Love that pic 😎
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Love that pic 😎
That Dempsey fight was a mismatch as well.
Who parted that geezers hair .... Moses?
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
Another iconic picture with a similar view and victim's pose. ;D
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/wp-co...williamsAP.jpg
That's insane! And we whine today when we cannot find a 'decent' stream ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
Another iconic picture with a similar view and victim's pose. ;D
I had seen the Don King victim before but who is it?
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Originally Posted by SpicoliThat's insane! And we whine today when we cannot find a 'decent' stream ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
I can't help wondering what the safety measures might have been like though.
The Thirty Arches Bowl in New Jersey held around 80,000 people and was purpose built for the fight.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle%27s_Thirty_Acres
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Originally Posted by SpicoliThat's insane! And we whine today when we cannot find a 'decent' stream ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by smashup
I can't help wondering what the safety measures might have been like though.
Great article about the fight, it's amazing the stadium never collapsed!
The eight-sided wooden arena, costing $325,000, was 300,000 square feet and was built in two months by 600 carpenters and 400 workers using 2,250,000 feet of lumber and 60 tons of nails. The attendees paid between five dollars and fifty cents for general admission and up to fifty dollars for ringside seats. Tickets were available at B.F. Keith's Theatre on Newark Avenue and Bay Street. According to Roberts, "In the best seats the match would be watched without fear of life or limb; but the wooden outskirts of the arena shook frightfully from any commotion initiated by the holders of the expensive seats. It was truly a democratic arrangement"
Shahbazian reports that at the end of the eleven-minute fight when "the roaring crowd leaped it its feet, those who were there insist, the pine structure actually swayed"
Full Articlehttps://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchist...tier_Fight.htm
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos...6964?s=612x612
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Originally Posted by IamInuit
Another iconic picture with a similar view and victim's pose. ;D
I had seen the Don King victim before but who is it?
Hasim Rahman, getting blasted by Lennox in the rematch of their first fight. The guy in the other picture is Cleveland Williams, after getting KO'ed by Ali.
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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al
Iconic; for real. I've read some great posts over the years, great threads, but this is the total package. Words not needed.