wmute
05-10-2009, 05:08 PM
when did this random catchweights bs start?
The earliest I can think of is Lalonde-Leonard.
Can anyone help?
The earliest I can think of is Lalonde-Leonard.
Can anyone help?
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View Full Version : When did catchweights start? wmute 05-10-2009, 05:08 PM when did this random catchweights bs start? The earliest I can think of is Lalonde-Leonard. Can anyone help? wmute 05-12-2009, 01:01 PM BUMP someone must know this MANGLER 05-12-2009, 01:03 PM Not sure, but I hope they end soon. 1SILVA 05-12-2009, 01:11 PM when did this random catchweights bs start? The earliest I can think of is Lalonde-Leonard. Can anyone help? That was my first memory of a catch weight as well. Leonard-Hearns II was a catch weight as well bklynboy 05-12-2009, 02:01 PM Unless I misunderstand something here there were tons of catchweights in the first decades of the 20th C. As a guess, I would say that as soon as there were weight divisions there were catchweights. KittenFlaps 05-12-2009, 02:45 PM According to a quick google search (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3238297) it goes back at least to Gans v. Walcott in 1904. wmute 05-12-2009, 03:11 PM According to a quick google search (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3238297) it goes back at least to Gans v. Walcott in 1904. Thanks a lot! |