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Hello gents, I was looking through my dvd collection of fighters and I was a little surprised at my choice of favorites.
I like Roy Jones fights over sugar ray. Sweet pea over duran. Armstrong over fulmer....tunney over dempsy and uh to make this list short it seems I skip the boxer over brawler every generation.
So it got me wondering who my favourite old old school fighter is and its always jack johnson.
I'd love to know about your favourites.
Jack Johnson is definitely a good choice.
I like to think of the differences between Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali. What's funny is Al Sharpton is on the Ali documentary about how Ali was robbed of his three years in his prime, but he isn't anywhere to be seen on the Louis documentary. Haha. What a useless piece of trash.
AMEN! Joe Louis willingly sacrificed his prime years to help the war effort and what thanks did he get? A POS like Sharpton not knowing anything about him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiac
When you say "Old Time" I think of the fighters like John L. Sullivan, Harry Greb, Battling Siki, Young Griffo, Kid Chocolate, Jim Jeffries, James J. Corbett, Stanley Ketchel, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, etc etc. Loads of great nicknames back then and loads of great tales like the Sullivan-Kilrain fight where it was scorching hot and the men went toe to toe The Great John L swigging whiskey between rounds.
I shook the hand that shook the hand that shook the hand......lol of john L Sullivan
Sullivan is the stuff legends are made of. He went 75 rounds with Kilraine when he could have easily finished him inside of ten. He did it to show everybody that he wasn't a short winded Nancy. Sullivan is a boss.Quote:
Originally Posted by El KabongAMEN! Joe Louis willingly sacrificed his prime years to help the war effort and what thanks did he get? A POS like Sharpton not knowing anything about him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiac
When you say "Old Time" I think of the fighters like John L. Sullivan, Harry Greb, Battling Siki, Young Griffo, Kid Chocolate, Jim Jeffries, James J. Corbett, Stanley Ketchel, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, etc etc. Loads of great nicknames back then and loads of great tales like the Sullivan-Kilrain fight where it was scorching hot and the men went toe to toe The Great John L swigging whiskey between rounds.
Love Joe Louis for old time fighter as you can watch his fights and his moves looks modern.
Jack Dempsey raw punching power is also brutal and amazing to watch.
Sugar Ray Robinson, he laid down the blue print for the modern day boxer,
the man was a genius.
Willie Pep is another favourite of mine though I was very dissapointed by his record padding. He fought very very good opposition then he went on fighting bums for...well to his credit he survived a plane crash and still kicked a lot of ass
The Great John L is my favorite, not only for his bluff and bravado in the ring, but his antics out of the ring. Can you imagine John L storming into a bar and scowling "I can lick any sonuvabitch in the house!" and waiting for a response that never came? Classic! (read up one one man who did push back on him - Quebec strongman Louis Cyr. Great story). Closely following John L is James Jeffries, cause I think he was the bravest man in the world to come out of his undefeated retirement, with no warm up fights, and face the best HW boxer in the world under the race relation conditions of those times. He had to know he would lose that fight, but took it anyway. And I'll argue with anyone that Jeffries in his prime could have beaten Johnson in his prime, 'cause I think he would have.
Billy Conn
I grew up reading Bios about Jack Dempsey. It's hard to say how good he really was, certainly one of the best of his era. It must have been something to have been Heavyweight Champion of the World during the Roaring 20's in America.
So Dempsey is easily, my favorite old time boxer.
In more modern times my favorite has become George Foreman, he was a great fighter, and he's an even better human being. I can't think of a better role model then "Big George" for young black men to emulate, and he's been far more successful as a businessman then he ever was as a boxer.
Archie Moore vs. Yvonne Durell is worth watching. So is Rocky Graziano vs. SRR.
Hard for me to watch black n white fights otherwise tho.
Joe Louis looks cool in Black and whiteQuote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
Archie Moore, without a doubt. One of my teenage idols. I thought he was the greatest.
Jem Mace. Musician, teacher, brave and honorable fighter who taught the world to box.