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misterpunch wrote:couldn't get any pics for a few days, just a little "image" square - they're all fine now - you must have the magic touch. thanks.

(just asking...have you got any articles/pics on Al Tribuani)

i'm not ignoring this....i may be back sometime with something

I aint goin' anywhere

Anyone know much about the life of Paul Doyle ?...the 1920's welterweight from Brooklyn...

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

"It my first fight with Greb. I had taken a frightful beating. Awful. But the next morning my then-manager Doc Bagley said 'You certainly gave me a hard time last night, kid. Working on those cuts. It was rough.' While Bagley talked to me, the doctor was sewing up my eyebrows with a big needle. It felt as if he were pulling my eyeballs out. 'Yes,' I told Bagley, 'you had it rough.' But in my mind I said, 'I'm going to get rid of this fellow.'

(Gene Tunney)

March 1, 1975
WBC Featherweight Title

How it went..
"Bobby Chacon retained his WBC featherweight championship Saturday night in lightning-like fashion, knocking out Mexico's Jesus "Papelero" Estrada in the 2nd round of their scheduled 15 round title fight. Chacon knocked down Estrada twice in the 2nd round and referee John Thomas didn't even bother to count the second time. Thomas signaled the end after Estrada went down from a barrage of Chacon rights and lefts near a neutral corner with only 34 seconds remaining in the round. Chacon had his opponent down the first time on a vicious right hand to the head after the fighters had exchanged punches in Chacon's corner." - United Press International

“They ran him like a dog and then rubbed him down with witch-hazel. They fed him meat, which he loved and was ‘given to as much as possible.’ Then they took turns fighting him and by nine he was in bed and asleep. When he reached the required poundage, everything stopped, he rested, suddenly and preternaturally still, patiently awaiting the removal of the invisible chain.”

(Matt McGrain on Terry McGovern)

Oct 28, 1920.

Harry Greb, light-heavyweight of Pittsburgh, won the newspaper decision over Mickey Shannon of Newark N.J. in their ten round bout here Thursday night. Greb scored a knockdown in the ninth round, but Shannon recovered and was able to stay the limit." (Decatur Daily Review) The Pittsburgh Post reported that Greb went in and simply traded blows with the heavier Shannon, making little effort at defense. Shannon held his own in the first round and clearly won the second. Greb handed out a lot of punishment in the next four rounds. Shannon rallied in the 7th, but Greb fought back and cut his eye. Greb socked Shannon all over the ring in the last three rounds, flooring him for a 3-count in the 9th. Shannon was badly marked at the end.

And these are the gloves that Greb wore...

May 25, 1939 - Harringay Arena, London, England.

Ernie Roderick v Henry Armstrong

"Ernie is the best fighter I ever fought" - Henry Armstrong

Charley Burley...dunno who the other fella is...

Counted out on the 13th day of the month...in the 13th round...at 13 minutes past the hour.

Tommy Farr said it was the best fight he had ever seen.
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October 1937.

At Shawfield Park (Glasgow, Scotland), capacity packed with 40,000 and thousands more unable to get in, it was vintage boxing, the likes of which a man would see, if he was lucky that was, only once in a lifetime.
It was Peter Kane at his greatest - unbeaten in 42 professional fights - and Benny Lynch at his pinnacle - and the best man won.
Peter Kane was a youngster of nineteen and had been a pro since he was sixteen - although he had been fighting long before that as a youth in the booths around the market towns of the North of England. Some scoffed at the idea of such a young fellow taking on the likes of Lynch. Nevertheless, Kane was unbeaten.
The English were convinced he was their answer to Benny Lynch.
Tommy Farr said it was the best fight of any weight he had ever seen. Elky Clark, former British flyweight champion, rated it the greatest flyweight match of boxing history. And Victor McLaglen, the former heavyweight boxer turned sucessful actor, picked him up in his arms to announce to everyone that he was holding the Jack Dempsey of the small men. “Oh boy, what a fight,” he said. In his commissioned report of the fight he enthused even more...
"It’s the most exciting fight of its weight I have ever seen and although Kane was the aggressor until about the ninth round, Lynch seemed to have his measure all the time. . . . You would notice that Kane’s punches had little effect on your boy who seemed as fresh as paint after the fight. Indeed, I was surprised when I met him in Mr Russell Moreland’s office afterwards to see how little bruised he was. How Kane weathered the twelfth round I don’t know. Lynch had him at his mercy . . . it wasn’t a knock out in the accepted sense. Kane was too weak to get up in the thirteenth . . . the gamest loser I have ever seen. And what a clean, fair fight it was. If you can promise me another fight as thrilling and sporting as this one then, boy, I’m certainly coming back to Scotland."
No one ever offered that promise.
And there never was another fight like that night at Shawfield Park, although other Scots were to win world titles. It was the fight men were to speak about for the rest of their lives. It was the fight the fifty-bob fighters, the men who knew and suffered their industry, said they never thought they would see the likes of, for they never thought two men could fight like that. Some of them had seen Jimmy Wilde. But no one had ever produced what they said was the ultimate in the sporting science called pugilism that Benny Lynch produced that night.

(by John Burrowes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iaIqLVTIA






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May 28, 1950

Jersey Joe Walcott visits Europe to fight German heavyweight champ Hein ten Hoff. On a rainy evening at Mannheim Football Stadium, ten Hoff surprised everyone in the boxing world by losing to Walcott on a split decision over 10 rounds.

