This is correct. The rules in place at the time in Illinois gave the referee discretion to halt the count if a fighter didnt observe the neutral...
Actually it wasnt. A variation of the neutral corner rule had been in place at least since the Queensbury rules were adopted. The idea that...
Exactly. Barry started to count for both fighters. The only difference was that Dempsey got up immediately. Had Dempsey stayed down and Barry...
Disappointed to see Bernard Docusen and Ralph Dupas arent being mentioned. Jannazzo was another slick fighter Robinson beat. Maxim was a great...
Complete nonsense. Wills never ducked Tunney and Tunney never made a serious offer. Thats a fact. When Tim Mara sued Tunney all of this was...
So you believe strictly the Dempsey talking points and nothing anyone else at the time had to say on the matter. Got it. Ill defer to Dempseys own...
Post these THREE contracts and then post here what Dempsey actually said about the first one in his autobiography (along with everyone else at the...
Wow, if you were going for a post in which you got pretty much everything wrong you nailed it. Kudos to you. Otherwise you need to get your...
This is the real Ali you never get to see anymore. Now you only see his charming side because hes become a hero of the civil rights movement. In...
Kearns himself said it would have done 3million easy and he was probably right when you look at the hype around it, the anticipation, and what...
No its a convenient excuse to duck your top contender by saying you are damned if you do and damned if you dont. If Wills had turned in a...
Wills had bad hands and had just had surgery on them earlier that year. You dont sell a fight by breaking your hands and then not being able to...
Wills did far more to be considered ducked than Liston did to Patterson. Sonny Liston didnt become the top contender for the HW championship until...
Exactly. He was already considered likely the greatest threat when Dempsey won the title in 1919 but prior to his fight with Fulton Dempsey stated...
He should have been. The draw was a complete robbery and Ertle was as crooked as a question mark.
