His catching shots with his forehead was unreal. Do you know much more about him. I just know he was commited at the end of his life from dementia but not much more about the guy. What do you know?
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Wolgast was a scrappy, durable, determined "brawler deluxe" with great stamina and a stiff punch; He could hand out the punishment and take it too; Despite his give-and-take style, he lost only one official decision in his first 89 contests; Ad is most famous for his 1910 Lightweight Championship bout against Oscar "Battling" Nelson when he won the title - and accomplished the impossible - by outlasting Nelson
Late in his career and afterwards, Wolgast was taken ill and experienced a loss of memory; He was cared for by Jack Doyle (of Los Angeles, California) and eventually sent to a sanitarium
Found this on Ad, he was much better than I thought. Read how Battling Nelson said he was the dirtiest fighter he ever fought. Coming from Nelson those are strong words.
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