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knny187:
--- Quote from: Pat Rocco on December 10, 2005, 10:26:21 AM ---I read that most of fights were fixed without him knowing it .Although his Title Fight with Max Bear wasn;t .Bear would lay down .Bear almost killed him beat him very badly .Broke his jaw etc....To his credit Primo fought hard and got of the floor many times .......he never gave up tilll the end .
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I think he was knocked down 11 or 12 times
Dan-O:
Primo was called "The Ambling Alp" years before Schwarzenegger got the nickname "The Austrian Alp."
That's all I know about the guy so thought I'd contribute that :)
Ursus:
--- Quote from: Pat Rocco on December 10, 2005, 10:26:21 AM ---I read that most of fights were fixed without him knowing it .Although his Title Fight with Max Bear wasn;t .Bear would lay down .Bear almost killed him beat him very badly .Broke his jaw etc....To his credit Primo fought hard and got of the floor many times .......he never gave up tilll the end .
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true particularly the early fights then he found out and wasnt happy....kinda like rocky in rocky III at the start lol.
in the book it also published the smallest body measurements he possessed throughout his career, was very interesting
knny187:
Thanks Dan-O
Actually, I have always found interesting that Boxing was such a big sport back in the early 1900's.
Over the years I think the popularity has come down possibly due to corruption of promoters & etc.....
But back then.....Boxers were larger than life & considered celebrity's.
619Rules:
--- Quote from: Dan-O on December 11, 2005, 10:24:34 AM ---Primo was called "The Ambling Alp" years before Schwarzenegger got the nickname "The Austrian Alp."
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never heard the "Austrian Alp" before..."Austrian Oak", yes,.........
--- Quote from: knny187 on December 11, 2005, 11:35:33 AM ---Actually, I have always found interesting that Boxing was such a big sport back in the early 1900's.
Over the years I think the popularity has come down possibly due to corruption of promoters & etc.....
But back then.....Boxers were larger than life & considered celebrity's.
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Back in the 1900's throgh say the 50'sall you ad for entertainment was boxing. Football and baseball were outdoor sports-
Football was not big back then and only a daytime sport, basketball was nothing, baseball was huge-bigger then than today- but again you played mainly during the day during the nice weather.
Boxing could be held anytime of the year b/c it was indoors........you had radio as the main medium back then and boxing goes good with radio.......
Shit-back as recently as when I was in high school in the late 70's you only had 3 TV stations and they all went off the air between midnight and 2 AM.......no TV at all from 2-6 AM, and that was not that long ago.......
Boxing is still shady today. I can think specifically of a Don King match, where he had named a women judge in this big championship fight-can't recall who it was-and she voted for the guy that got his ass kicked all over the ring-obviously a fix.
If anyone remembers that fight post it....it was like the last 5-8 years...
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