Old school corner tricks

How old is "Old Fighters?"

Monzon used novocaine for years because of sore hands - even before he became champion.

Woller

 

they cut open eyes to clear vision in bareknuckle days.

and alchohol was a frequent pain duller.

 

Booze.

A shot or two after a hard round and within minutes your head is clearer than it was and all the pain is gone.

The trick is to give the fighter a buzz, and not cross that fine line to drunk, when his fighting ability will go down.

 

Believe it or not. In England they sometimes poured champagne over a boxers head during the intervals.

Woller

 

Cocaine was somtimes injected into broken hands around the turn of the century.

 

Wouldn't that make you puke your guts out in a fight? Here have a little drink...some JD, blood, and water...get hit in the face and gut a few times. That just ain't workin'...
Addendum: Depending on styles, you could tryand lobby to get a smaller or larger ring...cushioned or hard surface. Smaller/Larger gloves...

 

Well Listons corner supposedly blinded Ali with some kind of ointment not sure is there any other cases of it though

 

i think it's agreed that it was some coagulents and vasaline in listons eye. liston used to touch his forehead like most fighters do to keep it up. after 2 rounds of it some got on the glove and ended p in ali's eye

 

"Agreed" not really!

Sure, maybe people agree that it was some sort of coagulant but the nature in which it got into Ali's eyes is hardly agreed upon.

 

OOOoooOOOH

 

You'd think, man, but work it did. Numerous cases of it documented. The Lion of Flanders got drunk off his ass in between rounds against Ali, for instance.

 

I like how current fighters are cheating, untrustworthy scum with unfair substances coursing through their veins. Abusing opium in-between rounds however, a very, very unfair advantage is absolutely never held against any old time fighter.