Recent Randy 'Tex' Cobb Article

[Old bones Ian]

Saw this on a recent hunt for boxing stuff, Randy looks well and has recently got his bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management.

http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/FEATU ... -i-1310125

[Brutu]

IMOP he looks now like Ohio boxing promoter Don Elbaum a bit.
btw I was wondering if Tex Cobb may be releated to former Texas heavyweight champion Tod Herring(see Big Cat Fun facts thread).
they look and fought a lot a like,but Herring obviously didnt have the same beard as Cobb.

[BoxBuzz]

Tex related to Ty?

[Brutu]

my guess that it was probably Holmes fists that ached more after the hammering then Cobb's face the next day.

[Old bones Ian]

And Cobb liked to party, he was also one of the best for 'one liners'

'I'lll fight any white man, black man, brown man or man of any other colour. I especially like it when they're yellow and having physical or mental breakdowns when they step in the ring.'

'Here's big, bad Earnie Shavers, probably the baddest man God ever allowed to walk on two legs, and he got up there with his bald head and his Fu Manchu and his bulging muscles and he stared at me. I cracked up. What did he think I was gonna do, leave? Hell, if I was that scared I woulda left before then.'

To the referree in the 13th round of the Holmes fight:
'Hey, you're white. Why don't you do something about this?'

[Nile4000]

I have a tape of Cobb-Dokes I where he kept coming, and coming and Dokes barely held him off.Barely.

[pbchron]

Before Holmes match :

Reporter : "Randy do you consider yourself a white hope."

Cobb: "Well, I'm white and I'm hopin'."

[palooka]

He has to be the most intelligent and funny man to box for a title,a very incisive wit.