Fite Nite at Doyers Statium

By kiki

The original date for the fights at Dodgers Stadium was a week before the fights took place. A week before that ill-fated night, Connie and I were sitting ringside in a downpour of rain when in the 11th hour, a decision was made to postpone the fights. A week later, give or take a day, the fights were held, and we all know the outcome of that tragic night: Davey Moore lost his featherweight title to Sugar Ramos, but more importantly, he lost his life. 

Hank Weaver was killed in an auto accident on his way home from the fights; Hank was the ringside TV announcer for the Hollywood Legion Stadium fights in the early 1950s. He also had a short segment on TV before the fights, "Under The Pepper Trees With Hank Weaver," where he would interview fighters and fans as they entered the Stadium.

Would the outcome have been different for Moore and Weaver had the fights been held on the original date? We'll never know, will we?