I would make David Hayes name mud well before Sonny Listons
Liston was exiled to fighting overseas and dropped from the rankings due to his perceived "thrown fight" against Clay. By the time he was back...
Thanks for the input Griffo. I have not seen any Gans fights aside from this one but all my reading says he was not himself this fight as well....
Right. To play the devils advocate here, it was EXTREMELY common to call fix in short fights and Gans was widely labeled for them. Part of me...
and i want more info on the boss. real tough to dig up for me so far
Battle of the century? no. but a historical fight obviously If you can find a copy i recommend Carpentiers "The Art of Boxing" if you want some...
yeh this is the only one i know of - while i am going to get it and give it a read i have heard it has little info on him and is more so his...
Briggs is a moron, and that is obvious from his own post
I thought about that right after I posted. Lose 5k on obvious bets, bet 5k on 10/1 odds and you are still doing good
well the interesting part of the betting is that Herford lost a reported 5k+ betting on his man. That doesnt exactly say fix
hold on. there is a Russian amazon?
Here is a nice gem on Merchant, and an insight to his persona: his comments on Liston after he won the title, when he was editor of Philly news:...
I will be buying that book. I just had a convo with a an old timer from Pittsburgh today while watching football at the bar
Where does a guy get good info on him? Seems to really be lacking
Yeh I just did and he didnt do much of anything in the fight. I lean towards fix myself for many other reasons, but wanted more opinions
