[doug.ie]

add any bits of interesting trivia or 'did you know..' that you might have...

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did you know, the oldest ages of participants in a boxing match ??...

from boxrec via the new york times -

They fought for the farcical "Whiskerweight Championship of America." (Jubb was 92 & Brown was 80.) They boasted "whiskers of the Kentucky colonel type and through the four rounds both vainly tried time and again to reach the button. Round one found octogenarians waving like palm trees in the gentle ocean breeze." Brown floored Jubb's false teeth in the third stanza. By the end of the bout "both aspirants were locked in an embrace on the floor [after falling during a clinch] as 2,000 tourists cheered.... Charles W. Eldridge, the referee, 101 years old, declared the battle a draw." New York Times

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=250894&cat=boxer

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[doug.ie]

youngest pro boxer was 9 years old.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=103423&cat=boxer&pageID=2

 

[doug.ie]

Battling Nelson, down seven times, floored Christy Williams 42 times, finally KOing him in 17 rounds. The 49 total knockdowns remains and all-time record for a single bout.

 

[doug.ie]

terry dunstan, former european and world title challenger at cruiserweight, once walked from london to birmingham...took him four days

 

[084]

Jonhhy Owen R.I.P. for his fight against Lupe Pintor was paid just £13,000 (might be dollars, can't remember) which was less than Jimmy Wilde got for his last fight some 57 years later

 

[doug.ie]

Jonhhy Owen R.I.P. for his fight against Lupe Pintor was paid just £13,000 (might be dollars, can't remember) which was less than Jimmy Wilde got for his last fight some 57 years later

this reminds me of iran barkley talking about how after the duran fight, which was fight of the year in 89...that duran went on to a 10 million dollar payday against leonard, and he (he claims) fought micheal nunn and got 6,000 dollars.

 

[NoMas]

this reminds me of iran barkley talking about how after the duran fight, which was fight of the year in 89...that duran went on to a 10 million dollar payday against leonard, and he (he claims) fought micheal nunn and got 6,000 dollars.

wasnt it on the same day, and both in vegas to??? harsh coincidence

 

[NoMas]

i remember reading that nipper daly thing before... madness

 

[084]

wasnt it on the same day, and both in vegas to??? harsh coincidence

I might be wrong but i remember Bunce had him on his show once, and think he said it was night before, minor detail i know, not even sure why i'm typing thisatsch

 

[NoMas]

I think I read in 'Jacobs Beach' that Rocky Graznino knocked out Jackie Gleason in Toots Shor lol Imagine A fighter banging out an entertainer in China Whites now or something! haha

 

[NoMas]

I might be wrong but i remember Bunce had him on his show once, and think he said it was night before, minor detail i know, not even sure why i'm typing thisatsch

i pretty sure thats where i heard it, he had him on the phone didnt he? lol

 

[084]

Yea i think so mate:good

 

[NoMas]

this thread got epic potential... if only my memory was so shit from years of weed smoking :-( lol

 

[doug.ie]

this isnt trivia..but as i'm thinking here i'm reminded of it...
years after willie pep retired he was interviewed and...i think...he was quizzed about how much money he had left....and he said - i'm fine, i've got a tv and a wife, and they're both working..i'll be alright.

 

[084]

:lol: class

 

[NoMas]

@ doug.ie

hahahaha

 

[doug.ie]

this video was the first boxing match filmed....albeit a brief bit of film here...by thomas edison in 1894
this film is the first moment in all sports history recorded...so, boxing was the first sport ever filmed.

 

[NoMas]

wicked, thats history right there... i got my man in the white winning by ko lol

 

[doug.ie]

rocky marciano and manny pacquaio (former flyweight champ remember) had the same reach...67 inches.

 

[doug.ie]

jewish boxer al mccoy was the very first southpaw champion ever.
...in 1915 he ko'd george chip in 54 seconds of round 1 with a one-punch ko....described by one reporter as "His one-punch knockout of Chip was called the most sensational accident since Columbus discovered the New World."
but...in 6 defences of his world title, he lost 5 decisions and drew once and won none (although he had a lot of non-title fights in this time too)....but..remained world champion all the time !!...it was an era where a champion had to be knocked out if he were to lose his title.
he was eventually ko'd and lost his title to mike o'dowd in 6 rounds.