Did Joe Gans take a dive vs mcgovern?

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 01 Feb 2006, 13:43

In your Opinion did he? i hear some people say yes some say no

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 01 Feb 2006, 13:52

No. He was caught with a damaging punch and couldn't regain his bearings. Similar to Patterson-Johansson, the first one. Happens to the best of them.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 01 Feb 2006, 14:57

barry, whats ur opinion on this

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 01 Feb 2006, 15:09

The thing is ,the authorities in Chicago sure thought he did cuz it killed Boxing in Illinois for 26 years.

RowanSmith · Post by **RowanSmith** » 01 Feb 2006, 15:15

Gans took a dive. No doubt about it in my mind.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 01 Feb 2006, 15:26

RowanSmith wrote:Gans took a dive. No doubt about it in my mind.

thanx kevin, can u share with us some of the evidence that brought u to this conclusion?

because people will say "I saw the film and he hit gans with a legit punch which buckled gans knees and then mcgovern finished him"

it seems a lot of people think from the film, that it was a legite KO

klompton · Post by **klompton** » 01 Feb 2006, 16:21

The unedited version of the film clearly shows Gans going down from a punch in the first round that loops around the back of his head and misses completely. It was a fake. No doubt about it in my mind.

RowanSmith · Post by **RowanSmith** » 02 Feb 2006, 12:50

BB---Go to eastside where in the topic of Joe Gans--that you may have started I have been posting my thoughts and some articles on the fight.

Klompton--how are you? How is the book coming?