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Well done, explains it wells and succinctly. I was too young at the time but looking back it must have been a big scandal.

I think a few years later there was also a scandal related with an up and coming promoter and a bank which went bankrupt.

Didn´t Jack Dempsey bankrupt a town as well? Not even going to mention the chokehold the Mafia had over the sport.

Boxing really does have a shady past.

 

Brilliant

look forward to reading it

 

Good work @AntonioMartin1 — this needed a wiki page to preserve it for history.

Glad you gave Malcolm Gordon, a true crusading ‘citizen journalist,’ his flowers.

One tiny note: Don King has promoted bouts well into the 2000s, including as recently as I think last year. He’s no longer a power player but he hasn’t ceased to promote.

 

Good stuff. Keep up the good work.

 

You do know that the Boudroux fight was only an 8 round fight, and that Ledoux hit him (not kicked him) and that Cosell did not loose his hairpiece. Becides that you might be okay.

 

Great articles! I thoroughly enjoy your work!

 

Enjoyed reading it. Thanks. It’s a valuable and often overlooked service to others to preserve bits of history like this.

 

Yes good stuff. Very interesting.