Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
The one that stands out the most and was my live introduction to boxing was Festival hall in Melbourne in the early to mid 60's. All men no women like the pubs backs then. Men all dresses in white shirts and ties or old pinstriped suits smoking and sly drinking out of hip flasks, leaning over the backs of folding iron chairs, making and taking bets with the people all around them and others just yelling and screaming waving hands of cash at the ring and the fight that you could see through the clouds of smoke.

When the fights were finished, the audience would pelt the ring with their spare change for the fighters.
The corner men who looked like butchers to me in white shirts with some smeers over them would scramble around on all fours getting what extra they could for their fighters to split up between them after wards,while the next bout was introduced. Loads of men had greased slick back dark hair in those days for some reason , most wore belts and ties etc and suit jackets over white shirts like some night time uniform from the lower to middle classes making out they were business men or something.

Good stuff for me to see at about 6 to 8 years old, never saw anyone as young there the couple of times I did get to go along.
My goodness man...Was this Pre Sullivan?......

Peltuing the ring with Change....Were there spikes on the shoes