The short answer is that his elbow wasn't broken, Walcott seems to have suffered a torn ligament in his left wrist. Walcott and Gans are both all-time greats. The greater of the two careers might depend on criteria. Their fight wasn't heavily bet on by California standards, but the betting was repor...

Certain jurisdictions forbade decisions if both men finished on their feet, (often with limited rounds) but fighters could still win by KO, TKO or DQ. Titles could even potentially change hands on a non DQ stoppage in a no decision bout. The patrons still bet on the newspaper writers' decisions in t...

Regarding the great Sam Langford (boxed 1902-1926) the whole sport marveled at his remarkable punching power and by maybe 1910 he was being widely hailed as the hardest hitter of that rich era. Harry Wills, Joe Jeannette, Sam McVea, Bill Lang, Gunboat Smith, Fireman Jim Flynn and many other middles,...