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.
Ray Campbell and Dick Hyland. Think it was before humane rules and norms to limit this kind of thing came about.
Damn… guess the rules were you had to KO or the bout just kept going? I can’t imagine what the last 6.75 hours of that looked like.
Throwing in the towel might have been an option, but as I understand it, the boxers were fighting for prize money, and the loser would get nothing. Hell of an incentive to stay in.
Ah yeah that would explain it better. Still, talk about determination…
Much respect for them to have the stamina for the 7 hours of boxing. I guess after this they decided to time the match?
7 hours? Most guys are gassed after 25 minutes!
these guys were hopped up on maple syrup
A nice large farva between rounds
