http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40616F83D5F10738DDDAF0A94DE405B818EF1D3 see article above. interesting looking at the predictions by other fighters, athletes and writers. harry wills called it as well.
Most of those guys picked it right. It makes you wonder how this fight ever became the first million dollar gate when Carpentier was fairly overwhelmingly considered to have little chance of making it past the halfway point much less winning. Rickard was a promotional genius and with this fight proved the old saying "Theres a sucker born every minute."
The most remarkable thing about this article, is the fact that a significant number of people picked Carpintier.
It is most interesting that Battling Levinsky who fought the two men picks Carpentier while non-experts Babe Ruth and Tom Mix are right on.
