I died in same hospital,15 monthe earlier ?

My death in the ring was a tragic death as I died in the same hospital after I suffered a terrible concussion 15 months earlier,from a terrible kayo. I was only 21 years old.Today my brain injury would have been detected after the earlier kayo. My bravery killed me. Who was I ?

 

No J, Tiger Flowers didn't die as a result of his bout with the also tragic Harry Greb.

 

Henry correct as usual.It was Jimmy Doyle who died after being kod by the peak Ray Robinson inn June,1947. He was unconscious for three days and passed away at St.Vincent Charities Hospital in Cleveland.By a strange coincidence,Fifteen months before Jimmy Doyle was kod by Artie Levine,and was unconscious for fifteen minutes and was taken to the same hospital in Cleveland where he died after Robinson kod him. Today Jimmy Doyle would have been forced to retire after his terrible concussion after Artie Levine kod him.
A sidenote h--A few months after Dole suffered a concussion at the hands of hard punching Artie Levine[who had Ray Robinson on the canvas in 1946 for 15-17 seconds],I saw a pasty faced Jimmy Doyle training at Stillman's gym in NY.I remember thinking that his face was devoid of color, boxing in a similar style as Jack Johnson, who gave Doyle advice when Doyle was making a name for himself. When I saw him looking sickly, he probably was brain-damaged,but amazingly won 5 bouts in a row after being kod by Artie Levine.But in facing the 1947 edition of the greatest fighter I ever saw Robinson,Jimmy Doyle fought one time too much.:good

 

YG,you couldn't be more correct about Rocky Castellani being another "top shelf"middleweight of my era growing up.Damn, what talent. Oh yes I saw Castellani fight numerous times in NY,against a neighbor of mine Harold Green, Ernie Durando, Billy Graham, Kid Gavilan,Joey Geambra,and a slew of others.Castellani was a tough,well conditioned fighter who fought every 3-4 weeks beating most everyone,except a top Kid Gavilan and Bobo Olsen.What a tough middleweight division at that time, fighting at MSG,where i attended almost weekly. Cheers YG.

 

Yes gladly EM. I was very familiar with Artie Levine's career for his Aunt and my mother knew each other. On Nov 6,1946 Artie Levine pole-axed Ray Robinson in the 9th round.Robinson always claimed Artie Levine hit him with the hardesr blow.Robinson was on his back from that punch and the referee,instead of starting the count immediately WALKED Levine to a neutral corner,than walked back to the prostate Robinson before starting his one count. Enough time for Ray Robinson to clear his head, get up and survive the round. In the next round ,the 10th round Robby unleashed his
do or die attack,as he did to Randy Turpin,Sept,1951 at the Polo Grounds,which I attended. Yes it was in the newspaper the next day, and
a few days after at Stillman's gym people around me was talking about
the "long count". Artie Levine never became champion, but he should have
"Ko'd Ray Robinson", on his record, methinks...Cheers.
P.S. They estimated robinso was on the floor 15-17 seconds because of the ref's ineptitude...