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Olson generally did well against fighters who tried to box him too. I've seen him KO'd plenty of times, but I don't think I've seen him outslicked/outmaneuvered like this before. I think Sands' power may have had Olson a bit tentative.

 

Some highlights of Joey Giardello in the late '50s.

Here's Giardello's first and third fights with rugged fringe contender Franz Szuzina. These two wins were part of a lengthy unbeaten streak by Giardello in the late '50s that probably represented his peak.
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Giardello's streak came to an end when he lost on a close, disputed upset decision to Joey Giambra. It was the third meeting between the two, with Giambra winning 2 out of 3.
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Following the loss to Giambra, Giardello tried to quickly (perhaps too quickly?) regain his ranking by taking on fellow top contender Spider Webb. However, Webb's quicker, sharper combinations busted up Giardello's face and caused him to lose by 7th round stoppage.
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Giardello didn't recover too well from the Webb loss. In his next fight after that, he was outhustled and lost on a close upset decision to Ralph "Tiger" Jones, who he had already beaten twice before.
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Ironically, the losses to Giambra, Webb, and Jones seem to have done more to help his career than all of the big wins he had scored to that point, as titleholder Gene Fullmer, perhaps believing Giardello was on the decline, gave him a title shot soon after. However, Giardello was foiled by a controversial draw in Fullmer's backyard and had to wait for several years after that before receiving another shot.

 

Highlight footage of longtime MW and LWH contender Gustav "Bubi" Scholz.

vs. Willie Armstrong:
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vs. Peter Müller:
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vs. Jesse Bowdry:
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Larry Gains makes "Fainting" Phil Scott live up to his nickname:

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Some interesting pre-fight stuff as well.

 

Peter Müller in one of the most bizarre and shocking fights ever, vs. Hans Stretz.

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Sheer jaw-dropping hilarity!

 

Peter Müller vs. Hans-Werner Wohlers:

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Max Schmeling TKO 9 Steve Hamas II:

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The rematch between former HW champ Schmeling (the one with the white stripes around his trunks) and talented-but-inconsistent contender Hamas.

A year earlier, the supposedly washed up Hamas had made what amounted to his "last hurrah" and upset Schmeling in what was considered The Ring's "Upset of the Year." That, in turn, led to the belief that Schmeling was washed up, and set the stage for Schmeling to score his own "Upset of the Year" when he beat Joe Louis the very next year.

In the rematch between Schmeling and Hamas, a more fiery and determined Schmeling gave Hamas a thorough licking before a delighted crowd on his home turf in Germany.