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Remember watching a fight in the early 80's , boxer had a cut and i think it was cement or something being used ,, memorys a bit fickle on that one , maybee someone else remembers , not sure fighter may have been Saad Muhamid v John Conteh

coneye wrote: ↑18 Jan 2024, 01:52 Remember watching a fight in the early 80's , boxer had a cut and i think it was cement or something being used ,, memorys a bit fickle on that one , maybee someone else remembers , not sure fighter may have been Saad Muhamid v John Conteh

Yes, Conteh's first encounter with Matthew Saad Muhammad in Atlantic City in 1979. Saad's cutsman (Adolph Ritacco) used a highly dangerous compound to seal the wound over his man's left eye, prompting George Francis to storm over and complain. Ritacco was banned for life.

sounds like it may have been "Monsels Solution"
BTW it had been banned by boxing in 1955,
but Freddie Brown snuck some in the corner, when Marciano's nose was split in two lengthwise by Ezzard Charles
in their fight.

Freddie Brown was one of the best cutmen in the business.

Freddie Brown (b 1907)mentor was Ray Arcel (b 1899)
whose mentor was Frank "Doc" Bagley (b.c 1884)
who in his time was the best cut man ever, and usually was found in the corners
of fighters who bled easily.
very early on Bagley use to chew a wad of chewing tobacco
take it out of his mouth and use it to press against a cut to coagulate the blood.
He was also the first corner man to have any medical training and was the first to introduce
Adrenaline chloride in trying to stop cuts in the corner.

during round 3, Marvelous Marvin Hagler was butted and cut over the right eye.
His trainer Goody Petronelli, said it was 'the worst cut that he had ever had to work on".
-1978-

Mickey the trainer to Rocky Balboa (1976)
"See that man over there ?....that's Al Silvani, the best cut-man in the buisness"

(already cut over the left eye, Benvenuti was deeply cut over the bridge of the nose at the end of round six, and required 22 stiches afterwards.)

Mick Williamson, now Kerry Kayes. Kayes has £30m but just loves being involved in boxing.

Ralph “close the cut” Citro

Bill Prezant was Chuck Wepner's cut-man
I think Wepner needed about 75 stitches or more after the Liston fight in 1970.
(Bill Prezant would later train Roberto Duran)

Eddie Thomas was Ken Buchanan's cut-man.

I came across this in the book BLOOD IN MY COFFEE by Ferdie Pecheco (2005)
the Fight Doctor
(1927-2017), he received his MD from the University of Miami in 1958 and interred at Mount Sinai Hospital)
p. 55

"Some corners have cut-men, who have their 'stuff" (italized)
with them to stop a cut, but strict regulations, have limited the stuff to adrenaline.
Totally outlawed is the old "dynamite" (italized), a corrosive solution of ferrous sulfate,
which would char the tissue and stop bleeding. It was highly dangerous to the eye and could blind a boxer.
When the fight finished, the 'cut-man" (italized) had to cut out all the burned tissue or else, it would stay in
place as a big lump of scar tissue,
which would reopen all the time.
Thank goodness that evil is gone".

Local guy the late great Laurie Meyer. Probably no one here heard of him. Worked my corner. He would often work the corner of out of town fighters who would fight in Chicago. Did a great job. Unsung fella. I miss him, and lots of others who have passed on…

Caractacus wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 17:28

But where was the "Monsell Solution" when you really need it ?

Doc Kearn's use to handle the cuts with his fighters as the chief second.

Matt Baranski had been Mike Tysons cutman .

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