Fantasy Radio Heavyweight Boxing Tournament
This fantasy tournament in full is available for all followers of this page to listen to here via the Classic Boxing Society YouTube channel...
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj7mLeOOtohnkuPSTX9BLCVa5BFJ01AgE
(very highly recommended, regardless of views on fantasy boxing matchups....the production of this is outstanding)
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In 1967, the radio producer Murray Woroner had the idea of determining the all-time great heavyweight champion of the world in a series of fantasy fights between boxing champions of different eras. Woroner sent out a survey to 250 boxing experts and writers to help determine which boxers would be used in the imaginary fights. Woroner picked the first round of fantasy matches to be:
Jack Dempsey vs. Gentleman Jim Corbett
John L. Sullivan vs. Jim Braddock
Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Jack Sharkey
Jim Jeffries vs. Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Louis vs. Jess Willard
Max Baer vs. Jack Johnson
Rocky Marciano vs. Gene Tunney
Muhammad Ali vs. Max Schmeling
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