bits and pieces scrapbook

[doug.ie]

"Looking back, I'm almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal." - Max Schmeling

(Enhanced photo courtesy of CBS* contributor JTheron)




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[doug.ie]

[doug.ie]

March 31, 1950

"Tony Janiro laughed at the 12-5 odds against him last night as he fought former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano to a 10 round draw in MSG. In the 1st Janiro almost floored Rocky with fast lightning lefts and rights to the head. The New Yorker weathered the storm and was holding his own at the end of the round. After that it was a slambang battle for four rounds as Tony countered the former champ's round swings with dazzling left-right combinations to the head. Janiro lost his steam in the 6th and Rocky handed him a severe beating through the next three frames. In the 10th Janiro surprised with a blazing spurt that befuddled the ring rusty New Yorker." -Associated Press (April 1)

[doug.ie]

Muhammad Ali v Jack Johnson - Fantasy Fight Report

"Come out here and fight!" Johnson yells to Ali
Muhammad is careful blocking shots, but unable to counter effectively, Jack's speed is obviously bothering him...
Johnson is landing jabs to Ali's face..

[doug.ie]

April 1939

57 year old former lightweight champion, Battling Nelson and 50 year old former bantamweight champion Johnny Coulon compete in a three round exhibition in Chicago.

[doug.ie]

The before and after story of Carmine Vingo's brutal battle with Rocky Marciano which left him in a coma fighting for his life...

[doug.ie]

Owen Moran pictured in 1909

[doug.ie]

[doug.ie]

Sept 23, 1948 - Yankee Stadium

Despite being rated the number-two challenger for the title with just three losses in 50 contests, Jesse Flores (134¾) was unable to offer much of a threat to Ike Williams (134¾), being content to box on the back foot. Finally catching up with his rival Williams dropped him twice in the fifth and eighth rounds before Flores, trying to avoid the punches coming his way, took a count of ‘three’ after slipping over in the ninth. In the tenth it was all over at 2.04 of the session after the elusive Flores was felled by a right to the jaw and counted out after being set up with jabs and a tremendous left hook to the body.

Overshadowing this title bout, was an exciting fight on the undercard between Sugar Ray Robinson and Cuban Kid Gavilan. Gavilan, a future world champion, hurt Robinson several times during the fight, but Robinson was able to control the final rounds with a series of jabs and left hooks giving him a controversial 10 round decision.

[doug.ie]

"Kill the referee!!" the crowd chanted...

[doug.ie]

"During my training (for Fireman Jim Flynn - 1912) Harry Wills appeared on the scene, seeking a place as a sparring partner. I engaged him, but he remained only for a few days. He proved wholly unable to stand the grind and was compelled to acknowledge that the ordeal was too much for him. He returned to New Orleans." - Jack Johnson

[doug.ie]

[doug.ie]

1932

[misterpunch]

this is without doubt the greatest thread ever on boxrec - incredible.

this must be turned into book form - its our sport. every inch, every sentence, - thank you a thousand times, sir.

this has the makings of the greatest book about boxing ever compiled. random, wayward, scatty, honest, dishonest, undisciplined, rambling, smart, wise and wonderful. breathtakingly beautiful. I loved it. I love it still.

t

[doug.ie]

this is without doubt the greatest thread ever on boxrec - incredible.

this must be turned into book form - its our sport. every inch, every sentence, - thank you a thousand times, sir.

this has the makings of the greatest book about boxing ever compiled. random, wayward, scatty, honest, dishonest, undisciplined, rambling, smart, wise and wonderful. breathtakingly beautiful. I loved it. I love it still.

t

thanks for that....definitely wouldnt say best thread on here as its just curating stories really....some of the early posts at the start of the thread have image links not working so i must fix that, so maybe check back over the first pages as theres some interesting images to compliment the articles i think.......thanks for the words

[evrenb]

Stellar work

[palooka]

It is a fantastic thread, so much of modern boxing is tainted and fans are disillusioned, the boxing and boxers of yesteryear do seem real sporting heroes, there are so many wonderful stories - thank you for your time and effort and also for not being the big shot, there are loads who know and do less but blow their trumpet very loud.

[doug.ie]

It is a fantastic thread, so much of modern boxing is tainted and fans are disillusioned, the boxing and boxers of yesteryear do seem real sporting heroes, there are so many wonderful stories - thank you for your time and effort and also for not being the big shot, there are loads who know and do less but blow their trumpet very loud.

thanks

[misterpunch]

well said palooka - just imagine having this as a book ready and waiting for you to delve into - randomly - any time you feel like it. heaven.

[doug.ie]

[doug.ie]

[doug.ie]

January 1947 - Chicago

Still in good shape at 65, Oscar 'Battling' Nelson, one of the all time great prizefighters, tosses packages at his job of clerk in Chicago's main post office. Nelson won the world's lightweight championship in 1908, was for years before and after at the top of the division.

[misterpunch]

is it too late to get a ticket to that show at the polo grounds?

[misterpunch]

[
"I thought I knew where Lew’s restaurant was, and wouldn’t ask anybody the way. I soon got tired of walking, though, and ate in a place called Mike Banana’s. A minute after I had finished and left, I found Tendler’s, but I saw I couldn’t have eaten there anyway. I couldn’t even have got as far as the bar, it was so packed. The sidewalk on Broad Street in front of the restaurant was jammed right out to the curb, and gentlemen with embossed ears were struggling to keep from being pushed under taxicabs. Everybody who goes to Philadelphia for a fight meets at Tendler’s and tries to put the lug on somebody for a free ticket." - A.J. Liebling


doug, please tell me where this comes from. I try to get everything of lieblings but I haven't got this. can you put me on it?

[doug.ie]

[
"I thought I knew where Lew’s restaurant was, and wouldn’t ask anybody the way. I soon got tired of walking, though, and ate in a place called Mike Banana’s. A minute after I had finished and left, I found Tendler’s, but I saw I couldn’t have eaten there anyway. I couldn’t even have got as far as the bar, it was so packed. The sidewalk on Broad Street in front of the restaurant was jammed right out to the curb, and gentlemen with embossed ears were struggling to keep from being pushed under taxicabs. Everybody who goes to Philadelphia for a fight meets at Tendler’s and tries to put the lug on somebody for a free ticket." - A.J. Liebling


doug, please tell me where this comes from. I try to get everything of lieblings but I haven't got this. can you put me on it?

the sweet science.

if you need exact chapter let me know.

edit: just looked.....chapter is called 'new champ' (about marciano v walcott)