Walcott was also a professional wrestler about the time he refereed that fight. He was very familiar and comfortable with fake matches.
Let's focus on just one question about Walcott's behavior. Why did he stop that fight knowing full well that Liston had not been counter out? I...
1. Failure to disqualify Ali with more than sufficient grounds to do so. 2. Awarding the fight to Ali when he fully realized Liston had not been...
Could be a couple of reasons Liston got up: 1. He thought he was counted out. 2. He thought it was looking like an obvious fix.
Walcott demonstrated his involvement in the fix before that even happened. The proper call would have been to DQ Ali for repeated refusal to...
I think the Ali camp was in on it. I know Walcott was. I believe the confusion set in when Liston broke script and went down a couple of rounds...
Yes BUT, Ali can be seen mouthing "did I hit him?" and back in his corner saying that "he laid down". Just a couple of minutes later, in his first...
I believe Liston came to take a dive. I believe it was a fix, because Walcott's actions indicated he was in on it. The Nat Fleischer story doesn't...
Norton-Ali
The Liston count in Ali-Liston II. It was so fast it cannot be seen.
Muhammad Ali He's being glorified as a sports god. He has nowhere to go but down.
Marciano said several times he would rather fight a tall man than a shorter one. He got about twice as much leverage on his punches striking upward.
How would Butterbean have fared against the washed-up Liston of 1969? As a side question, how would Bean have done against the messed up Foreman...
I can't find any evidence that Il Duce or Senor Pepe were banned from this forum. I used to read Pepe's posts and never saw anything I consider...
Floyd Patterson would be on an equal footing with today's giants. They could knock him down just like the old guys did.
