Lee Groves

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Lee Groves

Lee Groves

@LeeGrovesBoxing

CompuBox researcher/punch counter, "In This Corner: The Podcast" Executive Producer, IBHOF voter, historian, author, 2022 BWAA Good Guy Award winner

Friendly, West Virginia Katılım Mayıs 2021
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Lee Groves
Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
And how do I know the exact date? Because I knew that on that same night, Julio Cesar Chavez was fighting Sammy Fuentes on HBO and I had the VCR set to tape the show because I wanted to watch it. All you boxing heads out there can relate, right?
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Track and Field. My arcade had one that let you continue playing until you ran out of "extras," and on November 18, 1989, I played eight hours on one quarter. Could've played longer, but the arcade was about to close and it took at least 30 minutes to "suicide" all my extra guys.

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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
A brief check of the "internets" informed me that spring will officially begin today at 10:46 a.m. EDT. As a confirmed hater of winter, I say "thank God."
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
When I saw @EricRaskin's story, I immediately recalled @SmittyBoxing and I had Sumya on our podcast. In this clip, she tells us about how her trainer inspired her to box, and the rest is history. Smitty strongly believes that she belongs in the @boxhall, and she is on the ballot:
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On the 30th anniversary of Christy Martin-Deirdre Gogarty, I catch up with Sumya Anani and tell her story. It'll make sense when you read it: boxingscene.com/articles/from-…

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Lee Groves
Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
The bout that got me started. What hooked me was that at the top of the ABC broadcast, it was said that DeJesus was the only man to have beaten Duran to this point and that Duran had been floored with a hook in round one. Then it happened again, with the title on the line. Drama.
ᴋᴀʏᴏ ✘@KOJournals

52 years ago, Roberto Durán defeated Esteban de Jesús by KO in round 11 of 15 to retain the WBA, Ring & lineal lightweight titles. Both fighters knocked down.

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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
The final segment of this past week's "ITC" included a discussion of Burns and Johnson, and in this clip, I discuss "The Galveston Giant's" penchant for chronic clinching and how it frustrated his opponents. In fact, Fireman Jim Flynn was so infuriated that he was disqualified:
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Douglass Fischer
Douglass Fischer@dougiefischer·
Cleaning out my garage today I found this old VHS tape of Carlos Monzon’s legendary championship run (with a bonus fight — Arguello vs. Chacon!). I’m pretty sure ⁦@LeeGrovesBoxing⁩ made this for me during the “Dark Ages” before YouTube😆
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Lee Groves
Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
Here is the link to this week's "ITC" that features film collector Carl Weingarten, whose viral video challenges (and largely debunks) crucial parts of the narrative that had surrounded the Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns fight. youtube.com/watch?v=_leG8U…
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
Harry Greb fight footage is the Holy Grail for collectors, and in this clip from this week's "ITC," Carl Weingarten tells @SmittyBoxing and me that the person who discovers verified footage would be a hero who could write his own ticket. Thus, hoarding it would make no sense:
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
On this week's "ITC," Filmmaker (and myth-buster) Carl Weingarten tells @SmittyBoxing and me that Ketchel didn't try to double-cross Jack Johnson to win the title as had been believed, but rather the knockdown was staged for the cameras to enhance the film's potential revenue:
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
@dougiefischer Actually, I did not make that tape. The proof: You can read the writing. :-)
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
@FredGarvinReal @SmittyBoxing The Mayweather in-ring segment was his best IMHO, but he's done 64 more over the years with the likes of Tyson, Holyfield, Hopkins, Pacquiao, Ward and McCallum. I liked the Nonito Donaire segment as well. They respected @SmittyBoxing enough to detail how they did what they did.
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Fred Garvin
Fred Garvin@FredGarvinReal·
I already told you goofs, go watch @SmittyBoxing interview from decades ago. Floyd explains how he disrupts timing, how he changes stride, how he works defense. It’s the best examination of boxer ever done. “Wait, Floyd might lose that 0 against a fantasy fighter!”
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
The most compelling part of Carl Weingarten's "myth-busting" video on Johnson-Burns was when he showed what happened after the Jacobs footage was cut off. Here, he tells @SmittyBoxing and me how he reacted when he first saw the resumption of the fight. The show is premiering now.
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
This week's "ITC" will premiere in less than 10 minutes here (@inthiscorner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@inthiscorner) and our guest this week is filmmaker Carl Weingarten, whose viral YouTube video debunks the long-held narrative surrounding Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns. It was an illuminating conversation:
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Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
At the post office, I told my postmistress boxing stories that engaged and interested her. The point: People love stories and boxing has tons of them. For boxing to regain the mainstream, it needs the will to make great fights, tell great stories and be on great platforms.
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Lee Groves
Lee Groves@LeeGrovesBoxing·
The fact that a 49-year-old Mayweather and a 47-year-old Pacquiao still have the mainstream relevancy to secure a Netflix date shows how bad a job boxing has done to promote and elevate current stars. Usyk, Inoue, Bam, Shakur, etc. should be front-burner names, but they aren't.
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