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On this page: https://www.whippfamily.co.uk/Life%2...r%20Palmer.htm accessed at the time of creating this post, we find the following quote:
The problem with this is Pedlar Palmer didn't fight Jim Williams on 27th of June, 1902. Pedlar Palmer fought Jim Williams twice in 1902.
27th of January, 1902 - which he lost.
23rd of October, 1902 - which he won.
It can only be the fight on 27th of January which fits the description of the fixed fight. The date is right but it's the wrong month. I can see how someone would mistake Jan for June.
Here's a report of the fight from The Sportsman - Tuesday 28 January 1902:
Was it a fix?
I'd love to find another source for Pedlar Palmer's confession about a fixed fight...
'Pedlar' admitted in later life later that he took a bribe to lose the fight with Jim Williams for the English title on the 27th June 1902.
27th of January, 1902 - which he lost.
23rd of October, 1902 - which he won.
It can only be the fight on 27th of January which fits the description of the fixed fight. The date is right but it's the wrong month. I can see how someone would mistake Jan for June.
Here's a report of the fight from The Sportsman - Tuesday 28 January 1902:
Was it a fix?
I'd love to find another source for Pedlar Palmer's confession about a fixed fight...
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