Which big fights do you think may have been fixed? By fixed, I mean a predetermined result. It could be a dive, bribed judges/officials or a fighter being sabotaged by his own corner. The only one I'm fairly sure of was Ali-Liston II. I give Foreman-Ali a 50/50 chance. Do any others come to mind?
I haven't heard it before, but I Googled it and found this: http://ringtalk.com/mafia-andrew-golota-foul-rid****-bowe-twice-mike-tyson
Seemed like there was a lot of draws in big Don King fights for a while. Afterward Don would be going, "Gotta have a rematch!" Things like that get suspicious after a while.
never considered golota/bowe to be anything more than what meets the eye, i'm not ruling it out but there are a couple of reasons why i think it wasn't fixed like that; golota landed some big legal shots as well, he'd have already won the fight against a lot of guys. i had a quick look around but couldn't find odds for the dq in either fight, almost certainly the odds would have been a lot lower for #2 tho.
I dont think any of the fights mentioned on this thread so far were fixed. I certainly wouldnt use ringtalk as a source. Pedro is a hack who makes **** up all the time. Hes the National Enquirer of boxing. I think a lot of times people want to believe a fix was in because they cant wrap their minds around the idea that their hero or someone who is supposedly invincible has lost.
Have you seen Green vs Briggs? Or what you excatly mean by fixing?Green didn't even hit Briggs and was still KO'ed in 30seconds. Go watch in youtube,it's amazing
I didnt see where you had mentioned that one before my post. Yes, it was obvious Paul showed up for a payday and got out before Danny could land a punch and reopen his old brain hemorrhage. Probably one of the most pathetic dives Ive ever seen. Shame because Briggs was a warrior before the injury.
Juan Martin Coggi v. Eder Gonzales I. Juan Martin Coggi v. Frankie Randall II. In these fights the referee was obviously bought off by WBA.