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Yet more trivia
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 11:26
by dondada
In 1954, Sir Roger Bannister won a major British sports writers award (it was the year he broke the four-minute mile). Awards limited to British sportsmen.
Which boxer came runner-up?
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 11:30
by knockout
randy turpin????
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 11:40
by dondada
It's good. But it's not right.
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 12:00
by bennie
Don Cockell?
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 12:51
by KOJOE90
Jack Gardner?
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 13:08
by dondada
bennie wrote:Don Cockell?
Yes, the Don. Well done.
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 13:39
by bennie
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:bennie wrote:Don Cockell?
Yes, the Don. Well done.
More of a sympathy award for getting fouled incessantly by the Rock.
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 17:24
by dondada
Untrue. It was the year before he fought Marciano. His win over LaStarza was huge at the time:
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=012221
Posted: 23 Jul 2004, 05:28
by knockout
I seem to recall LaStraza drawing with Marciano or somthing like that..... so the ref was asked his opinion and he gave it to the Rock
Posted: 23 Jul 2004, 05:39
by MightyWarrior
Speaking of heavyweights, check out this excellent link:
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-907/sports/chuvalo/
Posted: 23 Jul 2004, 06:10
by galway jack
I hadn't heard that before , about Cockell being runner up to Bannister .
Its incredible when you think of it with the magnitude of Bannister's achievement .
Even by British standards Don was hardly a legendary fighter . Says something about how popular boxing was back then .
Posted: 23 Jul 2004, 06:46
by bennie
galway jack wrote:I hadn't heard that before , about Cockell being runner up to Bannister .
Its incredible when you think of it with the magnitude of Bannister's achievement .
Even by British standards Don was hardly a legendary fighter . Says something about how popular boxing was back then .
When Bannister broke the four minute mile, Parliament was interrupted. It's the only time a sporting achievement has halted proceedings in Parliament.
Posted: 23 Jul 2004, 09:31
by KOJOE90
knockout wrote:
I seem to recall LaStraza drawing with Marciano or somthing like that..... so the ref was asked his opinion and he gave it to the Rock
I dont know about that but I do know that the first Marciano - LaStraza fight was VERY contraversial, many people claim Rocky got the edge because of who his manager was, Al Weill.