beneath_the_bridge t1_itnavhv wrote
His DQ loss is interesting.
"Erskine went to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to fight George Chuvalo, who was hoping to show that he had the talent to fight for the world title against Floyd Patterson. Unfortunately for Chuvalo the fight, on 2 October 1961, was stopped in the fifth round and Chuvalo was disqualified for persistent head butting. Erskine claimed that he was butted eight times during the five rounds, while Chuvalo claimed he was retaliating for getting thumbed in the eye by Joe."
Odolinsky t1_itnctss wrote
Thumbed in the eye with big ol gloves on? Does that happen a lot in boxing? I know it does in mma but the gloves are so big in boxing seems like that would be tough to do.
beneath_the_bridge t1_itne8zj wrote
I think it was more common back then as the gloves were different, somewhere between what boxing gloves are and mma gloves are.
Odolinsky t1_itnf60z wrote
Oh yea you're right I looked at gloves from that era and some of them def look like you could thumb an eye if you tried.
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