Jesus christ. I'm watching The Ring of Fire, and holy christ that is an awful beating. About a quarter of those punches in today it would have been stopped, with good reason. But he took it all, and got up again, and took some more. That **** was awful, awful. Clean, heavy, HEAVY, punches. The Emile Griffith final flurry was mainly the referee's fault, but the Fullmer fight was far nastier it seems. the last bit in ring of fire has me currently in tears.
I saw that fight "live" on TV when I was a kid. Even then.....when fights weren't stopped so quick.....it was brutal. I think some years later Fuller had some misgivens on what had happened....but it was the case of the Welterwieght Champ moving up after a big MW Champ...and trying to take his title. Three months later they threw Paret back in with Griffith and we all know that result.
The Ring of Fire is quite a documentary, I've got it on DVD. Very powerful, they use a great collection of footage and interviews. As for the Fulmer-Paret fight, that's tough to watch. You can tell Paret was already going downhill halfway threw that fight, but Fulmer continued the beatdown, and the referee let it go far too long in that instance. But the Griffith-Paret III ending, that's sad beyond words- the referee was actually an accomplished referee, can't remember his name, but it was his job to take a good look at Paret (everyone else could see the guy was done) and he didn't. That final flurry, that's probably one of the most tragic scenes to take place in a boxing ring.
Remember when i first saw this bout, a few years ago. He blasts him right across the ring for the finish if i remember right?
I've always thought Fullmer did the damage to Paret that would eventually lead to his death, similar to the Baer/Primo incident.
Ruby Goldstein was the ref in Griffith vs Paret. Goldstein never refereed another fight. Some have said the reason Goldstein was ineffective in the fight was that he was recovering from a recent heart attack. Ironically, before the fatal bout, Goldstein had been regarded by many as the finest referee in boxing. His son Herb pointed out that he had often been criticized for stopping other fights too early. The time has come for all parties in the fight to be forgiven in my opinion.
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