Originally Posted by olivant

those fighters back then fought an incredible number of fights and within a relatively short amount of time.

...and got paid a lot less, and kept a lot less. The Mob ran the fights in those days.

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.