One can argue for hours who would have won matches that were never made. Then, there were matches that were made but never happened. Did you know that Gus Lesnevich was actually signed to fight Joe Louis? He blew that million dollar contract by taking a tune up against Freddie Mills, lost his light heavyweight championship and the Louis match. Gus was signed to fight Jersey Joe Walcott but whatever his reasons, he did not want that one. When his complaint about a bad back was dismissed by doctors, Gus mysteriously broke his toe coming out of a post office near his training camp. But probably the most intriguing contest that was signed and sealed was the battle between Jake LaMotta, the world middleweight champion from 1949 to February of 1951, and former champion Rocky Graziano. The bout was to take place in Madison Square Garden on July 12, 1950, and would have been a sure sellout. Jim Norris and his International Boxing Club had taken over fisticuffs a
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