:lol::lol:
He did that more than a decade after he was a world class Marathoner ..... hardly interwoven with his career as a top class Marathoner!
Just for curiosity ..... what top Marathon runners can you name that compete in ultra distance?
I have a friend who is an International ultra-distance runner. The Commonwealth 24-hour race Champs he took part in last year was won by a woman!...
Interesting and well presented argument ....... but is comparing a 100m race that lasts around 10 seconds really a good analogy for a sport...
Great stuff :good Love the bit about Fitz necking a bottle of champagne in one go! :nut
I read the Johnny Nelson book a few weeks ago .... and even though he had a good interesting career, I found the book to be lightweight fluff....
Looks like British trade paper Boxing (now Boxing News) also got it wrong beforehand by calling it a 10 round contest too :lol: [IMG]
True ..... I could run that as a 14 year old :bbb
When Hasim Rahman fought John Ruiz for the WBA Heavyweight title, he was coming off 2 defeats and a draw in his previous 3 bouts :bbb
Fitz, Tom Sharkey, John L Sullivan and Charley Mitchell :bbb
The Bredahls weren't twins :bbb
Bert Gilroy never actually lost a fight when things were on the level ....... weight, preparation, conspiracy, etc
Hah! Ironic that Burt got a bollocking off GorDoom on the CBZ a couple of days ago for being offensive to another poster, leading to the thread...
