Thread: Boxer's Nose

Is getting your nose broken an occupational hazard of boxing?

I do know that it put me off taking up boxing as a hobby for this reason.

It also led to the defeat of Israel Vasquez in his first fight with Marquez. I think it also led to the death of Harry Grebb, who was trying to fix his nose. I also think Hector Camacho never broke his nose in his career but do not know if that is true.

Any other interesting facts about noses and boxing?

I think a busted nose is almost an inevitability if you're a pro.

Tiger Flowers died the same way Greb did.

What did Joe frazier say? "Boxing is the only sport where you get your brain shook, your money took and wind up in the undertakers book.? (something like that)

Just hearing it go 'snap'

Arce had to have his fixed recently.

...This is why you duck, slip, block, or parry punches.

I luckily never got caught flush on the nose....I still bled like stuck pig, but eventually that wore off. I don't reckon I boxed long enough or often to get a broken nose.

I used to work with and be friends with an ex-pug who had about 50 professional fights mostly at middleweight, including one with Sugar Ray Robinson. His nose had been broken so many times during fights that it was almost flat on his face, there was little bone or cartilage left. Super guy, I ask him one time what Robinson was like, and he had a one word reply: "Baaaaad!"

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I used to work with and be friends with an ex-pug who had about 50 professional fights mostly at middleweight, including one with Sugar Ray Robinson. His nose had been broken so many times during fights that it was almost flat on his face, there was little bone or cartilage left. Super guy, I ask him one time what Robinson was like, and he had a one word reply: "Baaaaad!"

Who was it?

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I used to work with and be friends with an ex-pug who had about 50 professional fights mostly at middleweight, including one with Sugar Ray Robinson. His nose had been broken so many times during fights that it was almost flat on his face, there was little bone or cartilage left. Super guy, I ask him one time what Robinson was like, and he had a one word reply: "Baaaaad!"

Who was it?

His first name was Ray, but I don't even recall his last name now. If I did, even though his name wasn't all that recognizable in the boxing world, we could still look it up in BoxRec.

This was back in the early 70's in Tampa, Florida were I lived for a few years after getting out of the military. (U.S. Air Force) Ray and I both drove trucks for the same company, and sometimes after work we'd visit the local watering holes in Tampa and look for some women to pickup. hehehe.

What made me think about him, was the nose, if you put a finger on it, it went almost completely flat.

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I used to work with and be friends with an ex-pug who had about 50 professional fights mostly at middleweight, including one with Sugar Ray Robinson. His nose had been broken so many times during fights that it was almost flat on his face, there was little bone or cartilage left. Super guy, I ask him one time what Robinson was like, and he had a one word reply: "Baaaaad!"

Who was it?

His first name was Ray, but I don't even recall his last name now. If I did, even though his name wasn't all that recognizable in the boxing world, we could still look it up in BoxRec.

This was back in the early 70's in Tampa, Florida were I lived for a few years after getting of the military. (U.S. Air Force) Ray and I both drove trucks for the same company, and sometimes after work we'd visit the local watering holes in Tampa and look for some women to pickup. hehehe.

What made me think about him, was the nose, if you put a finger on it, it went almost completely flat.

In 1950 a Ray Barnes dropped a 10-round decision to Robinson, one week () after Robinson TKO'd Cliff Beckett .

Ray Barnes - Boxer

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Originally Posted by CFH

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I used to work with and be friends with an ex-pug who had about 50 professional fights mostly at middleweight, including one with Sugar Ray Robinson. His nose had been broken so many times during fights that it was almost flat on his face, there was little bone or cartilage left. Super guy, I ask him one time what Robinson was like, and he had a one word reply: "Baaaaad!"

Who was it?

His first name was Ray, but I don't even recall his last name now. If I did, even though his name wasn't all that recognizable in the boxing world, we could still look it up in BoxRec.

This was back in the early 70's in Tampa, Florida were I lived for a few years after getting of the military. (U.S. Air Force) Ray and I both drove trucks for the same company, and sometimes after work we'd visit the local watering holes in Tampa and look for some women to pickup. hehehe.

What made me think about him, was the nose, if you put a finger on it, it went almost completely flat.

In 1950 a Ray Barnes dropped a 10-round decision to Robinson, one week () after Robinson TKO'd Cliff Beckett .

Ray Barnes - Boxer

Your basic journeyman. But he was in there with some awfully good names, Robinson, the Cocoa Kid and Tommy Yaroz (even though it was a faded Yaroz). Being able to say you went the distance with Ray Robinson is no small thing.

That's pretty cool to know of someone that went 10 rounds with SRR.

http://www.campussqueeze.com/image.a...e=marciano.jpg

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

http://www.campussqueeze.com/image.a...e=marciano.jpg

Al Berl: Rocky I'll give you one more round!

B-Hop looks like his nose was broken 150 times.

Rocky Marciano: Al, thanks, I'll make the best of it.