How good is Al Gainer?

[kovit]

I would like to know how good is former light heavyweight and heavyweight contender Al Gainer the man who fought "Two Ton" Tony Galento, Lou Brouillard, John Henry Lewis, and others? Was he the boxer-puncher and what style did he used if you have an idea?

[barry]

Gainer was a great fighter. A light heavyweight who beat some top quality heavyweights as well as beating some of the absolute best light heavyweights. Would most likely have been world champion had it been in a different era.

[Cap]

I would like to know how good is former light heavyweight and heavyweight contender Al Gainer the man who fought "Two Ton" Tony Galento, Lou Brouillard, John Henry Lewis, and others? Was he the boxer-puncher and what style did he used if you have an idea?

Right now he's really really dead, so he wouldn't be very competitive against today's light heavyweights.

If you have a good library near you, spend some time in the microfilmed newspaper department and read about Gainer to get more details.

Cap