The Fixed Fights Thread (not robberies)

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  1. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He wasn't exactly fighting though, was he?
     
    My2Sense, Feb 21, 2010
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  2. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    there is that !!:good
    why did fleischer stick his nose in too ?? as inept as walcott was, the count should not have started with ali hovering.ali was mad because he knew he hadn't hit liston hard enough to drop him.
    the fight stunk.
     
    turpinr, Feb 21, 2010
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  3. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    What was Liston supposed to do, wait on the canvas for 10 minutes? He got up knowing the count of 10 was well over.
     
    My dinner with Conteh, Feb 21, 2010
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  4. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Why is Whitaker only 'probably' and Everett 'definitely'? You can find links with the latter, just like you can with loads of Don King promotions/judges (for every Lou Tress there's a Marcos Torres or Franz Marti).
     
    My dinner with Conteh, Feb 21, 2010
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  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    did you ever see bruce grandham dive through the ropes at liverpool stadium.he picked his spot and dived better than johnny wessmuller:lol:
     
    turpinr, Feb 21, 2010
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I believe it is a matter of fact the Everett fight was fixed, but only assumed that the Whitaker one was.
     
    TBooze, Feb 21, 2010
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  7. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Some say Foreman had some fixed fights early in his career, along with Eric "Butterbean" Esch.
     
    Russell, Feb 21, 2010
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  8. Jorodz

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    butterbean i've heard to
     
    Jorodz, Feb 21, 2010
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  9. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    call me naive but i've always questioned the legitimacy of this dive
     
    Jorodz, Feb 21, 2010
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  10. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    What makes it 'fact'?
     
    My dinner with Conteh, Feb 22, 2010
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  11. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mickey Walker openly admitted to occasionally carrying opponents in his autobiography, doing it once when boxing a friend of Al Capone's as a favor to Capone. (He explicitly wrote that Capone did not threaten him over this, but simply asked that Walker not hurt his friend.)
     
    Duodenum, Feb 22, 2010
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  12. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Any sort of evidence (even anecdotal) that suggests some of Tyson's later fights were fixed? The one that comes to mind of course is Bruce Seldon.
     
    Arriba, Feb 22, 2010
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  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    There is a smoke vs fire issue here.

    If you insist on actual proof, then it must be a short list.

    If you are talking about strong suspicion, then the rabbit hole goes verry deep indeed.
     
    janitor, Feb 22, 2010
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  14. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    good point janitor. i'm always skeptical when fighters claim they themselves took dives against lesser fighters. sorry but upsets happen and it's certainly a conflict of interest (ie: gans/mcgovern, johnson/willard)
     
    Jorodz, Feb 22, 2010
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  15. Greg T Loepp

    Greg T Loepp New Member Full Member

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    Boo Boo Hoff's affiliation with Tunney raised alot of eyebrows, and alot of questions.
     
    Greg T Loepp, Feb 22, 2010
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