Ezzard charles was a natural middleweight that went up to heavyweight and won the belt. The 160 and 175 champs wouldnt give him a title shot. He has beat 3 guys on the ring's 80 best of the last 80 years, henry armstrong beat 1 guy on that list, you do the math.
The only reason people are saying its robinson is cuz ali said it. The guy really didnt even fight many black people to be honest. During leonard's era, there were other guys like him. When robinson was around, he was the ahead of his times, there was no one that was slick like him. Robinson wouldnt fight burley and ezzard, he knew he would get his ass kicked. So he decided to stick with his original plan and fight italians over and over again.
When leonard says robinson is better than him, he's being modest. The guys leonard beat like hagler, hearns, duran, benitez and kalule are held in a higher regard than lamotta, gavilan, basilio, fullmer and an aging featherweight.
The only reason people are saying its robinson is cuz ali said it. The guy really didnt even fight many black people to be honest. During leonard's era, there were other guys like him. When robinson was around, he was the ahead of his times, there was no one that was slick like him. Robinson wouldnt fight burley and ezzard, he knew he would get his ass kicked. So he decided to stick with his original plan and fight italians over and over again.
When leonard says robinson is better than him, he's being modest. The guys leonard beat like hagler, hearns, duran, benitez and kalule are held in a higher regard than lamotta, gavilan, basilio, fullmer and an aging featherweight.
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