Quiz__The bigger they are the harder they fall?

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 04 Feb 2006, 11:29

Who is said to have coined this expression?

I recently read a book that claims it was a very well known past boxer,

A little quiz then...who said it...and to make it a little easier this boxer held the record for being outweighed by the most in a professional boxing fight.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 04 Feb 2006, 11:35

I'll have a wild guess and say Tommy Loughran?

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 04 Feb 2006, 11:35

Sorry..but no

barry · Post by **barry** » 04 Feb 2006, 11:47

I'm pretty sure that it was Bob Fitzsimmons, or "Barbados" Joe Walcott.

UpWithEvil · Post by **UpWithEvil** » 04 Feb 2006, 11:58

Barry is correct, I have seen both men credited with originating that phrase. In the case of Fitzsimmons, I believe he was quoted just before his title defense against Jim Jeffries.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 04 Feb 2006, 12:23

Now the quote "The bigger they come, the harder they hit" was from Yogi Berra.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 04 Feb 2006, 14:29

barry wrote:I'm pretty sure that it was Bob Fitzsimmons.

Who ever doubted barry was `THE` man....correct

But who was the guy he was fighting and by how much was he out-weighed?

zojo · Post by **zojo** » 04 Feb 2006, 14:45

He actually was fighting Jeffries and lost.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 04 Feb 2006, 14:47

zojo, wrote:He actually was fighting Jeffries and lost.

Wrong....to the question, not to him having lost to Jeffries

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 04 Feb 2006, 15:24

......i think the quote was about ed dunkhorst...the weight difference was exactly the combined weight of the three stooges...

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 04 Feb 2006, 15:26

...oops.. i should clarify my answer...i mean the three stooges with curley, not brother shemp...

surf-bat · Post by **surf-bat** » 04 Feb 2006, 16:41

UpWithEvil wrote:Barry is correct, I have seen both men credited with originating that phrase. In the case of Fitzsimmons, I believe he was quoted just before his title defense against Jim Jeffries.

After that bout I'm sure Fitz realized a new saying: "The bigger the tree, the harder it is to chop down".

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 04 Feb 2006, 18:47

Jaclem wrote:......i think the quote was about ed dunkhorst...the weight difference was exactly the combined weight of the three stooges...

Correct

By a claimed 140lb difference

Not sure if Fitz is made to look good or bad by this really....Dunkhorst must have been a good stone over his usual weight....and whilst it is a wild guess I would imagine at his usual `best weight` he would resemble Eric Esch....I`m sure somebody out there can pull a pic up of Ed Dunkhorst, I`d like to be proved wrong

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