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Boxing Matches Fixed by the Mob?

Posted By: LittleMan

Boxing Matches Fixed by the Mob? - 08/17/13 04:31 PM

I'll start...

Ali/Liston II in Lewiston, Maine. Liston was dropped by the famous anchor punch. He was managed by mobsters, Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo. Look at Liston struggling to get up- looks fake to me.




I've read that many of Primo Carnera's fights were fixed by the mob. Carnera/Sharkey II was Primo's best win, imo. Was it fixed, or was Carnera good enough to win the lineal heavyweight title?

Posted By: Camarel

Re: Boxing Matches Fixed by the Mob? - 08/17/13 04:37 PM

Originally Posted By: LittleMan
I'll start...

Ali/Liston II in Lewiston, Maine. Liston was dropped by the famous anchor punch. He was managed by mobsters, Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo. Look at Liston struggling to get up- looks fake to me.




I've read that many of Primo Carnera's fights were fixed by the mob. Carnera/Sharkey II was Primo's best win, imo. Was it fixed, or was Carnera good enough to win the lineal heavyweight title?





Whether Liston threw it or not i don't think he would've won anyway. Sonny is a top 5 HW for me, but that was the prime Ali who i think was the best ever fighter and who hadd just knocked Liston out the year before.
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