This one here? https://img6.newspapers.com/clip/22545085/jim_flynn_beats_dempsey_daily_news26/ All he says is, "I hit him with a one, two," said...
Every report I've seen says that he was counted out within 20 seconds of the opening bell. In which case it would be understandable if his...
There was a South African fighter named Bheki Moyo who finished his career 0-73-2. Not quite as bad as it sounds - they were mostly 4-rounders...
It's in Thomas Hauser's book too, as a verbatim quote from Ali, so I guess it's true.
I don't believe Johnson ever said he'd accept a forfeit posted in Australia. His demand was always that the money be deposited with someone he...
I think "Corky" Baker is the Charley Baker who appears on most versions of Ali's amateur record as a points win sometime in July 1958. This is...
Valdes wasn't consistently #1 contender. He gained that rating late in 1953 - not, oddly enough, by beating Ezzard Charles, but by beating Heinz...
It was reported in a few places. Here's one: https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19670210.2.83
The doctor who treated Terrell described his injury as a "blow-out fracture of the bony structure under his eyeball". This, he said, had trapped...
After this put it back in my mind, I went back to my 1936 ratings and managed to fill in the gaps. The only real question mark is 5th ranked...
I tried adding a year once, but some of the fighters ranked in the lower weights I'd never heard of and couldn't find on boxrec. I got discouraged.
Ali mentioned this in his autobiography: Looking back on the scramble to firm up the fight and all of Herbert's sifting through of bids from...
Except that didn't happen. Watch the film. Ali is clearly dazed but he has no difficulty regaining his feet on a count of four, and walks...
It's unlikely. The BBBC had a blanket ban on the use of "stimulants other than water", which would include smelling salts, but there's no...
Not exactly a real fight, but Oscar de la Hoya outpointed Shaquille O'Neal who was well over twice his size.
