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Ray winston i m sure was an amateur boxer.

Started off being something like 50 fights. Sure its been exagerated as time goes by tho...

Got a better amatuer record as golovkin nowadays.

Former president Gerald Ford was a decent amateur

Liam neeson boxed a bit. Errol flynn was very very handy with his fists and boxed a fair bit in his youth.

Scypion wrote:Dean Martin

"Of my 12 fights I won all but 11."

Aussie actor Rod Taylor
and big screen bad guy William Smith

Tony Burton from the "Rocky" movies and Judge John Sirica from the Watergate scandal were professionals. Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") reportedly boxed in the service.

bwu wrote:Tony Burton from the "Rocky" movies and Judge John Sirica from the Watergate scandal were professionals. Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") reportedly boxed in the service.

I knew Rod Serling wrote the movie "Requiem for a Heavyweight", but I didn't know he competed in the sport. Cool to know.

gilgamesh wrote:

bwu wrote:Tony Burton from the "Rocky" movies and Judge John Sirica from the Watergate scandal were professionals. Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") reportedly boxed in the service.

I knew Rod Serling wrote the movie "Requiem for a Heavyweight", but I didn't know he competed in the sport. Cool to know.

Considering where we are posting, I guess "Requiem" should've been my reference point instead of "Zone." D'oh!

bwu wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

bwu wrote:Tony Burton from the "Rocky" movies and Judge John Sirica from the Watergate scandal were professionals. Rod Serling ("Twilight Zone") reportedly boxed in the service.

I knew Rod Serling wrote the movie "Requiem for a Heavyweight", but I didn't know he competed in the sport. Cool to know.

Considering where we are posting, I guess "Requiem" should've been my reference point instead of "Zone." D'oh!

I think even on here The Twilight Zone is almost certainly still more well known in general than Requiem, but both are marvelous.

Julian Clary

Riddick Blowe wrote:Julian Clary

Always felt at home in the ring that fella

Rexob wrote:

handsofstone wrote:Dale Winton won the 1979 ABA's at middleweight

Really

No, he didn't. Jesus. I don't know how these stories get out there.

He was a light-middleweight and he was only the runner-up.

handsofstone wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:Julian Clary

Always felt at home in the ring that fella

Applause

handsofstone wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:Julian Clary

Always felt at home in the ring that fella

I heard he was battered around the ring

one of Americas greatest writers - Richard ford - boxed in the golden gloves

I think hemingway's boxing career was largely in his own mind - although he did "manage" a few pugs

aliboy123 wrote:one of Americas greatest writers - Richard ford - boxed in the golden gloves

I think hemingway's boxing career was largely in his own mind - although he did "manage" a few pugs

Heavy charge - prove it and the literary world hate you - you're poking at the veneer of one of the lesser gods of mochismoness; then again his thing was making sh*t up, wan't it? - Some of the war exploits get questioned as well.

APerno wrote:

aliboy123 wrote:one of Americas greatest writers - Richard ford - boxed in the golden gloves

I think hemingway's boxing career was largely in his own mind - although he did "manage" a few pugs

Heavy charge - prove it and the literary world hate you - you're poking at the veneer of one of the lesser gods of mochismoness; then again his thing was making sh*t up, wan't it? - Some of the war exploits get questioned as well.

great writer was hemingway - but boy! was he full of sheet

war exploits probably the worst example of his BS

Tim Moore, who played the Kingfish on the old Amos 'n' Andy TV show, fought under the names of Young Klondike and Klondike Kid in Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, and the United States. Moore reportedly had Jack Johnson and Sam Langford among his opponents.

Motown boss Berry Gordy was a 12-3-2 Featherweight in the late '40s.

http://boxrec.com/boxer/199464

Jackie Wilson gave boxing a go as well, but was getting beaten up regularly as an amateur until his mother apparently made him retire.

Here is a list of celebrities that boxed

http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(ky33wxyphcnsotzllsrghff2))/Collection.aspx?collection=296

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=118414

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