The history of boxing scandal outside the ring.

It is nothing new.

Just as Mike Tyson is often in the press for all the wrong reasons so were many of the great fighters of the past.

In this thread I am going to present some contemporary newspaper clipings highlighting the scandals surounding fighters like John L Sullivan and Young Griffo.

 

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Tyson was not the first fighter to have issues with the grand jury.

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