Who could it be?

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Giancarlo
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orbtastic wrote:I often wonder about the origin of a lot of those names, there's a ton of "young" etc

Yes. Looks like there was a "Young Jack Dempsey" who actually fought "Young Peter Jackson" who in turn fought "Young Jess Willard"!

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

YJD's nickname was apparently "Jar 'em Jack".
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Giancarlo wrote:That's what I like about this site.

You can learn something every day from the majority of posters.
I guess he got the name from his obvious resemblance to the great one....

Young Jack Johnson

Young Joe Louis
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Roars Like Me wrote:
Il Duce wrote:He should/could have been the Light-Middleweight Champion


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Charkey Ramon...NEXT 8)
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Agree. An injury and his outside the ring 'activities' sidetracked him. But anyway, here's a couple of minutes Charkey fighting :OhYes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyf_H9UjqII
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???

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Post by Bundana »

Hilmer Kenty
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Eugene Hart.

Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

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orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.

Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

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Looks like Durelle again??
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It does a little, yeah. Not him, however.
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orbtastic wrote:It does a little, yeah. Not him, however.
He looks French or German or French Canadian....//? will get my thinking cap on
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Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
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orbtastic wrote:Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
Looks a little like Tiberio Mitri...but not him....
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evrenb wrote:
orbtastic wrote:Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
Looks a little like Tiberio Mitri...but not him....
Allesandro Mizzinghi??
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Not that it needed any verification necessarily as you seemed quite sure, but yes Orbtastic that was Eugene Hart earlier when you said so.
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'tis neither.
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Looks like we need a clue.
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orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.

Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

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Is it Al Hostak?
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Italian American middleweight ww2 era. Very good fighter.
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Fred Apostoli
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Ding ding ding
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Roach
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wsbuf wrote:Roach
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Il Duce wrote:Image
Just checked out this thread and it's pretty cool. I don't beleive this one was ever answered. I believe it to be Boone Kirkman
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