I read a book called "Amazing But True Sports Stories" it was written by Phyllis and Zander Hoolander in 1986
It had 2 fights listed in it (a DQ for biteing and the other a comeback fight to revenge a loss after 20 years) the biteing one was added to boxrec after I posted it here (George Burton vs. Rick Dawson)
The other was
Thomas/Wallace III "Charlotte's greatest fight"
Waban (Tugboat) Thomas id=028227 vs. Neil Wallace id=056874
December 14, 1977 Charlotte, NC (there was a card at this date and city)
Neil Wallace wins by TKO in the 8th round
It does say that Wallce had'nt had a fight since the last time they fought in 1957, but it also says that Thomas had'nt fought sence 1971 so I don't know
I looked up 75% of their baseball and football stories and all were true no reason for one of their boxing stories to be made up and the other to be true
I would realy like a thumb up or down on this if you could rather than a no reply
Thanks for your time and sorry for the long post
Possable missing fight
yes, that fight happened -- it was reported in Hank Kaplan's newspaper (Hank Kaplan's Boxing World Sep. 1978, p. 11)shortly after it happened but I didn't have the exact date and so had not enetered it.
The longest time between rematches:
22 Years, 5 months: Larry Holmes vs. Mike Weaver -- -- Holmes repeats kayo of Weaver
20 Years, 1 month -- Waban “Tugboat” Thomas vs. Neil Wallace:
Also of interest --
Layoffs of 10 years or more
(Former Champions in bold)
Fighter Layoff Comments
Herbert Doc Odum 22 yrs. 11 mos. Dentist comes back at age 46 in 1979 after 1 bout in 1956
Freddy DeKerpel 21 yrs. 3 mos. Belgian heavy returns in draw against Coopman
Levi Forte 20 yrs., 10 mos. Former Floyd Patterson foe returns in 4-round loss -- unconfirmed?
Neil Wallace 20 yrs, 1 mo. Back for third with Waban Thomas
Jerry Evans 20 LH Contender – to be checked
Jean-Pierre Coopman 18 yrs. Former Ali opponent returns against DeKerpel
Bobby Halpern 18 yrs. Clubfighter returned after prison stretch
Carlos Palomino 17 yrs. 6 mos. Former welter champ went 4-1
rest of list deleted
The longest time between rematches:
22 Years, 5 months: Larry Holmes vs. Mike Weaver -- -- Holmes repeats kayo of Weaver
20 Years, 1 month -- Waban “Tugboat” Thomas vs. Neil Wallace:
Also of interest --
Layoffs of 10 years or more
(Former Champions in bold)
Fighter Layoff Comments
Herbert Doc Odum 22 yrs. 11 mos. Dentist comes back at age 46 in 1979 after 1 bout in 1956
Freddy DeKerpel 21 yrs. 3 mos. Belgian heavy returns in draw against Coopman
Levi Forte 20 yrs., 10 mos. Former Floyd Patterson foe returns in 4-round loss -- unconfirmed?
Neil Wallace 20 yrs, 1 mo. Back for third with Waban Thomas
Jerry Evans 20 LH Contender – to be checked
Jean-Pierre Coopman 18 yrs. Former Ali opponent returns against DeKerpel
Bobby Halpern 18 yrs. Clubfighter returned after prison stretch
Carlos Palomino 17 yrs. 6 mos. Former welter champ went 4-1
rest of list deleted