The Boxing Myths and Conspiracy Thread

[Joeyzagz]

-Sonny Liston was a quitter & a bully who would fold if anyone stood tall against him.

-Joe Louis had poor footwork.

-Tommy Hearns' jaw was glass.

-Roberto Duran knocked out a horse.

-Joe Calzaghe is HOF-material ( )

I assume the smiley face is an admission of trolling, so I wont touch it.

The most intriguing Myth in boxing is of course the strange death of Rocky Marciano. Ive heard stories that the Mafia had him whacked along with a mob boss's son who was Rocky's friend and a passenger on the fated plane.

There is also a rumour of a certain "mystery fighter“ that acted as an enforcer in the Heavyweight division who worked for the Mob and Marciano, but no one knows who he is.

Johnny Arthur:

There was one guy,” he recalled. “Everybody feared him. If you wanted to challenge Marciano for his title, you first had to fight him. I’m not just talking about official matches either. If they wanted to keep it quiet you had to fight him in the gym. He was brutal. He’d either beat you so badly that you’d pull out of the fight with Marciano, or just hurt you real bad so that when you climbed into the ring for the fight you were still hurting. He was better than Marciano, but they never let him fight him. He was just the guy you had to go through to get a title shot.”

I dont buy all of it but its interesting nonetheless. Also Rock's head was decapitated at the scene of the crash.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

I assume the smiley face is an admission of trolling, so I wont touch it.

The most intriguing Myth in boxing is of course the strange death of Rocky Marciano. Ive heard stories that the Mafia had him whacked along with a mob boss's son who was Rocky's friend and a passenger on the fated plane.

There is also a rumour of a certain "mystery fighter“ that acted as an enforcer in the Heavyweight division who worked for the Mob and Marciano, but no one knows who he is.

Johnny Arthur:



I dont buy all of it but its interesting nonetheless. Also Rock's head was decapitated at the scene of the crash.

It is not.

[bojangles1987]

-Sonny Liston was a quitter & a bully who would fold if anyone stood tall against him.

-Joe Louis had poor footwork.

-Tommy Hearns' jaw was glass.

-Roberto Duran knocked out a horse.

-Joe Calzaghe is HOF-material ( )

The bolded makes me as mad as anything. I didn't realize getting stopped three times in your career against two of the best ever and one really hard hitter made your chin glass.

[Barn]

The bolded makes me as mad as anything. I didn't realize getting stopped three times in your career against two of the best ever and one really hard hitter made your chin glass.

One injury, one gassed, one in a tremendous war and another post-prime and in a different weight class lol.

- Marvin Hagler is a brawler.

[PEBBLES!]

- Chris Byrd fought Joe Calzaghe in the amateurs - that's a myth. I've seen numerous threads about that one.

Fact or fiction? Sonny Liston beat up **** The Bruiser in a LV Parking Lot.

[BattlingNelson]

Other myths:

Pep winning a round without throwing a punch.

Ray Leonard ducked Aaron Pryor.

Robin Reid was penalized for punching Ottke in the face.

[The Surgeon]

I heard a disgusting story about Duran and a lion that I sure hope was a myth.

U cant leave it at that Scott! Lets hear it bud.......

[sonnyboyx2]

Singer Diana Ross blowing off Muhammad Ali in his dressing room after FOTC is not a myth..

[The Surgeon]

Singer Diana Ross blowing off Muhammad Ali in his dressing room after FOTC is not a myth..

That one i didnt hear!

[sonnyboyx2]

That one i didnt hear!

it's true....