Oddball matchups that actually happened

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I never knew they fought I had no idea Cooper was still active during that period you learn something new every day.
     
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  2. Seamus

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    Further on to this Mike DiBiase was the father of The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase!
     
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  3. Saintpat

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    Adoptive father, actually.

    The Mike DiBiase who fought Archie and also wrestled professionally (he had a grandson by the same name) was a national amateur wrestling champion and also wrestled at Nebraska, taking his only collegiate defeats at the national championships.
     
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  4. Saintpat

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    Archie Moore was supposed to box George Reeves, the actor who played Superman in an exhibition in 1959, but Reeves died a few days before it happened.

    Reeves died by gunshot wound in his own home. Officially ruled a suicide, but there was (and continues to be) some suspicion that it was murder (most likely by his fiance).

    George was a fitness fanatic and did martial arts/combat sport training, including from what I’ve read, boxing/sparring. He and Archie were apparently friends.
     
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  5. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I just set you up for that one and you hit the homerun
     
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  6. Seamus

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    Whoa... didn't know this. And one of my favorites, King Harley Race was with him at the end.

    "DiBiase died in the ring on July 2, 1969, in Lubbock, Texas, following a match with Man Mountain Mike as the result of a fatal heart attack. Harley Race performed CPR on DiBiase and then rode in the ambulance with him. DiBiase was pronounced dead at the hospital."
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    My hands were shaking with glee as i typed Pepsi hahahaha
     
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  8. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I saw Man Mountain Mike wrestle at the Olympic in the 1970s.
     
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