Eddie could be brilliant & dominant,  mediocre, or completely indiffrent.  It's a shame he didn’t train properly and always give his best.  I don't think he could've gone undefeated because this was a golden age in the LH division, but he certainly could've been much better than what he was.  If half the things reported on Scott's behavior in prison are true, he didn't help his situation and deserved to stay in prison.

A true classic...Thanks for posting!

I was just telling my dad about this fight and how I'd never seen it when I remembered it was on HBO and there should be footage, glad I looked it up and found your channel man!

It's very hard to reconcile this fight with Eddie's performances against Marvin Johnson and Jerry Martin, who would later defeat Scott knocking him down twice.  Gregory destroyed Johnson with a vicious body attack and sent Martin into La La Land in their fight.  Here, he was strangely indifferent.  He was often very ordinary in fights he thought he would win easily.  He was a fast, huge puncher with lots of snap in his punches.  He wasted what should have been a dominant career.

James Scott uncrowned champion

I saw this fight live.

Great body attack by James Scott. Never saw Gregory look this bad . Not throwing many punches. At least against Spinks he put up a good fight. Bur not here

Scott's best fight.  I never saw Eddie get beaten so badly; not even by Michael Spinks.  Hypothetical of course, but Galindez was pretty washed up after getting the title back from Rossman.  Had James Scott been allowed to fight Galindez instead of Marvin Johnson, he would have been favored to take the title.

It should be a movie! Watch the documentary of James Scott. If "Rocky" was inspired by real life or imagination, then this man's life that is a real world story should be made into a movie as it has all the ingredients of an enigmatic life and massive lifetime lessons plus political controversy! Many might think they know something about boxing, and you see and hear about thus guy Scott who eventually lapsed into obscurity. Likewise respect and thanks is due for this channel for posting this video. It s social historical economic cultural and political moral implications go way beyond boxing sport.

@34:18 they give Eddie a swig of MD 20/20

76 views, OMG. What a shame.

I thought Eddie Gregory seemed intimidated by James Scott
Never seened that before in any of his fights

Eddie fought a bad fight before losing the light heavyweight title to Mike Spinks. A 10 full fight loss to zRenaldo Snipesm Eddie came in at 201 pounds was out of shape. Snipes  did little himself. But Eddie hardly threw any punches in losing that dreadfully bout in 1981

How did scott get away with this     A murder sentenced to life  ????

One of the most interesting fights in boxing history. There should be more prison fights. If the prisoner wins, pardon him and let him out of jail with a clean record, and immediately parole 100 prisoners from that prison via a lottery in celebration! Scott was the man, and exceptional boxer!