Yeah I also tend to believe Bobo Olson was a legit fighter and champion. While I've pushed the case for Joey Giambra here: that he should have gotten a rematch (for the title) vs. Olson, a fourth fight vs. Joey Giardello or any fight at all vs. Sugar Ray Robinson...Even so, that doesn't much diminish Olson's many great fights.
Olson is now in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, don't have a problem with that. Giambra (who I've now found out was knocked down only once, against Kid Portuguez, before Giambra got up to win...never KO'd, never TKO'd) IIRC has made it in the World Boxing HoF, the one in California (though still not the IBHoF), so that's some recognition.
Anthony