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A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 00:38
by beaujack
There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:11
by Giancarlo
Coetzee
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:14
by beaujack
Giancarlo wrote:Coetzee
NAY. Coetzee, a flash in the pan. My right was one in a million.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:19
by SaadOffTheDeck
Hearns had the best right hand I've ever seen.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:19
by Giancarlo
beaujack wrote:There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
Endurable?
Doesn't that mean able to be endured?
So, we are looking for a heavyweight with a right hand that everyone could endure.
I see why my Coetzee was wrong.
Must be Chris Byrd.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:21
by SaadOffTheDeck
Giancarlo wrote:beaujack wrote:There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
Endurable?
Doesn't that mean able to be endured?
So, we are looking for a heavyweight with a right hand that everyone could endure.
I see why my Coetzee was wrong.
Must be Chris Byrd.
Don't rule out Povetkin, that fatty has feathers in his gloves.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:30
by beaujack
Giancarlo wrote:beaujack wrote:There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
Endurable?
Doesn't that mean able to be endured?
So, we are looking for a heavyweight with a right hand that everyone could endure.
I see why my Coetzee was wrong.
Must be Chris Byrd.
G, this right hand is unique and for the ages, is a better description than "endure"...
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:35
by beaujack
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Hearns had the best right hand I've ever seen.
I was once the HWT champion of my country, Tommy was not a HWT champion. People are still amazed by my right hand...
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 01:55
by SaadOffTheDeck
I read that the first time, whomever it is I think hearns had a better right hand.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 04:03
by raylawpc
beaujack wrote:There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
I suspect you are talking about Ingemar Johansson.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 04:05
by bollox
Idi Amin
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 08:26
by Goodnight, Irene
Could be Johansson.
My first thought was Baer.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 09:09
by dempseyfire
How is a right hand "endurable" and then the most "durable"???
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 09:31
by Ketchel
How about Dan Donnelly? He was Heavyweight Champ of Ireland and his right arm is still doing the rounds in exhibitions.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 10:14
by beaujack
raylawpc wrote:beaujack wrote:There has never been a right hand like mine in boxing history. I was a heavyweight champion of my country,whose right hand is the most endurable in history. Who am I ?
I suspect you are talking about Ingemar Johansson.
A mere Johnny come lately compared to my right hand !
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 10:26
by beaujack
Ketchel wrote:How about Dan Donnelly? He was Heavyweight Champ of Ireland and his right arm is still doing the rounds in exhibitions.
Ketchell, BINGO, it is the right hand of Dan Donnelly , the first Irish Heavyweight champion...He had a right hand for the AGES...
In 1815 Donnelly kod George Cooper of England and became Ireland's first HW champion. But he died 5 years later, and his body was stolen from his grave, brought to a surgeon and his great right hand was amputated in 1820. It was displayed in a pub in Dublin for many years, and in 2007 , it was brought to America where it was shown at the South Street Seaport Museum in NY. My buddy saw Dan Donnelly's mummified right hand at the Museum almost TWO HUNDRED years after his last fight.
Truly the most amazing right hand in history, methinks...
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 11:10
by Tomasino
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 11:58
by BoxBuzz
Imagine the current "owner" coming after you with Dan's right hand? Pretty scary stuff. Of course as Saad knows, Thomas Hearns would have nothing to fear.
Wasn't their a movie with Peter Lorrie called "THE HAND"? Perhaps based on Dan's right?
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 14:42
by hhascup
Didn't I answer this question a while back on another site.
What a right hand Mr.Donnelly had !!! So,famous was his right hand ,was his, that it is still being admired 191 years after his death !
