Has anyone been aware of a "fixed" fight in boxing??

[JakeNDaBox]

there was an italian heavyweight named richie melito who was proven to have several of his fights fixed back in the 90's..

he didnt even know they were fixed himself it was all being done by his manager in hopes of getting him a big fight that so that he could bet the house on the other guy....

well he got him a fight with bert cooper and cooper smoked his ass with a brutal knockout.... it wass revelaed after the fact that the fights were fixed after one of his early opponents spoke up about it and released phone conversation tapes incriminating the manager

First person I thought of when I saw this thread. I've attended quite a few of Melito's fights (a lot of them having taken place in Long Island and NYC), and the sad part is, considering who he fought for much of his career, the disgrace is that some of those fights actually required being fixed!

God, he was awful. I was there the night Cooper knocked him out. Same night Mo Harris took it up the ass on the cards against Larry Holmes - it was never proven the fix was in on the cards that night, but that was just a terrible decision.

[spinksjinx]

Oscar vs Sturm
and i'll admit it Oscar s Mosley 2

Oscar vs Mosley 2 fixed? No way why would it be? Mosley didnt benefit from the win it was just a bad call on the judges part...

Oscar and B-HOP shouts fixed.

They turn into business partners 2 weeks later.

WTF?

For what purpose does Oscar gain by throwing the fight to become business partners with B-hop? Hopkins brought nothing to the table with Golden Boy not enough to throw a fight. The only thing wrong with Oscar in that fight is that he knew if he got off the mat he would have gotten a whooping similar to Tito and it just wasnt worth the additional damage...

[Sinisterevo]

Clubber Lang vs Rocky II had to be fixed....no way Clubber Lang loses that fight. It's total BS.

[satori555]

im not gonna name any names but it still happens in wales quite a lot

[AllEyesOpen]

I remember in the Foreman/Moore Legendary fights they said that in his first fight with Ali, that Foreman was up at the 8 count, then I was watching "When We Were Kings" & I saw the exact same thing, he was up at 8 & the ref just waved him to his corner. I'm not saying it was fixed but once Ali did the impossible no one was really interested in seeing Big George get back up, What would have happened if this fight had continued?

[Hydro]

I remember in the Foreman/Moore Legendary fights they said that in his first fight with Ali, that Foreman was up at the 8 count, then I was watching "When We Were Kings" & I saw the exact same thing, he was up at 8 & the ref just waved him to his corner. I'm not saying it was fixed but once Ali did the impossible no one was really interested in seeing Big George get back up, What would have happened if this fight had continued?

I think ref Zack Clayton reached the count of ten but commentator KFC Colonel Bob Sheridan was behind him in counting and was at 8.

Ali's corner had even come to Clayton earlier with money and told him to stop it if Ali was taking a horrible beating but wouldn't quit.

Foreman was mentally messed up for awhile after Zaire and is still making excuses for his loss and ****** perfomance.

[Hydro]

I don't think Tyson vs Ettiene was even su****ious. Tyson landed a beatiful right hand on the chin. Would have knocked out 99% of heavy weights.

There was no fix, the Black Rhino got hit with a good shot and then quit.

Guys don't take the time to pull out their mouthpieces, and then go unconscious afterwards.

Clifford's chin wasn't exactly the best of chins anyway.

[hoganbest]

......the odds on wlad -brewster dropped from 10-1 t0 3-1 hours before the bout........wlad subsequently dropped from "exhaustion" after only 5 rounds....hmm?

[1bad65]

Melito had fixed fights, it was proven. The Emannuel Augustus-Courtney Burton fight was fixed and I'm confident the ref AND the judges were in on that one.

[Hydro]

......the odds on wlad -brewster dropped from 10-1 t0 3-1 hours before the bout........wlad subsequently dropped from "exhaustion" after only 5 rounds....hmm?

Very few people had bet on that fight, so a couple bets could've changed the odds dramatically.

Thomas Hauser had a good article on that fight and the likely reasons for the questionable circumstances.