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Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 17:25
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".
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 17:29
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
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 01:29
by Tinnie
Roars Like Me wrote:Il Duce wrote:He should/could have been the Light-Middleweight Champion
Charkey Ramon...NEXT 8)
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 01:39
by bollox
Agree. An injury and his outside the ring 'activities' sidetracked him. But anyway, here's a couple of minutes Charkey fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyf_H9UjqII
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 01:47
by bollox
???
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 03:55
by Bundana
Hilmer Kenty
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 04:06
by gilgamesh
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 04:16
by orbtastic
Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:29
by evrenb
orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?
Looks like Durelle again??
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:42
by orbtastic
It does a little, yeah. Not him, however.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:51
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
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:54
by orbtastic
Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 06:06
by evrenb
orbtastic wrote:Definitely of European stock but less Germanic and more Romanic.
Looks a little like Tiberio Mitri...but not him....
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 06:13
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??
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 06:17
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.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 06:22
by orbtastic
'tis neither.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 23:41
by Giancarlo
Looks like we need a clue.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 02:14
by gilgamesh
orbtastic wrote:Eugene Hart.
Did anyone guess this fella from the previous page?
Is it Al Hostak?
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 08:37
by orbtastic
Italian American middleweight ww2 era. Very good fighter.
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 09:55
by Bundana
Fred Apostoli
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 13:31
by orbtastic
Ding ding ding
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 14:00
by JC
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 14:03
by wsbuf
Roach
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 14:09
by JC
wsbuf wrote:Roach
Re: Who could it be?
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 14:29
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
