They were both fighting around the time of Jack Johnson with another Black fighter (cant remember his name off the top of my head) who made up the awesone foursome as they were sometimes known.

McVey is said to have had pretty much the exact style and a similar build to Tyson.

I agree the fact both fighters were constantly given balloons filled with oxygen to keep them going is pretty macarbe by todays standards and I wonder how many other fights from this era used those tactics to prolong the fights?

Still this would have been one amazing fight to watch and you certainly wouldn't have felt short changed if you'd bought a ticket

I read somewhere theres a big stash of fights from England and France on old reels that can only be accessed and viewed through a sister site of Pathe News but you have to register and prove you work in film production or some bullshit like that just to see them.

This was hailed as the "last fight to the finish" not sure exactly what thats supposed to mean really but these old fights and reading up on them is something im an absolute anorak for.

I also love the Graziano, Zale and Cerdan era, some true wars those guys had.

Georges Carpentier is another I have a lot of footage of

Just fascinates me what the human body can go through when the brain attached simply wont give in