Broken Bones In The Ring

Bill Brennan's ankle against Dempsey in their first fight.

 

Ali's jaw with Norton
Tony Tucker broke his hand in Tyson fight
Abraham's jaw with Miranda
Adamek fought whole Briggs I fight with broken nose

 

John L Sullivan broke facial bones in a number of his oponents including Woods, Kilrain, Scannell, Laflin, and Ryan .

Jim Jeffries broke oponents ribs in at least five different fights.

Jess Willard broke Bull Youngs neck with an uppercut.

Jack Dempsey broke just about everything he hit even when he was wearing 16 oz sparing gloves. The list is too long.

Joe Louis broke two of Max Schmelings vertebra driving part of one of them into his kidney. Schmeling also sustained a couple of broken ribs in the same fight.

George Chuvalo still has steel plates in his face from where Joe Frazier hit him.

We all know about the legendary left hook with which Jack Dempsey samshed Jess Willards maxillary bone and Mike Tyson proved that the art had not been lost against Andrew Golotta.

Why people willingly got into the ring with any of these guys is hard to fathom.

 

Aside from Willard and Brennan who elses bones did he break? I heard he broke one of Godfrey's ribs in sparring, true?

 

I have been unable to establish whether the Godfreys ribs story was true or not. I do know that Dempsey did nasty things to some sparring partners.

Burke spent the rest of his life with a fist sized depresion in the front of his chest from where Dempsey had caved in his ribs.

Ben Wray had his jaw broken in seven places.

I am sure more examples will come up.

 

If its true about Marciano-LaStarza 2, then Marciano not only ruptured the blood vessels in LaStarza's arms, but chipped the bones in his arm as well. LaStarza also urinated blood after the fight, saying "Ten rounds I could make with him, but not 15."

 

LaStarza had his elbow chiped and hairline fractures on his forearm bones.

 

Great tactic Marciano had, imo. LaStarza was far better boxer than himself, so what was the best thing he could do? Beat the arms, til LaStarza couldnt defend himself any more. Left him wide open for Susie Q.

 

Cotto absolutely battered Malignaggi and broke his cheek bone I think

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The rumor is the gloves protect the fighters. Not true though. The gloves just protect the hands.

 

they said Liston used 20 oz gloves in sparring, and could still knock his sparring partners out with a jab and break their teeth.