Re: Bizarre But True! - Some Unbelievable Boxing Trivia
Originally Posted by
Britkid
Fact One. There was once a fighter who, while challenging for the heavyweight championship of the world, was given Champaign to drink between rounds instead of the usual water!
I suspect that was Max Baer
Fact Two. There was once a fighter, good enough to have fought for a world title - who only had one leg!
Craig Bodzianowski, although I think it was not his whole leg, just the foot and a bit
Fact Three. There was once a bout (in modern times) where both guys were knocked to the canvas, as in the movie Rocky II - at the same time!
Mutti/Murphy
Fact Four. Once upon a time an ageing heavyweight, while coming towards the end of his career, fought whilst wearing corrective lenses so as to aid his eyesight!
Larry Holmes; but he cannot beat Grebb, who fought 300 times with the sight in only one eye
Fact Five. There was once a world class light heavyweight boxer who took to the practice of never washing or bathing for weeks prior to entering the ring for a bout. These strange tactics were employed so as to prevent his opponent from initiating clinches with him, such was the bad odour!
Marvin Johnson
Fact Six. There was once a fighter who was in such desperate need for the toilet during a fight that he had to quit and leave the ring!
Loads of them six heads was the latest
Fact Seven. There was once a heavyweight champion who claimed that when a dear friend/relative, who was sat at ringside, screamed to the referee that he was using illegal tactics, he was unable to land the blow that was certain to have finished off his hurt opponent!
Got me there
Fact Eight. Once upon a time there was an amateur boxer who, when fighting for a local title, was TKO’d by the doctor before the very first bell when his Marvellous Marvin Hagler copied warm-up technique, of hyping himself up by hitting his own face and head, caused a severe nose bleed!
There too
Fact Nine. There was once a world class welterweight boxer who would only fight when there was either a full or a half moon!
Fact Ten. There was once a heavyweight who made a frequent habit of taking a disguise to wear upon leaving the arena, should he lose!
Floyd Patterson, it was not frequent, he was alleged to of done it in the second Liston fight
How do you know all of this crap?
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