I don't know either. I know that Dempsey told the story many times.
He didn't bet the purse on Willard. He bet it on Dempsey to score a 1st round KO.
Keep in mind that Dempsey knew his purse had all been bet on a 1st round KO. A lot of fighters might surprise you under those circumstances.
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I never thought of a fighter as being relaxed unless he was on his back on the canvas.. I think it's impossible to relax and move around, throw...
This might be a dumb question but I'll ask it anyway. Is there a protocol on how a fight is referred to? Examples: Is it Willard-Dempsey or...
I found several of those pictures on Ebay, autographed by Dempsey. They were asking from $50 to $150 for them. It doesn't mean they were selling...
He may not have bragged about it, but whomever is running Alli's website is proud of it, and distorts the truth about it: Muhammad Ali at his...
He may have quit, but whether the knockdown was fake or real, he beat the count. He wasn't knocked out. The fight should have continued.
Liston didn't complain a bit. I wonder why he didn't. There is no doubt that he did not lose that fight. He may have if it had continued, but at...
I understand what you're saying. I'll bet you wouldn't have to practice to answer "what does 2+2 equal?" I think that is a rough equivalent to...
Agreed. Ali was totally taken by surprise. In his immediate post-fight interview, Ali didn't know if he had hit Liston with his right hand or his...
That's the point of this thread. How could Walcott not have been 100% clear on the neutral corner rule? He had been observing it for 30 years....
Discussions of this fight usually center on the phantom punch and whether it was legit or if Liston took a dive. Let's don't go there this time....
