Exactly. I think this stuff only matters to us at all now because the fights are not as good, not as violent.. The weigh-in has become a big event...
I think people are the same as they were. But the media influence on people's behaviour is real. If the media glorifies or publicizes certain...
I am not as knowledgeable as you about Britt and Corbett and there's no footage of them going ****ing nuts in front of the press, or whatever you...
Sure. But boxing (prizefighting) was a semi-criminal pursuit back then, in that place and time. But it has since moved towards being respectable...
Pathetic really.
Yes, he retired with the detached retina in the late 1980s. Was in the Terry Lawless stable, which also featured Frank Bruno and Gary Mason at...
He trained right, stayed in shape, did not overtrain, disciplined, lived clean, did not mess with his weight, was fortunate not to get injured,...
I remember Proud Kilimanjaro. He fought Hughie Currie and Horace Notice. Lost to both.
Jerry Lafayette. Canadian. Lives in Paris now, I think.
I have no idea what happens behind closed doors, what crimes are committed away from the public eye. You seem to have faith in things being better...
Of course it is a generalisation. If you go back to my original post I use the word "generally". This whole thread deals with generalisations. The...
I think Sam Langford.
He had a chance to pick up a belt against Jimmy Ellis, a blown up middleweight. I don't think that should be seen as an exceptionally tough break.
I mean people in general. You won't often get what you think is due. Okay, I have no concrete knowledge of other people's finances but going by...
My point is, old time fighters were from poverty and wanted to better themselves, not just materially. Modern fighters are from lesser poverty...
