have gotten up from their seats but i don't specifically recall that. speaking for myself i think i was one of the many who had no idea at first what the hell was going on. as the rounds went on it was apparent that all ray had to do...

..i just looked at the trailers for that tv show which you thoughtfully printed the link. looks full of action. ironically the tune ray is playing on the trumpet is "give me the simple life."

...i saw the fight in cincinnati, which is where i lived at the time. it was played at the albee theatre , the biggest downtown movie house when those wonderful huge cinema houses existed. The clay/liston fight I was so hot it played at both the albee and the second largest theatre, the palace. it w...

......interesting and thoughtful posts.

the only thing i have to add is that galento had never been knocked off his feet until joe louis did it.

.....i saw this fight live on closed circuit in a movie theatre, which is the way they were mostly shown then. it was in black and white. i do remember though sugar ray slumped in his corner. i thought ray was winning...miles ahead.....as did everyone else. i've come to realize though what a smart f...

...pryor hit so hard i saw him miss his opponents by as much as six inches and he still knocked them out.

maxim was a very very good light heavyweight who fought in an era of all-time great light heavies . he fought everybody, was knocked out just once in a long career. the ko came at the hands curtis hatchet mans shepard...a murderous puncher....maxim fight him about three weeks later and decisioned hi...

....buzzy.....i can't find the "different than" either. i have no idea where it came from. but i have no idea where the pyramids in peru came from either.

....you mean "different from"....not "different than"...

...i don't understand the question. if he had lost the rematch rahman would still have been the heavyweight champion. obvious. maybe there was a typo.

..ezzard charles was at his best against heavyweights before he won the title. he was often outweighed by as much as 25 pounds. ezzard was past his peak when he beat joe louis.

i don't like any british writing. they always had the letter u after an o. very annoying.

this is remarkably good film quality and shown at the proper speed.
thanks for posting this.

...when a sportswriter asked joe louis if he'd have trouble against s southpaw, he said "I've been knocking out everybody i've been fighting, why should i have trouble with a guy who's doing everything backwards?"

......well, i suppose I can consider it a good post, because it has come on.....along with with my other jackclem posts sand email responses...

......i've put bread in the refrigerator and then had a hard time finding it. i mean the refrigerator....not the bread.

merritt seemed to have the equipment to at least be a strong contender. another case of "what if?"

i posted on this already and it hasn't come on the forum. why?

....i thought i had this working by openly registering under a new name.....jackclem...and entered a post on the galento training thread, but now there's a black dot by it and it isn't entered ...yet. maybe it will show up. this has me on extra valium. i am extremely moved and gladdened by your pers...

thanks for the offer, buzz, but i see no hope in getting this changed, so i've changed my user name and gave my new email address. i didn't use a different real name when registering, so there's no deceit there, and the new name is obvious. i intend to get more active here,so look for posts under th...

...tony did give the impression he was out of shape by selling the idea that he just trained on beer and a lot of food. this was an exaggeration for the press. while did do much of that, he also trained secretly in a more conventional manner. he was in better shape than he looked, and was tough and ...