How close were the Gavilan - Robinson bouts?

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  1. SLAKKA

    SLAKKA Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Neither fight was close. Robinson owned the guy and gave only partial effort in the 10 round non title effort as articulated below by Dan Parker, the kind of boxing writer sadly missing from today's game.

    Strauss' Show .
    Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive - Sep 25, 1948
    In fact, I would say he owed Gavilan by letting him look good enough for the inevitable match. Robinson Is the cleverest fighter in the business in more an ...
    http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...,4900020&dq=owed-gavilan-by-letting-him&hl=en
     
    SLAKKA, Oct 31, 2010
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