Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Man, its one thing to ALLEGEDLY have P4P greats duck you, like Ray Robinson, Billy Conn and Henry Armstrong. But how good does one have to be to have rough, tough, "take on any comer" guys like Lamotta, Graziano and Zale duck you?

I know he beat Archie Moore, but I've never seen any of his fights. How good was this guy, and why did the greats of that time want nothing to do with him?
I don't know if those guys DUCKED him....Especially LaMotta...that guy would fight a Sherman Tank in his prime....


[quote=CutMeMick ]
Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker
Man, its one thing to ALLEGEDLY have P4P greats duck you, like Ray Robinson, Billy Conn and Henry Armstrong. But how good does one have to be to have rough, tough, "take on any comer" guys like Lamotta, Graziano and Zale duck you?

I know he beat Archie Moore, but I've never seen any of his fights. How good was this guy, and why did the greats of that time want nothing to do with him?
(Cue Scrap)

'Scrap'

Scraps the one and only here who I had originally seen mention Burley and talk about some of the stories that surrounded him. Since then his comments and stories have echoed here.

I had the chance to meet a gentleman by the name of Allen S. Rosenfeld who wrote a book on Charles and was roomates with him for some 6 yrs.

Wish I could post everything he told me on line but somethings are not ment to be put out there.
Heres a quote from me.

Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMick

If only I could repeat some of the stories these promoters, fighters, managers and trainers have told me over the years I would have a best seller...it's almost like "Damn I wish he never told me that"...some stuff is almost to good to keep to yourself....