Quote Originally Posted by Scrap
People should read up on this guy its the whose who of the 40s he should have packed up after Louis with the desease that would kill him started as a middle and won the big one the hard way. When he boxed Marciano he was a shell of himself deffinatly a top ten ATG all the Boxing dont want him brigade he took them all on and won. Giving chunks of weight away in the process a great fighter.
I heard of that, I think he was an excellent fighter. There's a lot to be learned about watching Charles fights.

Regarding Burley he was an excellent fighter himself, very unpredicable, he'd lead with either hand, and attacked unexpected angles. Robinson was adament that he didn't want to fight him, and Archie Moore probably wouldn't have fought him if things didn't happen like they did. Imagine what fans would be talking if has Charles Burley had a decisive UD over Sugar Ray Robinson.