Fights in which people disagree on the winner

The thing here (and with a lot of New York and New Jersey fights in that period) is they scored on the round system — if you knocked someone down twice in a round, you won that round; and if they edged you by landing more jabs in the next round, they won a round. After two rounds, the fight is even in rounds. Points only came into play if there was a draw to settle the difference.

So I can see Snipes winning the fight by winning more rounds even though he would have obviously lost if it was scored on the 10-point must system.

 

Ali-Norton III
Ali-Young
Holmes-Spinks II
Galindez- Gregory
Pedroza- LaPorte
Pedroza- Lockridge
Gomez- Lockridge
Pintor-Zarate
Ramirez- Whitaker
Chavez- Whitaker
Leonard- Hagler
Leonard-Hearns II
Trinidad- DeLaHoya
Hagler-Antuofermo I
Mayweather-Castillo I

 

I always had the impression that Leonard thought he was talking to a bit of 'groupie' during that interview with McIlvanney.

Leonard could come across a little too obviously glossed in interviews, at times. But, his reaction to McIlvanney's revelation saw the mildly cheesy veneer, suddenly drop, with him at a loss for words.

Funnier, was Hugh's reaction to Leonard's reaction.

 

Wole thing was comedy gold.

 

Floyd Patterson broke Jimmy Ellis nose in their WBA Title bout on Sept 14 1968.

 

Jimmy Young vs Ken Norton, Nov 5 1977, Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Vito Antuofermo, Nov 30 1979.