WOOOW Ray Robinson fought 14 TIMES in 12 MONTHS???

[Peek-A-Boo]

in 1942 he fouth 14 fights??

wow that is unherd of nowdays 2 fights a year max eh?????

[TheGreatA]

He fought 19 times in 1950.

[Kevin Jesus]

There's fighters who are just starting who fight about 5 tomato cans a year nowadays. Paul Williams fought 4 times in 10 months(Quintana[June 08] Kolie[Sept 08] Phillips[November 08] Wright[March 09]...which is rare nowadays.

[tjadl6386]

That was normal back in the day. Some even fought once in a week.

[MARKBNLV]

Boxing was a lot bigger in those days more fans more demand.

[BattlingNelson]

I posted this a while back:

A quick glance at Battling Nelsons record shows me that he in the 4. quarter of 1911 fought:

Oct.3 1911, 12 rounds
8 days later, 10 rounds
6 days later, 12 rounds
2 days later, 6 rounds
6 days later, 15 rounds
12 days later, 10 rounds
4 days later, 9 rounds
15 days later, 10 rounds
5 days later, 6 rounds
4 days later, 10 rounds
11 days later, 10 rounds
3 days later, 10 rounds
4 days later, 10 rounds
and on new years eve (just to round of the year...) 20 rounds.

That's 150 professional rounds in one quarter year!

[Southpaw16BF]

Harry Greb fought 45 times in 1919 and won every fight. Thats the record for most recorded fights in a year.

[TRAVI$]

Harry Greb fought 45 times in 1919 and won every fight. Thats the record for most recorded fights in a year.

Unreal.......

[fallenloki]

I posted this a while back:

A quick glance at Battling Nelsons record shows me that he in the 4. quarter of 1911 fought:

Oct.3 1911, 12 rounds
8 days later, 10 rounds
6 days later, 12 rounds
2 days later, 6 rounds
6 days later, 15 rounds
12 days later, 10 rounds
4 days later, 9 rounds
15 days later, 10 rounds
5 days later, 6 rounds
4 days later, 10 rounds
11 days later, 10 rounds
3 days later, 10 rounds
4 days later, 10 rounds
and on new years eve (just to round of the year...) 20 rounds.

That's 150 professional rounds in one quarter year!

That's absolutely devastating!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he end up going insane later in his life from the damage he sustained in the ring?

[BattlingNelson]

That's absolutely devastating!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he end up going insane later in his life from the damage he sustained in the ring?

He did indeed. Not only his mind but his appearance was completely busted from the punishment he took and the head-on style he had.

The left ear was almost completely gone and the right was cauliflowered beyond reckognition. He had several plastic ops with tin to repair them with only limited succes. The doc also inserted steel clamps in his nose to keep it from collapsing and enabling him to breathe.