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Re: The Old Timers....who are your favorites?
Here's some film of Siki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP69CPRwFjA
Sam Langford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2jtZ31rOlQ
Stanley Ketchel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzAitWvgkNE
Joe Gans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5WLvrc0P8
Kid Chocolate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEh3IBo_RIg
Hope you guys can get past the fact that those aren't the greatest quality, but still interesting.
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Thanks for that last post Lyle. I haven't seen that Kid Chocolate fight until you posted it. Beautiful.
Edit: By the way, I was just looking up how much punches Joe Gans and Battling Nelson threw a round and found this article from cox's corner: Busting The Modern Myth!
The rest of the figures are fascinating as well, such as Sam Langford having more KO's than Tyson and Foreman combined.
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Re: The Old Timers....who are your favorites?
Jimmy Wilde and alot of the others already mentioned as well.
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The Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey.
Couple of nice highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_AsOroeb8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaPxa-eZss
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One thing about reading the Ring was they respected old time fighters and re-told their legendary stories.
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The great Harry greb...and with one eye blind!
Shame theres no fight footage of him
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Didn't he die trying to get a nose job.Originally Posted by teflonden
The great Harry greb...and with one eye blind!
Shame theres no fight footage of him
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Lol yes but nose job sounds so superficial. It was just a simple septoplasty that went wrong.Didn't he die trying to get a nose job.The great Harry greb...and with one eye blind!
Shame theres no fight footage of him
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I have a real interest in Georges Carpentier, probably most well known for his fight with the great Jack Dempsey, but a very good champion in his own right.
He was more a forties fighter but I think Willie Pep is our sports No.1.
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I know this won't sound too "boxing fan-ish", but I think had I been around for the pre-1930's crowd, I probably wouldn't have been too big a fan of boxing. I realize sports evolutionize in general.... boxing, football, basketball, etc. But I'm just not a fan of the straight forward, plodding, style that used to be the norm in those days. There were great champions to be sure, but they were among fighters of the same style, same movements. Take a time machine, and send back a great boxer-puncher from the 60's or later... and the guy would be an undefeated beast. I could be wrong and I'm not dissing the fighters from that era. It just wasn't my cup of tea. Then again, I think the same way about other sports as well.
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