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Willie Pep and how to win the round without throwing a blow

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Willie Pep is my favorite senior -school warrior. Two hundred and twenty -nine wins compared to 11 losses and one draw, won and regained the title of a featherweight, competed in three decades, and this is my favorite, he defended his title six months after the accident accident and told him that he never boxed again.

His defense and movement were legendary. He wore the nickname “Will about ‘The Wisp” because he slipped and left the ring, stopping to counteract and cause damage. He was stunning for watching and worth a deep diving on YouTube to recognize his championship.

As with many figures larger than life, the legend is surrounded by PEP. Perhaps the most strong legend is that PEP promised writers that he would win the round without throwing a blow. Before fighting Jackie Graves, a very solid opponent, he reportedly announced in the third round that he would win, having a zero crime. He often reports as truth in documentary films about PEP, and even wore two of three results cards in the third night.

The answer is definitely, probably not.

We know that PEP won the fight, but there is no movie. It was before reporters and filmmakers reported official results cards, so we can’t rely on it. In fact, reporting was so inconsistent in this era that AP and UPI did not agree to how many times Graves fell in the fight – one information service said twice and the other reported four charm.

Pep liked to talk about the round and said that he even wore an article about a fight that allegedly verified that he won the round without throwing a blow. Some even claimed that Willie wrote the article himself. At the end of his life, Graves said that he did not remember if he lost the round without throwing a blow, but he said that it was possible because it is hard to hit him.

“I believe he did it. The man was a legend and a star outside of boxing. He spent time spent with men such as Jackie Gleason and Frank Sinatra – why would he have to come up with something to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to seem to see “James Madio says. Madio played Featherweight, Bio-PIC 2024 PEP. Modern Yorker He said in his release of the academy that Madio should have been nominated for the best actor.

Regardless of whether the myth is true, he remains the fact that Willie Pep was one of the most elusive boxers who have ever entered the ring. His defense skills were really something that could be seen and you could see his influence on fighters such as Ali, Camacho and Whitaker. His leg work and lateral movement, his feelings and incorrect management and movement of the head made opponents stunned and often frozen. He slipped, hit, waited and paired with absurd balance.

Or is it all without throwing a blow to win the round?

“While the second boxer did not throw any blows, you can’t win a round without a blow,” says Joe Cusano. Cusano is for many years Pro Ref and a judge who appeared in the film-playing, of course, a judge. “He would have to throw something.” (Cusano’s book, MountainsIN will be released later this year.)

Could charisma Pepa facilitate him win a round without a blow? One part of the legend is that he told the judges what he was going to do.

“Hey, if Willie leaned over the ropes and talked to the judges who could have in their head and maybe influenced them,” says Madio. It would not be the first or last time the fighter influenced the judges.

To justify shooting a round for a warrior who did not throw a single blow, would require quite abstract thinking. After applying four scoring criteria, this would mean that there will be no pure impact and zero aggression, not to mention effective aggression. It seems to me that you can get points for general defense and ring, but usually these two supporting criteria count when they lead to a pure blow. If the warrior simply avoids without counteracting, this is not really worthy of points.

The opponent, as Joe Cusano emphasizes, would have to be complicit in his passivity, losing all his blows, and maybe even throwing. I think that if one warrior does not throw any blows at all, and the other boxer threw the blows that did not land, it is probably enough to give this warrior a round.

“I spent the whole day with Willie in Hall of Fame and we talked a lot about it,” says Mark Baker, a biographer of PEP. “It has always sounded shaky, and the more I caused, the more the story fell apart. In the end, Willie said that he probably stabbed or threw blows, but did not land. “

Ripping and throwing blows that may not land is completely different than not throwing everyone strikes. You can certainly win the round by doing these things.

“Willie was quite a figure and he had some stories of high stories,” says Baker.

Baker also has an insight into how the article was written and how the legend developed.

