Was the liston - wepner fight fixed?

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  1. molecule76

    molecule76 Member Full Member

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    What's the story on this? Johnny Tocco said Liston was supposed to go down in this fight -- and didn't?

    Does anyone know more about this?
     
    molecule76, Mar 23, 2011
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  2. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think you answered your own question
     
    johnmaff36, Mar 24, 2011
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  3. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

    Fix Faillllllll!


    "Did you end up taking the dive?"

    "Um, no, I was going to but I ended up breaking his face and causing him to get 120 sutures instead."

    "Well...that's...that's a breach of verbal contract of sorts, there."

    :conf:oops:

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    Boxed Ears, Mar 24, 2011
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  4. yancey

    yancey Active Member Full Member

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    Wow, what a photo.
     
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  5. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Yeah it's brutal, Sonny's glove looks like it's fused to Chuck's face! :!:
     
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    and people complain about the condition of modern heavies... who ever let Wepner in a ring looking like that?
     
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  7. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Damn! Chuck Wepner's not eating that jab, that jab's eating Chuck Wepner.
     
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  8. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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  9. Kalasinn

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  10. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have many gloves including gloves that were used in the Tom Sharkey/Kid McCoy fight back in 1899 and the gloves that were used in the Sugar Ray Robinson/Tony Riccio fight.
     
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  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yes.chuck wepner agreed to have 56 stitches in his face.a shrewd move !!
     
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  12. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Cool, Do you have any Tyson gloves?
     
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  13. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    Clearly, Wepner took a dive. Those cuts were from a shaving accident earlier in the evening.

    Magoo can back me up on this.
     
    The Mongoose, Mar 24, 2011
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  14. crippet

    crippet Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Liston agreed to lose the Event
     
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  15. molecule76

    molecule76 Member Full Member

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    I'm not talking about wepner agreeing to lose... But Johnny Tocco has gone on record saying that he believes per a visit and conversation Liston apparently had with two men a night or two before the fight, that he had agreed to go down.
    If that were true, obviously something went wrong and Liston beat the hell out of him. I'm just wondering, does anyone know any further details into this?
     
    molecule76, Mar 25, 2011
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