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Too bad the only deluge on that March 13 the was from Greb's gloves otherwise Gibbons would have another handy excuse for that loss. I guess in their third fight during that rain storm Greb got to fight under an umbrella...
The third fight fought under those conditions must've been a handicap for both, nobody asked for an umbrella, they just fought on despite the conditions as described. Why not leave it there. Nobody is disputing the 4th fight. I thought it was something that they fought on in that rain storm.
Reads to me like one long excuse for Gibbons losing the third fight. The idea that Gibbons was a guy who came on in the later rounds is ridiculous. In reality it was Greb who typically picked up the pace as he went along and thats exactly how their third fight played out, contrary to the writers assertion that Gibbons was prevented from coming on late moreso than Greb due to the rain.
It was the writers "artistic license", he wrote what he thought, but to me what picture came to mind was an "epic" struggle under the condition described, between two guys who were out to prove who was best. The courage and resolve of both to fight no matter what, that's the story that sticks in my mind. Years ago I read a story by Nat Fleischer about a similar incident in the Jimmy Carruthers - Cameron Sonkitrat fighting in a rain storm. If you want to enlighten us with your spin great, but me I saw a good story.
Good on Greb. He just got on and fought and won in the conditions as they were. I hear a lot of excuses for other great fighters losing in extreme weather conditions, as if the opponent wasn't effected too.
fixed But lets get real. This was a puff piece hyping Gibbons for his expected shot at Dempsey and making excuses for what was a problematic loss. This article would have been much easier to swallow had what Farnsworth expected to happen actually went down: an emphatic Gibbons victory on March 13th.
Like I said you can read into it anyway you want, be my guest. What I found interesting in this article was that they went at it in the conditions described. I care less that Gibbons and the writer were in love. There was a piece by Nat Fleischer, in one of the best books on boxing, W.C Heinz' 'The book of Boxing', "Title Battle In Typhoon", and here was a similar battle. Let's give both fighters credit for going through the fight and actually fighting. Think about what went on in the ring not the politics outside of it, cos at the end of the day, what we admire about these men is their fighting spirit.
BTW, thought and imagine come from the same place the writers head, that's what writers do think and use their imagination to come up with an angle for an article.
I recall Prof. Mike Donovan telling about one of his fights held in winter, they had to travel a long way in a carriage first. It was snowing during the fight, and his second brought two hot bricks with him that were held in fireplace, so he could put his feet on them between the rounds and keep a little warm.
As if fighting wasn't hard enough, you have to ask what kind of men endure what they endure. These men in earlier times would have warriors I guess it's in them to want to do it.
