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Giancarlo
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by Giancarlo »
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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evrenb
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by evrenb »
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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Tinnie
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by Tinnie »
Roars Like Me wrote:Il Duce wrote:He should/could have been the Light-Middleweight Champion

Charkey Ramon...NEXT 8)
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Bundana
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by Bundana »
Hilmer Kenty
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orbtastic
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by orbtastic »
Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

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evrenb
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by evrenb »
orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

Looks like Durelle again??
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orbtastic
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by orbtastic »
It does a little, yeah. Not him, however.
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evrenb
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by evrenb »
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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orbtastic
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by orbtastic »
Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
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evrenb
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by evrenb »
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
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by evrenb »
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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gilgamesh
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by gilgamesh »
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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gilgamesh
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by gilgamesh »
orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?

Is it Al Hostak?
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orbtastic
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by orbtastic »
Italian American middleweight ww2 era. Very good fighter.
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Bundana
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by Bundana »
Fred Apostoli
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JC
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wsbuf
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by wsbuf »
Roach
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by JC »
wsbuf wrote:Roach

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scartissue
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by scartissue »
Il Duce wrote:
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