Myth busted regarding the Ali-Cooper fight

[Dave Rado]

The BBC's "More or Less" radio programme recently busted a myth regarding the Ali-Cooper fight (or Clay-Cooper as it was at the time). They timed the break between rounds, and apparently the gloves incident only added 6 seconds to the time Ali had to recover between rounds - which is not enough to have been likely to change the course of the fight. You can listen to the programme here. The programme lasts 10 minutes, but the item about the fight starts 5 minutes 30 seconds in, so you can use the slider to go straight to the start of the item.

[damuttz112]

Cheers, thanks mate.

[kendom]

Yes finally! hope people will stop rabbiting on about it

[jabsRstiff]

Did Dundee cut the glove or not?

[Southpaw Stinger]

Did Dundee cut the glove or not?

If you look at the pic of Clay on the canvas, the glove is already split. Angelo just tried to draw attention to it in the corner.