Ambling Alp II wrote:That is one thing that that has always puzzled me about Wilde; why do so often people say he did something that he didn't?
He does have some very nice wins and hardly any negatives. He was great. I guess what I am trying to get a handle on is how great? And why?
People saying that he is ranked highly and that Ring Magazine thought he was awesome and so on. To me that isn't evidence.
Other people downgrade him, but don't really say why either.
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me about the numerous world class Bantamweights he knocked out. For me, I admittedly am not overly familiar with a lot of his opposition. That could be a lack of knowledge of the weight classes in that era or his ledger is weaker than people like to say. I'm guessing it's a combination of both.
Not KO's, but he has decision wins over Memphis Pal Moore (W 20) and Joe Lynch (W 15)
Moore and Lynch are on Boxrec's all time Top 20 Bantamweight list.
Ambling Alp II wrote:That is one thing that that has always puzzled me about Wilde; why do so often people say he did something that he didn't?
He does have some very nice wins and hardly any negatives. He was great. I guess what I am trying to get a handle on is how great? And why?
People saying that he is ranked highly and that Ring Magazine thought he was awesome and so on. To me that isn't evidence.
Other people downgrade him, but don't really say why either.
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me about the numerous world class Bantamweights he knocked out. For me, I admittedly am not overly familiar with a lot of his opposition. That could be a lack of knowledge of the weight classes in that era or his ledger is weaker than people like to say. I'm guessing it's a combination of both.
Not KO's, but he has decision wins over Memphis Pal Moore (W 20) and Joe Lynch (W 15)
Moore and Lynch are on Boxrec's all time Top 20 Bantamweight list.
Boxrec's all time lists are a joke, but they were excellent fighters. I'm aware of those wins, probably his 2 best,somebody said he ko'd a lot of world class bantamweights. I don't know of any.
