Phony/Falsified records in BoxRec

There are some very questionable looking records on BoxRec. Some so phony looking they may have even been falsified.

Let's hear some of them...

 

Bash Ali's career record on BoxRec reads 66-14.

But his record looks suspect.

In the latter half of Bash Ali's career, there are entries for 14 fights against novices and each and every one of them never fought again.

BoxRec: Bash Ali

Unusual? Definitely. Suspect? I would suggest so.

 

The comment against that 'Unknown' opponent is hilarious:

Opponent listed as Bill Corrigan, but Corrigan claims that he did not fight Warner, and that the opponent was an imposter fighting under his name.

Warner actually fought and lost by KO to Bill Corrigan earlier in his career. Perhaps he thought the best way to avenge the loss was to fight someone else and have it recorded on BoxRec as having been Corrigan?

 

As crap as DeMori's record is, I think it is genuine.

BoxRec: Mark De Mori

He must be just about running out of stiffs to fight.

 

Wow! What a story. Had never heard of Rick 'Elvis' Parker. What a total scumback.

As you said, everything he had anything to do with has to have a question mark placed against it and he worked at a reasonably high level, having managed and promoted the likes of Bert Cooper, James 'Quick' Tillis etc.

 

Parker managed and promoted James 'Quick' Tillis.

Tillis suffered from a mysterious, recurrent fatigue midway through his fights. A doctor provided Tillis with a more suitable diet, in his training leading up to his fight with Mike Tyson, a red-hot prospect at the time with a 19–0 (19 KOs) record. Tillis appeared to be a new man, as he exchanged with Tyson and gave the future 2 time champion a very tough fight. Although ultimately outpointed, Tillis was the first person to take Tyson the distance.

Perhaps Rick 'Elvis' Parker was backing against his man Tillis and the bottle he was drinking from between rounds was the source of his fatigue? It makes sense they wouldn't think they needed to use it against Tyson?

Parker became known for tricks like that.