If you could solve a boxing mystery, what mystery would you solve?

Who murdered Jesse James Hughes?

I didn’t know him well but I had met him a few times and he was one of my favorites. An iron-willed guy with some personal demons (drugs) that caught up to him, but his murder remains unsolved and I’d like to see justice.

We likely know the circumstance. Hughes was apparently known to set up drug buys and then knock out the dealer and take their stash. So he either did that and the dealer got the upper hand, or (more likely I think) he was set up by someone higher up the food chain who had had one or more of the peddlers he ran done wrong by Hughes and decided to take care of the problem.

 

Archie Moore's age.

Was Gans vs Terry a fix?

And who thought it was a good idea to let Howard Cosell commentate boxing?

 

Some sort of substance that gave him more energy and stamina

 

Haha, hell yeah!

Call it a gentleman’s agreement, a pinky promise or whatever you like - what you’re really “binding” yourself to is the privilege of continuing to live and breathe.

Sonny could be a cruel but fair man at the same time. If you don’t break “contract” he won’t break your neck. Simples. Sounds pretty fair.

 

The spiked orange in the Harold Johnson - Julio Mederos bout.

the controversial deaths of arguello and Gatti.

the real story behind the Johnson - Willard fight

 

Also, the real story and those involved with the death of Howie Steindler.

 

The biggest mystery in boxing: Sonny Liston

 

Archie knew his age. He only used that bit of confusion while teasing the media. He figured it was good to get people talking about him. It’s on his tombstone if you care to look it up

 

For more than 1 reason, I'd like to locate a film of the Harry Greb vs. Mickey Walker fight, in its entirety, in 1925. Then I'd find a way to have it preserved, remastered, and then put it online where it could be downloaded and viewed by anyone who had the means and desire to do so. Then the mystery that was Harry Greb would be solved.

 

Theres a utube video, suppose to be by a nephew of his showing a birth certificate, I can't remember the year now, 32?, it was the one Sonny and some of his relatives always claimed and his Mother disagreed with.

 

Lol what did he say

 

Archie Moore always was my favourite guy to read up on. Boxing's most colourful character.

 

The Ali punch on Liston. It was so fast, I always felt Liston just lost some motivation.