That's straightforwardly untrue. Miteff had beaten or gone the distance with Zora Folley, Eddie Machen, Nino Valdes, Henry Cooper, George...
The WBA had banned rematch clauses by this time - that's why Ali was stripped of the title for his rematch with Liston back in 1965.
Well remembered! Seems to be some difference of opinion as to which of them had the best of it....
Stumbled on another reference to this, but now I'm just more confused than before. This clipping from the Spokane Press, June 30th 1909, says...
Okay. Here is the Newark Star-Ledger's entire coverage of the fight from the 26th and 27th of May 1965, including three pieces by Jerry Izenberg....
Well, of course. You've clung to the infallibility of the story Izenberg told decades after the fight despite having it pointed out to you that...
Here's what Izenberg actually heard in 1965. He gives it as "Get up you sucker... get up you sucker..." <img...
It says it all really, that in that interview Izenberg gives a different version of what Ali said than the version he gave in his book.
Cyberboxingzone has them boxing an exhibition in London on May 25, 1909. But I dug up a report on that event, and it says that Fitzsimmons boxed...
To be honest with you, I'm not denying that Ali was surprised Liston went down. I'm just triggered by people supporting that view with a quote...
No problem. Tim Moriarty of the United Press had it as "Get up, get up!" https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19650526.2.46 Leo Petersen,...
Ali was nowhere near his corner when he was standing over Liston and had his back turned to them. That's without mentioning the fact that it...
Here you go. Klompton posted these. Fight 1 https://flic.kr/p/ZqJKqV Fight 2 https://flic.kr/p/ZmpgJE Fight 3 https://flic.kr/p/Yptgcr...
No, I'm suggesting it's unreasonable to expect Izenberg or anyone else to accurately quote something he may or may not have heard someone shout...
Did he? When did he say so?
