@cyborganism they didn’t. Sorry to be that guy but there’s a lot of misinformation online about this photo and @PugJesus seems to have inadvertently picked up the 7 hours figure from a hoax.
In reality this was a 15 round match from the early 20th century (boxing used to be 15 not 12).
It’s sometimes falsely captioned as the famous 7 hour match from the 19th century that went over 100 rounds and 7 hours.
In this case the names are right but the description of the time is wrong.
Got any more info on this? I’d like to know who the boxers are and why they allowed the fight to go for so long.
@cyborganism they didn’t. Sorry to be that guy but there’s a lot of misinformation online about this photo and @PugJesus seems to have inadvertently picked up the 7 hours figure from a hoax.
In reality this was a 15 round match from the early 20th century (boxing used to be 15 not 12).
It’s sometimes falsely captioned as the famous 7 hour match from the 19th century that went over 100 rounds and 7 hours.
In this case the names are right but the description of the time is wrong.
Edited the title.
Cool. Sorry about the nitpick. I love your content.
No worries. I’d sooner be corrected than spread misinformation.
Yeah I saw that with a quick search of their names. Oh well.
Ray Campbell and Dick Hyland. Think it was before humane rules and norms to limit this kind of thing came about.