Ewart Potgieter did not kill bruce olsen. bruce olsen never

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 09 Oct 2006, 11:24

boxrec has bruce olsen dieing after his 1957 bout with giant ewart potgieter

but take a look

Zanesville Signal, The
Monday, March 04, 1957

Doctors said a 2 hour operation saved the life of Bruce the 6 foot 4-inch fighter who suffered a brain hemmorrhage in his bout with Ewart Potgieter. Olson was knocked out in the sixth round of a scheduled 10- round bout Saturday night. Helped to his feet after the he took a few wild sank onto his stool in the corner and collapsed, At a hospital seven tiny holes were drilled in his skull before a blood clot was removed said Dr. Clinton McGilK Oregon Boxing Commission who assisted a team of neurosurgeons in the McGill said it would be several days before they could tell whether recovery would be complete

Salisbury Times, The
Monday, March 04, 1957

"A 266- pound heavyweight who narrowly missed death in a tight a 335-pound South African was reported recovering in a hospital today. Doctors said a 24-hour operation saved the life of Bruce Olson, the 6-loot, 4-inch, Kent, Wash., fighter who suffered a brain hernmorrhage in his bout with 7-foot, 2-inch Ewart Potgieter Olson was knocked out in the sixth round of a scheduled 10- round bout Saturday night. Helped to his feet after the count, he took a few wild sank onto his stool in the corner and collapsed."

Nevada State Journal
Saturday, March 30, 1957

"Athletic Commissioner Douglas O. Hayden said today that a fight scheduled this Saturday in Salem, Ore., between 335-pound Ewart Potgieter and Frankie Buford looked to him like a "mismatch." "It appears to me that putting a giant like Potgieter against a 210-pounder like Buford, who has no victories listed since 1953, is not only as a mismatch but is bad Hayden said. "I don't think it is the kind of fight that the public would like. These darn mismatches are bad for boxing" Hayden added. "Something has to be done about them or somebody will be killed. In fact, didn't Bruce Olson suffer a brain injury when Potgieter knocked him out earlier this Potgieter, a South African whose West Coast bookings are handled by Sid Flaherty, knocked out the 266-pound Olson at Salem on March 2. The fighter was taken to the hospital where he remained three weeks after suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage."

boxrec lists olsen as dieing on march 2 1957 yet these newspaper reports claim by march 4 olsen was still alive! even a march 30 newspaper article states olsen only suffered brain damage but was still alive!

whats boxrec editors thoughts??

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 09 Oct 2006, 13:24

Anyone know when or if Ewart Potgieter passed away?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 10 Oct 2006, 01:25

...i read somewhere that potgeiter died and it took 24 pall bearers to carry the casket.....but i think that might have been a hoax.

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 10 Oct 2006, 06:35

Jaclem wrote:...i read somewhere that potgeiter died and it took 24 pall bearers to carry the casket.....but i think that might have been a hoax.

Might have actually happened but not all 24 carried it at once. Some "popular" people have a crew of pall bearrers and work they in shifts.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 10 Oct 2006, 13:58

..uh..sockdoll....thanks for the information....