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That's gonna leave a mark!

This was back in the day when referees allowed the fighters to express their "inner artist".

The worst facial injury i've seen in a ring is either Eubank-Thompson that was bad or Lewis-Klitschko i cant get photos of them up but there bad cuts

alexpaterson wrote:The worst facial injury i've seen in a ring is either Eubank-Thompson that was bad or Lewis-Klitschko i cant get photos of them up but there bad cuts

Larry Holmes in worse straights against Carl Williams was allowed to make the distance because of the money to be made as he approached Rocky's "record."

Not boxing, but still.....

hhaehre wrote:

There definetly the worst type of cut when the eye swells up and then it bursts their's nothing a corner team can do about them

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote: Larry Holmes in worse straights against Carl Williams was allowed to make the distance because of the money to be made as he approached Rocky's "record."

Yeah, all big fights are fixed aren't they?

We must be really really stupid to watch them and then waste our time commenting on them in here.

The only real fights take place in secret up in Canada...

forget about it! All you gotta do is check with the guys on the east coast BEFORE the fight begins.

The top shot shows Dave Green and Jean-Baptiste Piedvache ater their war for the European light-welterweight title in London in the 1970s. Piedache was tough and talented and put up an excellent showing, but Green was a strong, strong light-welter and Piedvache's eye didn't shut by itself.