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The public and press wanted Dempsey to fight Harry Wills the top Black contender of the Dempsey era. There was a press conference and both camps signed contracts for the fight but from what I read the PTB at the time feared more riots and civil unrest if Wills won as the Johnson championship...

They became friends over the years and in another era would have probably made a few million a piece milking their historic fights on the memorabilia circuit autographing pictures of the long count and regaling people with stories of their battles at banquets charging hundreds to attend...

Prissy 18th century social rigidity with 21st century wokeness, you might as well have Jefferson running with his Quadroon concubine all over Paris... Do younger watchers know that this is Alice and Wonderland stories or do they feel this is historically accurate? Note to lurkers and younger...

My condolences on your loss, I'm sorry I was too lazy to read the thread as it's one of the threads that gets recycled yearly and I assumed it was the standard yuletide wishes. PS, could 2021 be any worse? Short of death in the family situations I can't think of any way 2021 can be worse...

What made Dempsey impressive was he abandoned the cautious style employed by Johnson and previous champions because of the length of the bouts in the late 19th century through the end of the Willard era. He also broke box office records and ushered in huge stadium fights when boxing was a fully...

Many knuckle ball pitchers have their own catchers because of the bizarre spin on the ball and have heard a few hitters have been given days off against a Niekro type because it would screw up the swing of the hitter for days because of sand lot speed of the knuckle ball.

Without a viable quarterback it might as well be one, granted these days with the way teams can get good overnight a rebuild can be two seasons, but as we have seen with Cleveland and Buffalo that could be a repetitive cycle of 2 or 3 seasons of trying young quarterbacks and watching them fail.

Watching NFL games? I don't know one flaming queer that ever liked football(granted I have only met a few in passing), the only gay "Butch" type that I knew was on my football team and I only knew he was gay a good 5 or 6 years after high school when a friend told me and we had good laugh on...

I think you meant Johnson. It wasn't uncommon for fighters to have a learning process as there wasn't an amateur scene in the late 19th century. Ivy league schools were probably the leaders in amateur boxing with men's boxing clubs being somewhat similar to gun clubs. I know old...

I saw he died in his sleep yesterday morning. While I was not a huge fan of his as he wasn't in the class of Carlton, Seaver, Ryan or Palmer, his longevity was phenomenal. He also looked amusing compared to Nolan Ryan who while pitching well into his 4o's looked like a trim athlete and Niekro...

He's been called a politically correct version of a bonehead, his play speaks for itself, it's a random 2nd string guy or more likely a developmental project on the practice squad.

The Italians had been allies with the Kaiser, the Arch Duke and the Sultan of the Ottoman empire, at some point when the tide was turning they flipped and joined the allies and Italy was awarded territories at the conclusion of WWI. I know the Sud Tyrol region was ceded to Italy and that is...

Ha! That would explain why she entered in these semi pro type marathons in that area on the weekend a good decade ago. PS track and field is full of stories of junior athletes that flashed brilliance at a high school age and for whatever reason were duds to disappointments as senior level...

It could be, GGG against Steve Rolls and his last Polish opponent looked as good as he did in his probable prime when he cleaned out the division and was legitimately ducked by Cotto so that Cotto could earn a higher purse and lose his lineal title to Canelo(this sound familiar). Even Canelo...

Johnson had been living high off the hog for years and fighters were old in their early 30's in this era. Willard's management team knew he could take a sustained beating if need be and take Johnson into deep waters, so they took a smaller percentage of the take for more rounds to help their...

You could say the same thing about Zola Budd who faded away after the Decker spiking in the 3000 meter Olympic final in Los Angeles. I remember she launched a comeback in her 20's but her prime was lost and didn't have the magical running ability that she did as a young teen. PS she launched a...

Since the owner of the site doesn't want poor text quality threads to be revived, here goes nothing. As I stated yesterday Johnson was perpetually broke post Willard once he did his time for violating the Mann Act and was freed from federal prison. Johnson sold his story to a National Enquirer...

He might have indicated he wasn't interested in going pro for a variety of reasons. You have to remember the NFL was a semi pro league by modern pay standards and many guys who were going to graduate school or eager to enter the workforce to support themselves or a young family didn't want to...

I remember years ago when Ali was banned from boxing he was to fight Wilt Chamberlain in a real fight. Famous photos of Chamberlain with his huge reach advantage and all Ali said was "Timber". The fight never happened because the American public wasn't that gullible back then and neither...

There was another guy with a blog called Charlie who literally felt Whites and Asians would literally break down if they broke the 10 second barrier in the 100m dash. Brutal while not being this stupid is a "historian" of sprinting and football, you could actually argue that he's "racist"...

He's a walking disaster, next stop is the penal system or joining Chief and friends in the infirmary....

It still amazes me he ever failed a PED test as no top stars ever fail tests and his tainted meat story was the classic my dog ate my homework excuse. Yes it's amazing he walked down the 6'3" Brit but if you don't shoot a jab or lean on Alvarez you make his job much easier. If team Canelo...

Which one? I would say Jr, but looks wise it would be III.

No I know he was older than that. I read the obituary and he was 58. Still that is way too young to leave this planet. From the looks of the announcement it looks like it was sudden and unexpected. I hope it wasn't football related due to pain killers or PED usage, anyway my condolences to...