The promotor expected a 80,000 crowd. 31 special trains were on the rails to transport fans from all over the country. Yet "only" 25,000 showed up. The rain was one reason, the 70 DM price for tickets another.

In the second, ten Hoff's nose started to bleed. It was later reveiled that his nose had broken. Still he jabbed effectively into Jersey Joe's face. The American moved in fast on ten Hoff with series of hooks to the head and body. In the 4th he shook ten Hoff, but skidded on the wet canvas and the German recovered. ten Hoff had Jersey Joe against the ropes in the 5th and scored with three rights in a row. In the 6th both men slipped in the pouring rain. The 7th and 8th had occational right hand hits from ten Hoff, but Walcott was now in command, scoring at close range with series of hooks and uppercuts. His win was not controversial with the crowd.

Only a minute into the fight, Walcott rocked Marciano with a straight right hand that forced Rocky to clinch. As soon as the two were separated, Jersey Joe gifted Marciano with his first knockdown at the end of a short left hook. Rocky got up at the count of four, ignoring the roars of his corner to stay down for an eight-count, and tried to redeem himself...

"It was cold and snowy, and I walked all day and couldn't get a job or a meal. So that night I was standing there at the lunch counter when my friends came in again. "Billy Elmer will give you five dollars to fight tonight," they said. I was too hungry to stand it any longer. Five dollars meant a thick steak and some browned potatoes and a piece of pie and a cup of real coffee. I stood there and thought with my mouth watering. And then I went upstairs and I won my fight."

– Freddie Welsh describing the moment he took his first paid fight.

great page this one - love the poem about driscoll and Roderick picture. keep 'em coming doug

January 1945.

Robert Earl is flattened by a young Johnny Bratton in Chicago Stadium. Earl got up to continue fight until his seconds ended the bout.




...and Johnny Bratton in the 80's...

30 years ago today (part 1)...
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The ringside scene is total chaos, as Hearns' mother can be heard sobbing at ringside and needs medical attention. One of the men in Hearns' entourage carries him across the ring the way you would carry a child, and places him on his stool. Meanwhile, Hagler's handlers are carrying him around the ring as he holds his gloves up in victory. "Am I the greatest?" Hagler asks Bernstein at the post fight interview. A disappointed but proud Hearns comes over to congratulate the still Middleweight Champion of the World. "We gave em' a hell of a show, we gave them their money's worth", said Hagler. No argument there. Bernstein asked Hagler if he was hurt in the first round. "No, it only made me madder. I was the champ, but I had to fight like the challenger."

(David McLeod - KO Digest)

30 years ago today (part 2) -

“That fight may have been over a quarter of a century ago, but I can still feel those punches he landed on me and I drink a toast to him every time we meet,” Hagler said whilst recalling the savage battle he won against Hearns. “I am grateful people remember it as one of the all-time great fights. It was definitely the highlight of my career.”

30 years ago today (part 3) -

Rocky Marciano was retired at the time - this must have been '64 or '65 so he'd been retired seven or eight years - and Rocky and I had been friends for a while and we were in a favourite hotel of ours in Miami. Rocky said to me, 'I want to get back in shape. I want to fight this guy Cassius Clay.' Well, Rocky was nearly 40 years old, but he didn't like Clay, I think he really didn't understand where he was coming from. Rocky was this very patriotic and humble guy in many ways, and Clay at that time was the opposite.

So he's saying, 'I'm going to get back in shape. I'm going to take him on.' And I said, 'Rocky, don't do that. You retired the undefeated champion of the world. You never lost a fight. You're going to have a beautiful life now, you never have to fight again.' Rocky said, 'Well, I don't like this guy. He breaks all the rules and he is just unethical.' I talked to Rocky for an hour. I said, 'Don't you dare try to get back in shape for this guy. Can you imagine losing after winning all those fights and retiring with an unbeaten record? You'd have to whip yourself into some shape to beat this kid. This kid is great.' And I meant that, because I thought and still think Ali was wonderful, both in and out of the ring.

'Get the hell outta here,' Rocky said, 'I can beat this kid.' And he told me how strong he still was, because Rocky was an immensely strong fighter - he didn't have a lot of finesse, but my goodness this guy was strong and could punch. So again I said, 'You're doing the wrong thing. You have a great life. You have free time to spend with your family and lots of endorsements. Forget the whole thing.' So I leave the room and I go out for a while, and when I get back Rocky isn't there. So I go up to the exercise solarium which they had on the roof to look for him, and they had this sandbag which was fastened to the wall, which was kinda like a heavy punch bag. Anyway it wasn't there anymore, the bolts had come loose and the sandbag was about ten feet away on the floor, and there was dust on the floor and everything.

Two of Rocky's friends were up there and I said, "What the hell happened? Where is Rocky?' They both shrugged and said, 'I don't know. He came up here real mad about an hour ago and punched that thing and broke the wall.' I guess Rocky was mad because he knew he could never fight Clay. Which was perhaps as well, at that time, because I loved 'The Rock' but I think he didn't need it and I'm not sure he would have won that fight.

(by Tony Bennett - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett )

(via Matt Hamilton)

i must say, i'm a little skeptical about what bennett says there ^^ ....as it was around the time when marciano was calling for a ban on boxing and preaching about the harm it does.