Dan Donnelly was the first Irish Heavyweight champion, who had a great right hand as the Irish champion. Donnelly died at 32 years of age suddenly in 1820. Soon after ghoulish grave robbers,unearthed his body,for profitable reasons,and under duress, forced a surgeon to amputate Donnelly's famous right hand, which the doctor did. The hand was promptly preserved in red lead, and was passed to several owners ,mainly in a pub called Kilcullen where it was on display for centuries. Finally that long blackish hand was sent to the USA on tour where you saw the famous limb in 2007, at the South Street Seaport Museum, still looking potent. Amazing right hand ,still the greatest and oldest,and most durable in boxing history ! And now Dan Donnelly's mitt is in his favorite place, while alive. In his favorite pub
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 14:55
by Jaclem
..detroit......the answer gives all the evidence for this being the right hand in question, how can you say it is only opinion?
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 15:04
by orbtastic
BoxBuzz wrote:Imagine the current "owner" coming after you with Dan's right hand? Pretty scary stuff. Of course as Saad knows, Thomas Hearns would have nothing to fear.
Wasn't their a movie with Peter Lorrie called "THE HAND"? Perhaps based on Dan's right?
that film is called beast with five fingers, it's pretty good!
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 15:15
by beaujack
hhascup wrote:Didn't I answer this question a while back on another site.
What a right hand Mr.Donnelly had !!! So,famous was his right hand ,was his, that it is still being admired 191 years after his death !
Dan Donnelly was the first Irish Heavyweight champion, who had a great right hand as the Irish champion. Donnelly died at 32 years of age suddenly in 1820. Soon after ghoulish grave robbers,unearthed his body,for profitable reasons,and under duress, forced a surgeon to amputate Donnelly's famous right hand, which the doctor did. The hand was promptly preserved in red lead, and was passed to several owners ,mainly in a pub called Kilcullen where it was on display for centuries. Finally that long blackish hand was sent to the USA on tour where you saw the famous limb in 2007, at the South Street Seaport Museum, still looking potent. Amazing right hand ,still the greatest and oldest,and most durable in boxing history ! And now Dan Donnelly's mitt is in his favorite place, while alive. In his favorite pub
Yes you did Henry.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 19:17
by klompton
orbtastic wrote:BoxBuzz wrote:Imagine the current "owner" coming after you with Dan's right hand? Pretty scary stuff. Of course as Saad knows, Thomas Hearns would have nothing to fear.
Wasn't their a movie with Peter Lorrie called "THE HAND"? Perhaps based on Dan's right?
that film is called beast with five fingers, it's pretty good!
I remember being a little boy of about four years old sitting in the kitchen as my dad told me the plot and highlites of the best with five fingers.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 28 Feb 2012, 22:07
by Alan Partridge
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Hearns had the best right hand I've ever seen.
Re: A brain teaser= Most durable right hand in history.?
Posted: 29 Feb 2012, 06:30
by Ketchel
beaujack wrote:Ketchel wrote:How about Dan Donnelly? He was Heavyweight Champ of Ireland and his right arm is still doing the rounds in exhibitions.
Ketchell, BINGO, it is the right hand of Dan Donnelly , the first Irish Heavyweight champion...He had a right hand for the AGES...
In 1815 Donnelly kod George Cooper of England and became Ireland's first HW champion. But he died 5 years later, and his body was stolen from his grave, brought to a surgeon and his great right hand was amputated in 1820. It was displayed in a pub in Dublin for many years, and in 2007 , it was brought to America where it was shown at the South Street Seaport Museum in NY. My buddy saw Dan Donnelly's mummified right hand at the Museum almost TWO HUNDRED years after his last fight.
Truly the most amazing right hand in history, methinks...
I saw the arm last year at a folk museum in Northern Irelandat as part of an exhibition of Irish boxing history. The exhibtion had articles of interest from boxers born in Ireland and boxers of Irish descent. The exhibition started off in New York and has travelled around the world. Cracking exhibition it is too.
Some more trivia on Dan Donnelly is the fact that after he beat Cooper as he walked from the ring the fans dug out his footprints. Even today the footprints can be seen walking away from a monument built at the location of the ring. Google "Donnelly's Hollow" to see the image.
