Actually Johnson loved fighting swarmers. His skill set was designed to shut them down. He would do so vs Frazier by staying inside and...
What I have read is the ropes were made to fit a larger ring. They were erroneously shipped with a smaller ring. However the ring shipped was...
You leave out that the ring was small as per Zach Clayton the ref that night. A punchers ring. If conditions were being “fixed” to favor Ali the...
Foreman during his comeback in the 1980’s was a guest on the N.Y. based Art Rust radio show. He stated all his talk of being drugged, fast count,...
So you have both the fight doctor and the doctors at the hospital who give no indication of “groin” injuries. The fight doctor found no evidence...
The alternative film of the count shows Sharkey striving to arise.not continually grabbing at his balls. Sharkey stayed in the hospital...
Another very interesting tidbit I found a few days ago while looking for the official scoring of the Dempsey Sharkey bout. we knew already that...
Schmeling caused a sensation when he came to the states as European heavyweight champion in the late 20’s holding attendance records for his bouts...
Schmeling scored a devastating knockdown over Louis in round 4. His dominance of the bout started here after losing the first three rounds.
The word coming down through the years was the Schmeling overtrained for Baer and was “stale” going into the fight.
There is no evidence that Dempsey blatantly fouled Sharkey. The eye witnesses were divided that low blows were struck within the four punch ko...
You do realize that not only was Dempsey not disqualified but those that watched the bout were very much divided as to whether any low blows were...
Similar to Dempsey Tunney 2. I’ve never located the official scoring but I did find 98% of the live radio broadcast. The announcer at ringside...
Foreman showed controlled short punching, setting everything up with his jab, during Frazier 1. That was Foreman at his peak. No one pushed...
His stalking, ring cutting and power punching in his bout with Norton was unbelievable to watch. He looked unbeatable. His first bout with...
