Was The1949 Bivins V Henry Fight Kosher?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Jimmy Bivins versus Clarence Henry 1949.



    referee: Zach Clayton 4-5 | judge: Harry Lasky 4-6 | judge: Frank Knaresborough 4-6
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    Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA W TKO 8 10
    time: 2:59 | referee: Joe Stone
    It was a dull fight with Bivins winning easily. "Henry slumped to the canvas in the 8th round from blows that wouldn't have upset a flyweight, and with disgust Referee Stone raised Bivins' glove." (The Ring,, December 1949. page


    Postscript.

    June 4, 1954 New York. Henry was arrested on charges of attempting to fix a fight between Bobby Jones and Joey Giardello. It was alleged that Henry offered Jones $15,000 to throw the fight
    Henry was managed by Blinky Palermo.:think

    Anyone have any info on this?

    NB Three months after this fight both Henry and Oakland Billy Smith were thrown out for stalling in their fight.
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Henry was a big favourite for this fight, from memory.
     
  3. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Possibly. Or the crafty Bivins may have been too much for the green Henry and he packed it in.

    Henry is one of the few fighters you give credit too in the 50s. Archie Moore really laid a butt whupping on Henry.
     
  4. mcvey

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    I like a lot of 50's fighters:
    Brown
    Basilio
    Graham
    Gavilan
    Charnley
    Ortiz C
    Giardello
    SRR
    Pep
    Ortiz M
    Keenan
    Nardico
    Dupas
    Saddler
    Lausse
    Fernandez
    Towne
    Johnson
    Webb
    Villemain
    Dauthille
    Perez
    Giardello
    Rodriguez
    Sands
    Bratton
    Miceli
    Turpin
    Ortega
    Tiger
    Liston
    Moore

    And about 200 others.
     
  5. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    I don't see one heavyweight on that list. Which heavies did you like in the 50s?
     
  6. mcvey

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    I see three on it and I've underlined them, but here are some more.
    Machen
    Satterfield
    Patterson
    DeJohn
    Folley
    Baker
    Henry
    Charles
    Walcott
     
  7. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Wow so you better like listons resume because he knocked the heck out of a lot of those men
     
  8. mcvey

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    I like Liston's resume because I think head to head he is top 6 or 7 at Heavyweight .WOW!