Interesting Boxing Trivia...

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  1. Jear

    Jear Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Didnt Tillery kick bowe in response to Bowe hitting after the bell. Think they had a bit of a skirmish then Rock Newman pulled Tillery over the top rope by the head
     
    Jear, Jan 28, 2009
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, Rock Newman was very much to blame IMO.
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Spot on; Zale fight had an attendance of 135,132; Chavez 132,247


    Numbers thanks to Bob Mee/Harry Mullan
     
    TBooze, Jan 28, 2009
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  4. Jack Dempsey

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    I've also seen figure for Dempsey Tunney I that have it as the most attended fight
     
    Jack Dempsey, Jan 30, 2009
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  5. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What's the figure you've seen?
     
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  6. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This bout is the record for a World Title bout, BUT the all-time record is when Battling Nelson stopped Christy Williams in 17 rounds. Nelson knocked Williams down 42 times and he was also dropped 7 times himself (some sources have 9), for a record total of 49 knockdowns.
     
    hhascup, Feb 9, 2009
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  7. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    His name was Tippy Larkin, not Timmy. I told this story several times over the years and I even told it in front of 250 people, including Tippy himself, who I brought to the affair.

    When Tippy passed away, I gave the Eulogy. Larkin won the Jr. Welterweight title on April 29, 1946, when he beaty Willie Joyce.
     
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  8. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dempsey weighed more in several bouts, including on 200 when he fought Tom Riley on March 25, 1918 and 198 when he fought Carl Morris on February 4, 1918.
     
    hhascup, Feb 9, 2009
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  9. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's Fred FULTON, not Bulton.
     
    hhascup, Feb 9, 2009
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  10. jowcol

    jowcol Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Everyone worth his boxing salt knows this one but it is interesting.
    It's amazing that from May of 1959 until March of 1966 (almost seven [7] years!) there was only ONE fighter involved in a World Heavyweight Championship fight outside of Patterson - Johansson - Liston - Clay/Ali!
     
    jowcol, Feb 10, 2009
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  11. asero

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    macneeley, the white guy
     
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  12. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Batting Nelson fought Christy Williams in Arkansas, he was Knocked Down 9 times but rose each time to win the fight by KO in the 17th round. Along the way, he knocked down Williams 42 times!
     
    asero, Feb 10, 2009
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  13. asero

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    Jofre and Pryor were vegetarians.

    Lamark Clark holds the record for consecutive KO (44)
     
    asero, Feb 10, 2009
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  14. hhascup

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    Most people have Nelson being knocked down only 7 times.
     
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    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Here's an up-dated list which includes all the Middleweight Champions in the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO.


    1. Kelly Pavlik 30/35 = 85.714285714285714285714285714286 %
    2. Gerald McClellan 29/34 = 85.294117647058823529411764705882 %
    3. Arthur Abraham 23/28 = 82.142857142857142857142857142857 %
    4. Julian Jackson 49/61 = 80.32786885245901639344262295082 %
    5. Maselino Masoe 27/34 = 79.411764705882352941176470588235 %
    6. Jason Matthews 18/23 = 78.260869565217391304347826086957 %
    7. Felix Trinidad 35/45 = 77.777777777777777777777777777778 %
    8. Marvin Hagler 52/67 = 77.611940298507462686567164179104 %
    9. Stanley Ketchel 48/64 = 75.00000000000 %
    10. Quincy Taylor 24/32 = 75.0000000000000000 %
     
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