Crazy thing I stumbled across. The man who basically integrated pro boxing (via Dixon and Walcott) died in Schmeling's dressing room right before he went out and KO'd Louis: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P0pJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C4QMAAAAIBAJ&dq=tom o-rourke&pg=2012,3671346 I guess Stallone took this and tweaked it a bit for Rocky III, losing the bout instead of winning.
Yes Surf, to think that Tom O'Rourke managed George Dixon in the gay nineties[1890s],and was still active in the 1930s was amazing. :good