He probably wasn't as bad as history reports, I know he was dropped 11 times by Baer, but he was fouled so many times, he sprained his ankle in the first round (when Baer fell on him) and still carried on until round 11. One of the judges had him ahead at the time of the stoppage and he did outbox Baer for large parts of the fight.

Its funny how is still percieved as a giant coz he was only 6' 5 and 250 lbs