I've always wondered; with all that "lightning speed" why Patterson couldn't stay away from Liston for more than 2 minutes.
I think Liston would have been the one to beat him. He wouldn't have had any trouble with Patterson. I doubt Cus would have let Patterson fight...
He was having back trouble. I believe he said he hurt his back in the Moore fight, but I can't find a source for that.
Ali's exile was not "illegal". He was stripped of his title by the WBA and denied a boxing license by every state in the US after being arrested...
After the second Liston fight, Ali claimed to have a secret knockout punch that "will knock anyone out". I never saw him use it in any other...
Blackburn sounds like George Foreman. What he thinks depends on who he's talking to.
Ali perfected the neck hold.
I don't think Rocky was popular within the fight business. He was known as a dirty fighter who never got called on it.
I don't know what the odds were. I do know that the odds of the fight not lasting more than one round, were greater than the odds simply on a...
A fix can include knowing the exact round a fighter will go down. It's worth much more to a gambler than just knowing the winner.
One man's large bet doesn't change the odds and differently than the same amount bet from many people does. My point is that one man involved in...
In the US, a legal book has to report any payout it makes of $600 or more to the IRS (Taxing authority). "as far as the price movement it does...
You wouldn't be getting 42-1 in a private bet- not on a $2 million bet. You would have to negotiate it. People who bet this way know who they are...
I disagree. Odds posted by a sports book reflect the betting activities of the retail trade (the little guys). Large bets between big gamblers are...
I didn't say I think it was a fix. Reread my post. Of the fights I listed, Ali-Liston is the only one(s) I think might have been fixed. I know...
