Fixed Championship Fights

Everett/Escalera

 

I have heard this and know that most agree, but has their actually been an investigation and or evidence???

 

The lamest attempt at discrediting a championship victory. I can't believe so many supposedly knowledgeable observers fell for that line.

 

Every white victory must immediately be overturned in the name of justice, liberty and equality!!!!!

 

Johnson was kod fair and square, he was groggy after the fight ,and Sam McVey had to help him out of the ring.
After the stoppage Johnson said he was beat by the better man,"no excuses". The next morning he collected his purse and said to Barney Curley the promoter," I did not believe there was a man alive who could survive with me, once I really went after him".
He also revealed that Willard knocked out his front gold teeth,and that he swallowed them.

Johnson bet on himself to win that fight.

Same old story since time immemorial ,the older man overestimated his remaining ability and condition ,and underestimated his hungry challengers.

It's a shame he demeaned himself by pretending he laid down.

 

He probably made some money telling that yarn, with the 'picture' to seemingly give it some credence. So I do not blame him, the people who 'demeaned' themselves are those experts who let their prejudices get in the way of their judgements.

 

Well the obvious,

Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay I
Muhammad Ali v Sonny Liston II

Michael Weaver vs Michael Dokes I

Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Young

Muhammad Ai vs Ken Norton III

 

The problem with these theories is that they all lack one thing EVIDENCE.

 

But there is 'plenty of hearsay and conjecture, those are kinds of evidence...'

 

All these years have passed and they still dont have conclusive evidence it just doesn't fit.

 

The reality is there is so few 'proven fixes'. LaMotta/Fox and Pep/Perez are about the only two I can think of as proven, post World War II. Maybe the US Boxing Championship, the IBC, Bob Lee in the IBF, the WBC Rocchigiani scandal and in Britain, the Duff, Astaire et al cartel, are evidence of criminal actions in the sport, but fixes?

 

Well the Jack Johnson/Ketchel fight was supposed to be fixed but it all went to hell late

 

So Ali actually went out and pretended to be blinded in round 5 and took more punches than he took in the preceeding 4 rounds just so he could say that Sonny was using dirty tricks and therefore was trying to win, full well knowing that Sonny would quit at the end of round 6?

Sounds plausible.:thumbsup