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[Willie Pep 229]

Ten Greatest HW Fights (I have experienced; saw live [on TV] or saw in a TV rebroadcast soon after.)

1965-2020 -- ages 10-65 -- for excitement.

No particular order

Ali-Frazier I
Ali-Frazier III
Patterson-Quarry I
Holmes-Norton
Foreman-Holyfield...

[Willie Pep 229]

The reason Dempsey was in Montana was the oil fields.

Shelby was calling itself "The Tulsa of the North." -- They were selling oil futures.

The oil strike in Oklahoma had made the State rich. But the postwar recession squashed investment and Shelby's oil futures weren't...

[Willie Pep 229]

For what it is worth.

I thought Spinks won the first fight and Holmes the title back in the second fight. But not so.

Spinks' awkward style would prove difficult for Foster whose style can be described as classical.

I wonder how often 1940-1970 fighters found themselves...

[Willie Pep 229]

Spinks moved up better. Foster faltered when he got to the top big boys, Frazier and Ali, Spinks didn't, Holmes and Cooney.

[Willie Pep 229]

If common sense was common we wouldn't have the phrase.

I thought we totally debunked this nonsense last year. I guess everytime a new poster with an agenda comes to the board we will have to do it again.

[Willie Pep 229]

NFL football seems to have a similar situation/problem.

NFL teams seem to play well in six games streaks and if a team closes the season hot they can roll from the wild card spot to a Super Bowl....

[Willie Pep 229]

Doorways!...

[Willie Pep 229]

The best offer Dempsey ever got for fighting Greb in Pittsburgh was for a 100K guarantee and 50% of the gate.

Kearns did not like % deals and made Rickard meet his 500K guarantee (plus a % of film rights) for Firpo.

Kearns toyed with the Pittsburg people during this period...