Boxer's Nose

[CFH]

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?

[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.

[CFH]

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

[marbleheadmaui]

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.

[generalbulldog]

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

[brocktonblockbust]

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

[marbleheadmaui]

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

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

[mafiajoey]

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

[brocktonblockbust]

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

[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.

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

Ray Barnes - Boxer

Thanks, CFH, this could very well be Ray Barnes, I was in my early 20's at the time, and Ray was about 20 years older than me, BoxRec lists his date of birth as 1929, and Detroit, Michigan as his hometown, this fits pretty good, he'd be 82 now. (i'm 62)

We both had a Union contract with the Teamsters (IBT) in the early 70's, and if I remember right, Ray came from Michigan to Tampa, Fla to get the job driving a truck. I was a boxing fan back then, but not an addict like I am now, so I didn't really ask him a lot of questions about his boxing career. I know we were both amazed in 1974, when Ali stopped George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle", we thought Foreman was going to knock Ali out.

anyway cheers

[CFH]

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.

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

Ray Barnes - Boxer

Thanks, CFH, this could very well be Ray Barnes, I was in my early 20's at the time, and Ray was about 20 years older than me, BoxRec lists his date of birth as 1929, and Detroit, Michigan as his hometown, this fits pretty good, he'd be 82 now. (i'm 62)

We both had a Union contract with the Teamsters (IBT) in the early 70's, and if I remember right, Ray came from Michigan to Tampa, Fla to get the job driving a truck. I was a boxing fan back then, but not an addict like I am now, so I didn't really ask him a lot of questions about his boxing career. I know we were both amazed in 1974, when Ali stopped George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle", we thought Foreman was going to knock Ali out.

anyway cheers

That's really cool that you knew him. Seems like he was a decent pro too, it definitely takes skills to last 10 rounds with SRR.