Probably not, seeing that Henry Cooper didn't knock out Miteff. In fact he barely escaped being knocked out himself.
This is a fight which might actually have happened. In 1969 Foreman turned down a big offer to make his professional debut against Williams in...
I think it would have been hard to justify fighting anyone but Liston. At this point most of the other leading contenders had already lost to...
All the Moore-Johnson fights seem to have followed the same basic pattern of Johnson doing well in the early rounds and Moore coming on strong...
Baby Arizmendi?
Pretty close, apparently. Overall Foreman seems to have been the favourite by a shade. https://pasteboard.co/JErUGRZ.png
Nino's manager claimed that he got fired for beating Marciano up. Not to be taken too seriously of course - every sparring partner has a story...
Don't really have any details, but it is true. Marciano sparred with Valdes in 1952: https://pasteboard.co/JDo9iZd.png And with Jackson in...
A nice clear pic here of Ali's foot pinned underneath Wepner's. https://pasteboard.co/JBntJfC.jpg
Official scorecards: Graff Moore...4 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 = 54 Valdes..6 5 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 = 46 Farrell Moore...4 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 = 57...
Some of the later rounds in Corbett vs Jackson seem to have been just "walking around", with both men too tired to risk spending their energy on...
The only thing I know about Wendell Newton is he got a lot of work as a sparring partner with title challengers in the mid-60s because he could do...
Also, familysearch.org lists a birth record for "Harrison Coleman Wills" in New Orleans for January 20 1889. Pretty sure it's him as the parent...
When he won the title Sullivan was trained by Billy Madden. But they soon fell out and Madden ended up working with Charlie Mitchell instead.
Cornelius Perry. Cooper described him as the worst heavyweight boxer he had ever seen.
