No Decision bouts fiascos

There should be more draws given in boxing, I agree with that.

A man being outclassed and a man debateably losing 7 rounds are totally different things.

 

True but a large amount of fighters who campaigned extensively in ND bouts also happened to have laughably weak KO percentages.

Jack Dillon-26%

Harry Greb-16%

Jeff Smith-26%

Mike Gibbons-29%

George Chip-22%

Eddie McGoortey-32%

Yet Darcy who didn't compete in ND bouts had a comparatively healthy 58% KO percentage despite being a young developing kid when he started his career and not having a reputation as a massive puncher.

What conclusion are we to draw from that? That Darcy was a much bigger puncher than all of the aforementioned or that ND bouts were little better than glorified sparring sessions in which these undoubtedly talented fighters didn't go all out for the KO's?

I think there are a lot of grey areas surrounding ND clashes and the legitimacy of them in that whether they were actually taken that seriously by the combatants considering that so few of them seemed to end in KO's going by the fighters records.

 

just an observation; nd bouts were generally 10 rounds, darcy fought almost exclusivley 20 rounds, that increases the chances of a stoppage result significantly.

 

Darcy's KO percentage could have a lot to do with the fact that most of his 50 wins were against complete nobodys.

His KO percentage went down dramatically when he fought top fighters, which would be expected. Outside of his two fixed fights with McGoorty and KOing Chip right off the boat after a long sea voyage what were his big KOs at the world class level?

Clabby, a natural welterweight went 20 with him twice, as did KO Brown, Gus Christie went the distance, Frank Loughrey did as well and he wasn't even a top fighter. Jeff Smith knocked out Darcy and then lost a fixed a DQ. Outside of those three fights listed above Darcy's competition was pretty ordinary at best, pretty dismal at worst so its natural that he had a high KO percentage.

That being said Im not sure I understand the point in bringing up the KO percentages of guys like Dillon and McGoorty. Is it to suggest they weren't punchers? That's crazy.

 

One thing that is completely lost on the ignoramuses who would have us believe that ND bouts were nothing more than unofficial, glorified exhibitions is the fact that the fighters who took part in these bouts had to send in a hefty forfeit which bound them to weight, appearance, and to perform to the best of their abilities. This forfeit was only returned after the contest. If the referee of the contest felt the fight was not being fought on its merits he or the club under which the fight was held could withhold the forfeit. This forfeit was usually several hundred dollars, a large percentage of their actual purse. So there was a very real motivation for both fighters to fight their best.