“At that time, reporters and writers sent their accounts through the wire,” he explains. “Their relations with the fighting were often quite faulty. On the Night of the Pep-Graves fight there was a lot of sun activity that would interrupt the broadcast. It would leave many holes in the relationship with the fight. The guy who wrote the article that Willa was carrying with him was a rather unclear reporter and could take this opportunity to write something sensational. “

Featherweight It will have a wide version in May at various stream points. Marek Baker’s book Willie Pep: Biography 20th The greatest feather knowledge of the century It is available at Amazon and the same applies to the upcoming boxing book Joe Cusano Mountains.

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Tank Davis-LaMont Roach Rematch is supposedly discussed

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It was at least a surprising box of boxing. Gervonta “Tank” Davis was to swim next to another Roach Lamont in the main event of the Pay Per View card. However, it did not work in this way. “Roach fought well” at that time, “so good that many, if not most, felt that Roach should receive victory.” And although the boxing insider writer (yours really) felt that Davis had done enough to get in, the boxing audience felt that Roach should withdraw the ring of The Victor tonight in Brooklyn Barclay’s Center that night.

Undoubtedly, it was a complex night at the Davis’ office. At the beginning, his notable power did not have normal influence when he landed on a brave fence. “What’s more,” wrote boxing Insider, “Roach was able to quit and land effective own shots all the time.” The most surprising thing on that night was the fact that Davis took his knee and the judge did not say that it was a knocking out, as did the standard practice in such situations. Again, it was a complex night in the office for Davis’s popular and bulky impact. However, you should not underestimate a man known as a tank.

For example, ESPN reports that Davis and Roach camps discuss the rematch. He will say a lot about Davis if he actually agrees to this rematch. Roach seems to be a stylistic challenge for Davis. What’s more, Davis has not been able to hurt his man until now. Everything raises the question: how good Davis is if his fists and power cannot end the night earlier? Of course, not all Davis’ victories came from an early detention, but the enormous majority of them. If the rematch falls, Davis will be cut off for him.

Davis would not only look like a real athlete, if he put it all on the line in the rematch, the second fight of Davis-Roach would offer a well-deserved second chance for glory for previously underestimated roach. The man finally spent some time in the center of attention with the first fight. The rematch would provide the warrior with more justified attention. Perhaps this is not a mega fight that Davis would have, but the second battle of Roach would, however, be an critical event in sport.

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Hrgovic calls Joyce to retire after April 5: “He is ancient, does not look good”

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Filip Hrgovic, a heavyweight rivalry, says that he thinks that Joe Joyce should retire immediately after a 10-round fight on Saturday evening April 5, because he thinks “Yuggernaut” is “ancient and does not look good”. Two bulky scales live live in Dazn on Co-OP Live Arena in Manchester, England.

Joyce: Too ancient?

39-year-old Joyce lost three of the last four fights since 2023, and his most disturbing failure was 41-year-old Derek Chisora ​​on July 27 last year.

He is a guy who “The Juggernaut” Joyce (16-3, 15 KO) would probably destroy if he fought him five years ago when he defeated fighters such as Daniel Dubois. Losing with Chisora ​​by a 10-inch unanimous decision showed that things have changed with him.

Joyce’s career began to develop when he stopped in the sixth round through Zhilei Zhang in the first fight on April 15, 2023. Instead of going further, Joe decided to fight the tough -striking Southpaw Zhang in an immediate rematch and was blown up in three rounds in September 2023.

The resistance to the juggernaut impact could affect his second defeat against Zhang, because he was wounded in the fight with the journeyman Kash Ali in March in March and was detained by Chisora.

Assuming that Joyce’s ability to hit is still the same, he must lose weight to return to 250. He was at its best when he weighed in this respect. Joyce approached 280 years. For his fights with Zhang, and he remained on this burden. This is too much weight for everyone, especially a naturally tardy warrior.

“Yes, I think he should retire. He is ancient and does not look good. I think he has achieved a lot and can be proud. He should retire on Saturday,” said Filip Hrgovic Seconds About his belief that at the age of 39 Joe Joyce must retire after the clash on Saturday, April 5 in Manchester.

Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KO) is also in a bad professional situation, which on June 1 last year brings a defeat to the eighth round with Daniel Dubois. He can’t afford another failure if he wants to make a crack in the motor title before getting ancient. None of the masters will look towards Hrgovica if he is beaten again.

