Welcome back to an encore for What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure, where sometimes your columnist just wants to cut loose a little and have some fun. Everything you see here that I lifted from somewhere else is used for parody purposes only: Previously, on What If: Joe Louis won the Fight of the Ages against Ezzard Charles, unloading a miracle punch at the end of the … [Read more...]
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What If’s Excellent Heavyweight Adventure Part 18: Fight to the Last
Welcome back to What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure, where four months of action has finally brought us to the ultimate showdown: Previously, on What If: Two men took very different paths to get to where we are now. For Joe Louis, the path has been one of the legendary feared steamroller, as he tore through the group stages with two wins over Max Baer and Primo Carnera … [Read more...]
What If’s Excellent Heavyweight Adventure Part 17: Echoes And Lessons
Welcome to another episode of What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure, where only two shall remain. We're almost to the finish line: Previously, on What If: Three of our four combatants are, in the grand scheme of things, not terribly surprising entrants in the semifinals. Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali were pre-tournament favorites. Ezzard Charles, once he figured out that he … [Read more...]
What If’s Excellent Heavyweight Adventure Part 16: Vuja De
Welcome to another episode of What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure, where eight men enter...and four men leave. From here out, I'm assuming you're familiar with the series; if not, punch “What If” into the Tribune's search function---the archive's all there. Previously, on What If: There are two rematches on tap in this week's edition. In the very first fight of the … [Read more...]
What If’s Excellent Heavyweight Adventure Part 15: Strategy Not Included
Welcome to another episode of What If's Excellent Heavyweight Adventure, where the time has finally arrived---every fight from here on out is win or it's into the time machine with you for a trip back to your own era. From here out, I'm assuming you're familiar with the series; if not, punch “What If” into the Tribune's search function---the archive's all there. Previously, on … [Read more...]