Ugliest atmoshere for a fight?

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  1. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What were some of the worst atmoshere's surrounding a fight?
    Ali-Liston II was pretty bad, threats of violence.
    Watt- O'Grady had threats against O'Grady's life.
    Hagler- Minter had the new Champion ,showered in bottles.
    Any others?
     
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  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Watt vs Nash wasn't pretty either.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    Benn-G-Man had bad, bad vibes surrounding it. I got the doom watching the build up to that fight on a tiny little square tv in my mother's kitchen. Then, the terrible aftermath. I don't know about atmosphere, but I feel like that fight had some of the worst juju surrounding it.
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Not wishing to state the obvious but:

    Johnson Jeffries

    How often is a fighter faced with being shot or lynched?

    There are other examples but they are harder to verify.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    I read that the band played "All Coons Look The Same To Me" as Johnson walked to the ring...can anyone confirm this? Jesus Christ.
     
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  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I have heard it from multiple sources, but would have to look for a primary source.
     
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  7. McGrain

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    Johnson is such a ****ing badass. I can't imagine to many of even the great HW champions thriving in that sort of atmosphere. Holyfield. Maybe prime Frazier. Tyson would go full ****.
     
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  8. ironchamp

    ironchamp Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holmes Cooney in modern times.

    But Johnson Jeffries really takes the cake here.
     
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  9. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was a double man. In the Ketchel fight when he goes down the crowd jumps up and looks all excited, then he gets up and sparks Ketchel and theyre all stood about looking like idiots.
     
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  10. McGrain

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    :lol:
     
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  11. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ruben Olivares vs Bobby Chacon I (1973)

    15,000 fans cheering for the local, SchoolBoy Bobby Chacon.

    The Olivares fans swarmed the place.

    At least 100 good fights in the arena, before the main event.
     
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  12. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well that was agreed to be a light exhibition. Johnson agreed to not seriously hurt the much smaller man. Johnson was shocked when Ketchel took the oportunity to coldcock Johndon. Johnson was so enraged he immediatly dropped Ketchel. if you watch the film closely you can see Johnson brush one glove over the other. That was Two of Ketchel's teeth being swiped away, which were imbedded in Johnson's glove!!
     
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  13. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Robert Quiroga- Kid Akeem "DOA" springs to mind.


    R.I.P (to both)
     
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  14. McGrain

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    Hello MDWC.


    High times for you with Liverpool and all, or can you not enjoy it with your own lot in the toilet?
     
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  15. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    I can enjoy it mate...for now... but I'll be there on Sunday and not too confident really (Kenny's first game back and all that malarkey). I was at his last Anfield game too 20 years ago- a 0-0 derby draw (in which we were denied the most obvious penalty since Hansen's handball on the line in the 84 Milk Cup Final :hey)
     
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