how many fighters could have...

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    been champions if they didnt have to fight with handcuffs on so that a manager could spoon feed his white hope?
     
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    By definition it is impossible to say, because you can never truly know when the cuffs were worn and when they were not.

    Sufice it to say that a number of fighters have had to wear the cuffs to get fights over the years.
     
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    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    good answe but didnt guys like williams and burley and the murderers row wore cuffs on occassion just so the others could clean up on the odds?
     
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    There are too many stories to dismiss them all.

    Even Robinson claimed that he ocasionaly carried opponents.
     
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    and jersey joe
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    i think it has been proven in these parts that all white, latino and asian champions were undeserving.
     
    Seamus, Mar 18, 2011
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