After the margaritos platergate, i was wondering are there any other contreversial stories of such cheating on a smaller level (ie domestic, commenwealth etc) that anybody knows of that was not well known knowledge. I only recently found out about resto-collins tragedy and that was by coincidence, so if that story, and i reckon its the biggest contreversy in boxing, was swept under the carpet, what else has been?
I think it called Chaffing - when you put tape on way past the wrist to make the impacting part of the glove very hard. Heard Manny talking about it in one of M.A.B. boxing matches. Heard that was illegal - but they did nothing about it.
really, never heard of that, if thats true im sure that used to go on quite alot whether it makes significant difference is a different matter
Tim Anderson, a journeyman heavyweight, murdered his promoter Rick Parker, having accused him of drugging him before a fight.
the high taping of gloves is called skimming the gloves. It pulls the leather back to make the glove tighter. Its not illegal
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006551/3/index.htm Elvis and Doc When boxing promoter Rick (Elvis) Parker was found dead Friday night, shot eight times in a hotel room in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., he may have become part of a murder story, but it was no murder mystery. Authorities found Tim (Doc) Anderson, formerly a fighter in Parker's stable, outside the room. Police say he turned over a .38-caliber handgun and confessed to the shooting of the man who had promoted some of George Foreman's early comeback fights, including one against Anderson in 1987. Parker and Anderson have quite a history. As SI has previously reported (Oct. 4, 1993), Parker promoted a June 1992 fight between Anderson and former NFL lineman Mark Gastineau that, Anderson told SI, Parker tried to get him to tank in exchange for a $500,000 cut of a future Gastineau-Foreman bout. Anderson refused, flooring Gastineau in the fourth round before winning a decision. To hear Anderson tell it, Parker struck back by slipping him an LSD mickey when Anderson and Gastineau fought a rematch the following December. In the third round Anderson began feeling sick; shortly after being knocked out in the sixth, he collapsed in his dressing room and was rushed to a hospital. Parker denied Anderson's contentions, telling SI in September 1993 that "Tim Anderson has a weak jaw and a weak mind." Maybe, maybe not. But he apparently has a weak kidney and a weak liver, and it was with the intention of raising that issue with Parker, who he believed had poisoned him, that Anderson pressed their final, fatal meeting. Anderson will now likely finish in prison the book he's writing about the fight game. The working title is said to be Liars, Beggars, Cheaters and Whores. Letter to the Clemency Board http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/sjcboxing/clemencyltr.html Older article about Parker's fixing of fights. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138649/index.htm
Thanks thread stealer that is a incredible story, but it does highlight (to an extreme) how some promoters care little for there less reputable boxers and will do anything to make money of there big name star. I hope the movie comes off, because I would definitely watch it.
