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Just watched a clip of a few dives taken in boxing. Tyson v Seldon was one but there was a big Japanese heavyweight fighting another boxer with sir name of Tate. The commentators said Tate had a glass shoulder.

Anyway, what other blatent dives do you remember?

Malik Scott

Ali/Liston 2 is a certain dive IMO, looks clear as day to me, from the shot to the way he rolled about the canvas

that fight with the synthol/body implant mexican politican

asdfjkl wrote:Malik Scott

Vs Chisora and wilder I think

jamamb wrote:that fight with the synthol/body implant mexican politican

Actually he was in this clip too. What a shambles that was. He has breast implants and arm/shoulder implants too.

Bruce seldon. He either took a dive or was just terrified of tyson! Apologies that was on the original!

Burns v that guy with the bad back looked fishy. Hamed v lawal. Rigo v his last opponent

ThereByTheGrace wrote:Bruce seldon. He either took a dive or was just terrified of tyson!

I just re watched it and seldon was terrified looking to fall over without getting to hurt ,a dive 100% but more from fear than he was told to

Herbie Hide took a dive against Vitali Klitschko

If you watch the fight no punch landed

handsofstone wrote:Ali/Liston 2 is a certain dive IMO, looks clear as day to me, from the shot to the way he rolled about the canvas

It's the rolling about the canvas that settles it for me. The shot is decent, and I could see it producing a flash knockdown perhaps, but the way Liston gets in position to stand with the count at about 7 or 8, and then just kinda flops back over on his side makes it obvious.

As much as Boxing fans love him there's a short clip of Emanuel Augustus taking a dive against a guy in Denmark. Just the KO is on Youtube, and it's very obvious.

Jake Lamotta threw the fight against Billy Fox back in the day, they touch on that in the movie Raging Bull.

Ike Williams worked with Blinky Palermo a known mob guy.


This stuff wasn't uncommon back in the day when organized crime had their hand in the sport more. It's a lot less visible now.

Oh...that horrendous fight with the guy named Jorge Kahwagi or whatever with the fake muscles...that's obviously a dive. Even the commentators are saying "Jorge Kahwagi is a fraud" FFS

Espada wrote:Herbie Hide took a dive against Vitali Klitschko

If you watch the fight no punch landed

Hahahhahaha I asssume this one is a joke.... otherwise Hide is the best actor to have ever pretended to be kod in history.

Gomez against McDonagh was pretty blatant!

Dirrell v AA? Bit of a controversial one but looked well suspect at the time.

Stuarty30 wrote:Gomez against McDonagh was pretty blatant!

Ricky Burns V Nicky Cook

Londonirish wrote:

Stuarty30 wrote:Gomez against McDonagh was pretty blatant!

Ricky Burns V Nicky Cook

I thought Cook looked genuinely hurt in that one bro? Was a pain in the arse though! Burns entrance was absolute top notch though! Hardcore Feelings

Foreman vs ali,foreman looked up at the corner clear eyes all the way through the count then decided to make a move for it at 9.

mimmy123 wrote:Just watched a clip of a few dives taken in boxing. Tyson v Seldon was one but there was a big Japanese heavyweight fighting another boxer with sir name of Tate. The commentators said Tate had a glass shoulder.

Anyway, what other blatent dives do you remember?

Whenever I watched the ESPN broadcasts of Tyson's early fights there's always one that stands out and the way he dives and throws himself from the punch it just looks so fake. Perhaps it wasn't, but I wouldn't blame him if he did throw it, the kid was a killer back then.

thechump wrote:Foreman vs ali,foreman looked up at the corner clear eyes all the way through the count then decided to make a move for it at 9.

He was more exhausted than hurt I always thought.

Did Oscar check out vs Hopkins? It’s not a dive as a punch landed, but you get my point

That terrible guy, not de Mori the other one, that Haye fought in his comeback. Went down to a jab. Woeful

Ossyrules wrote:Did Oscar check out vs Hopkins? It’s not a dive as a punch landed, but you get my point

That terrible guy, not de Mori the other one, that Haye fought in his comeback. Went down to a jab. Woeful

I thought oscar threw it in against hopkins.

boxingknockout wrote:

Espada wrote:Herbie Hide took a dive against Vitali Klitschko

If you watch the fight no punch landed

Hahahhahaha I asssume this one is a joke.... otherwise Hide is the best actor to have ever pretended to be kod in history.

Look at the reply of the ending punh that Hide went down from and rolling about about about 15:38 in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0UEuWza3o

seemed like a glancing left landed?

Clifford Ettienne against Tyson.....Took a big punch and got put down, clearly thought f*ck that, took his gumshield out and pretended to be out of it.

lurkyshaka wrote:Clifford Ettienne against Tyson.....Took a big punch and got put down, clearly thought f*ck that, took his gumshield out and pretended to be out of it.