Outside of boxers, who were the biggest cheaters that you can think of in regards to boxing such as judges, referees, and etc?
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Outside of boxers, who were the biggest cheaters that you can think of in regards to boxing such as judges, referees, and etc?
Panama Lewis is a fucking scumbag.
Eddie Cotton in the Tyson-Lewis fight?
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Originally Posted by p4pking
Fill me in:who the heck is Panama Lewis?!?
Guy Jutras in PAC JMM That was brutal.
A lowlife of a manQuote:
Originally Posted by The Game
Panama Lewis was the former trainer of Aaron Pryor while Pryor and Arguello we're going to war in the early 80's. During the first fight Pryor looked like he was fading fast and by the time round 10 came around he looked dead tired. During the break in I think the 11th round, Panama Lewis took out a black bottle shaped like a water bottle and Pryor came out in the 12th with a new wind. A lot of people speculate that it wasn't water in that black bottle ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Game
But his worst offense happened about a year later. He was managing a journeyman Luis Resto who was being used as a stepping stone for undefeated Billy Collins Jr. Well Lewis knew his fighter had no chance but it was a nationally televised fight on the Roberto Duran - Davey Moore undercard so Lewis and Resto wanted to make a statement. So prior to the fight Lewis removed pretty much all of the padding from Resto's gloves. The damage accumulated over 10 rounds and Resto got the decision as Collins' eyes were swollen and his eyesocket was broke.
About 2 years later Lewis and Resto were found out and convicted of fraud and both spent a year in jail and both were banned from boxing for life. Collins received so much damage too his eyes that he was told he would never fight again and he would eventually go blind. I guess it was to much for him to handle because he commited suicide a year or so after hearing word about his sight.
So yeah, there isn't a word to harsh to describe Panama Lewis.
The Reff for Otke v Ried
:coolclick: for that one. He got warned for hitting Ottke. I mean, seriously, a punch to the chest, and he got warned. Then there was the Burton - Augustus ref...Quote:
Originally Posted by B@rr3r@
Add the judges in the RJJ olympic final. That sort of thing makes it really difficult to control yourself >:mad
Just recently the EBU judges robbed Damaen Kelly, one of the worst i've ever seen. It was an almost calzaghe v lacy like performance.
Shocking infoQuote:
Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO
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He was totally blacked balled after Resto/Collins, by every major fighter except?Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Who else but The Baddest Man on the Planet, Of courseQuote:
Originally Posted by Britkid
Sadly soQuote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Sonny Liston?
Angelo Dundee, you Brits should agree on that, YOUR BOY 'enry Cooper could have beaten him had Angie not cut Ali's glove. Also with the ropes in the Rumble in The Jungle...he's shady, but he is still a good guy
Cooper built a lot of his reputation on that myth. The BBC put it to rest some time back, Ali/Clay got less than an extra minute to replace his glove. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Jose Luis Castillo and his crew are cheats, I know they're not officials but they are cheats.
After the 2 fight with Corralles I would have to agree about his crew. I think it cast a dark cloud on Castillo. How can you weigh in at 137 the first time then come back after "spending 1 hour boxing in a sauna" and 1381/2. Something stank with that whole weigh in.Quote:
Originally Posted by yoitsdan
I saw Tyson get seriously robbed in the amateurs too when he clearly whipped Greg Paige. That's when Mike use to wear those white trunks before the days of wearing the black trunks. He was cheated and disguisted so bad that you could see that he put his hand down almost wanting to cry.Quote:
Originally Posted by sanj16
The judges and the ref of the Augustus Burton fight.
The ref let Burton hit augustus about 8 times in the back of the head and then when Augustus responde dthe ref warned Augustus. And takes a point from Augustus when Augustus spun himself out of a clinch, and the ref said he spun Burton out of the clinch... riiight. The judges in Augustus' last fight screwed him bad too, and Augustus fought with Chicken Pox and doesn't remember the fight now but he was robbed.
That's why Augustus needs justice. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Starr