HRGOVICA BLUNNITY

“This is a great risk. The loss will throw me out of the picture,” said Hrgovic about the behind schedule deputy in a two -week notification about the fight against Joyce. “When I thought about it, I accepted the challenge and I feel ready to beat him.

“A lot of things that were from my hands. I was wounded and diseased before the fight. I got two huge cuts in battle,” said Hrgovic, explaining why he lost to Daniel Dubois on June 1 last year in Riyadh. “It was not the best version of myself and I think that if I am well prepared and I am hearty, I can compete with everyone.”

Last updated 04/03/2025

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$ 21.99 for what? Eubank Jr. vs. Benn PPV triggers outrage when the fans reject the price “Circus Fight”

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PPV price for the event on April 26 in Dazn between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn is £ 21.99 for fans of Great Britain and USD 24.99 for the world.

People on social media mainly say that they do not watch the Eubank JR-Benn event. Sometimes one or two express interest, but they significantly outweigh the fans who perceive this fight as unworthy that they are ordered at any price.

Fighting the family name

The event will be staged at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, and the promoter Eddie Hearn is already delighted with how 60,000 tickets were sold. Eddie predicts that 1 million PPV buys from straightforward in British fans, which is right because they love this fight for some strange reason. Americans perceive this as a pressure ulcer, like YouTuber match or the fight for a celebrity between non-boxers. Placing the fight on PPV is worrying because even Undercard is needy.

Ring revealed the prices of the fight Eubank Jr. vs. Benn, and fans are not ecstatic to order it for obvious reasons. Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KO) and Benn (23-0, 14 KO) are two guys using their renowned parents, making millions without defeating anyone noteworthy.

Undercard

– Liam Smith vs. Aaron McKenna
– Anthony Yarde vs. Lyndon Arthur
-Chris Billiam-Smith vs. Brandon Glanton
– Viddal Riley vs. Cheavon Clarke

As you can see, the card is 100% prone to the British audience, which means that the organizers assume that a sufficient number of fans will buy an event because it doesn’t matter if bombs around the world.

It will be because fans are not interested in ordering PPV events just to see the children of the renowned British fighters. If Benn and Eubank Jr. They beat high -quality fighters earlier, this is another thing, but they didn’t do it. Their CVs are so terribly terrible that it is gloomy that promoters sell it on PPV for fans.

Conor Benn’s best victories

– Chris Algeri: 37
– Peter Dobson
– Chris van Heerden
– Adrian Granados
– Sebastian Formal

Hearna’s forecasts

“The fight will be huge. He performs huge numbers of Pay-Per-View, over a million shopping,” said Eddie Hearn, promoter Matchroom Stamping ground About the event Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn on April 26. “You know that over 60,000 tickets have already been sold. It’s just a huge fight.”

Hearn is right. Eubank JR-Benn is doing well in Great Britain on PPV, but not elsewhere. It is a pity that Dazn does not create this event for free except for Great Britain, because it is not perceived as worth ordering on PPV, unless a person comes from this country. You really have to be a large fan of parents Benna and Eubank Jr. that everyone wants to order this event.

“I listen to comments:” It will be a circus. ” It’s a great fight. “Most give Eubank a little advantage because of greatness. Others who know that Conor think better that they stop him. This is a brilliant fight.”

You would not expect that Hearn will admit that the fight of Eubank Jr. vs. Benn is a fight at the circus level, but it is. Eubank Jr. He is 35 years elderly and has never won the title of the world. His best win in his career is with 36-year-old Liam Smith after he was eliminated by him in the first fight in 2023.

“You are not talking about two British Great. You catch their sons from the couch and put them in the fight for mismatch,” said Hearn. “These are two world -class fighters in their divisions. I just think stylistically, it’s a brilliant, intriguing duel. I think it will deliver it and this is a difference. This is not a fight in which they will enter and feel.

“I have never seen Conor the train this way. It is in the most amazing form. One thing in fighters is that if you get in the best possible condition, that’s all you can do,” said Hearn.

Last updated 04/03/2025

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