anyone here know anything about this heavyweight from belgium, who fought george carpentier for the european heavyweight title in 1920 ? my question is - how did he qualify to fight for carpentiers european belt ? he had his pro debut in 1914 and lost by first round ko he had his second pro fight in 1920 which he won by 5th round tko against a man who had won just 2 of his 9 pro bouts then, 10 days later he fought carpentier. i cant find any amateur record for him. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=264025&cat=boxer i have read a lot about some of carpentiers fights being fixed, battling siki told anyone that would listen that theirs was...but would that explain this one too?...would boxing fans at the time not object to someone like grundhoven fighting for a prestigious title like that ?
