The Best White Heavyweight of All Time

[Cyclops]

Thank God for that!

[Fray Bentos]

Response to below....

You too man, be well and take care!

[Cyclops]

I was just pleased the snipping and sniping like a pair of squabbling old nans was over! Enjoy your day, Carlos.

Edit: and I expect I'll talk to you again.

[Tony1244]

Dancuta looks great in those clips. Can't find an Adam Adamek.

[Caractacus]

anyone mention Jack O'Halloran yet ?
he was doing pretty good until the acromegaly caught up with him( he didn't even know he was afflicted with it)
( his fight with Ken Norton was voted fight of the year)

[Caractacus]

Dancuta looks great in those clips. Can't find an Adam Adamek.

Meant to write Jimmy Adamick
https://www.boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34973
And what about Lee Canalito ,the original "Italian Stallion" ?-he had a ring record of 21-0-0.
Goging Hollywood really messed up his boxing career

[Onetimeonly]

Adamick

[Tony1244]

Thanks. Adam Adamek and Dan Dancuta seemed a bit bizarre.

At one point I thought Canalito was the real deal.

[Tony1244]

Adamick

Found the guy. He retired @ 23. Umm.

[Onetimeonly]

Adamick

Found the guy. He retired @ 23. Umm.

He was a real good light heavy, I believe he retired after getting knocked into a coma. Reasonable.

[Caractacus]

prior to Joe Louis Charlie Retzlaff had been trained by Jack Blackburn who thought he was pretty good.

Pat Comiskey had a similiar looking style and was a big puncher too.

[Tony1244]

Found the guy. He retired @ 23. Umm.

He was a real good light heavy, I believe he retired after getting knocked into a coma. Reasonable.

That's a pretty good reason.

I'm too lazy to find it but didn't you say you never bring your cell phone when you leave the house? Wouldn't that be when you need it most?

[Onetimeonly]

He was a real good light heavy, I believe he retired after getting knocked into a coma. Reasonable.

That's a pretty good reason.

I'm too lazy to find it but didn't you say you never bring your cell phone when you leave the house? Wouldn't that be when you need it most?

I'm home and I'm sure in an emergency someone will call 911 or at least film it so those that care about me know what happened. Lol, 911 works even if you cut your service.

[Tony1244]

That's a pretty good reason.

I'm too lazy to find it but didn't you say you never bring your cell phone when you leave the house? Wouldn't that be when you need it most?

I'm home and I'm sure in an emergency someone will call 911 or at least film it so those that care about me know what happened. Lol, 911 works even if you cut your service.

I try not to overuse my cell phone like 99% of the population, but I bring it with me because you never know if your vehicle or knee will give out.

[Onetimeonly]

I'm home and I'm sure in an emergency someone will call 911 or at least film it so those that care about me know what happened. Lol, 911 works even if you cut your service.

I try not to overuse my cell phone like 99% of the population, but I bring it with me because you never know if your vehicle or knee will give out.

I hate the bulk, think you've got a few years on me!

[Tony1244]

I try not to overuse my cell phone like 99% of the population, but I bring it with me because you never know if your vehicle or knee will give out.

I hate the bulk, think you've got a few years on me!

My knee once gave out in my 30s. I've had better luck since. I know what you mean about the bulk. Two items, for me, added in the last decade or so, cell phone and reading glasses.

[Caractacus]

I think this tournament would be more interesting if one was to exclude any of those that may already bee in The Boxing Hall of Fame.
also pairing up the fighters first by era,when in the days that they were fighting in their primes
from the time they were 21 years to 33 years.
say a boxer was born in 1927.
he would be fighting other fighters in that demographic between 1948-1960
any boxers within that age would face off with them.
either they had fought them actually back then or not.

[Caractacus]

two of Joe Louis's toughest fights before he became champion were
Alex Borchuk aka Al Delaney b.1916
https://www.boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12093
(who hit Louis so hard it cracked one oh his molars and Louis fought in excrutuating pain,
and I think wanted to quit in the corner.
and would tell people later how close he came to losing that fight)
and Adolph Wiater b.1912
https://www.boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12107
( who was the first fighter to bring blood to Joe Louis's face)
I dont think these two ever fought in the ring tho.

[Caractacus]

and what about some of the bigger light-heavyweights who had also fought heavyweights ?
such as Yvonne Durelle. ( who had to starve himself down to fight in the LHW division)

[winifred8]

C'mon, where is Oscar Bonavena ? His parents were immigrants from Italy. Just like Rocky Marciano. There are so many Italians in Argentina that according to wikipedia possibly 60% of all Argentinians might have some Italian blood.

[Caractacus]