I don't know what the type was called, I think from welter or medium, who boxed with his hands at his waist and charged the jacks from the propellers, it was still on black and white film
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 05 Jan 2021, 18:23
by giacomino
Nicolino Locche used to fight with his hands down a lot, but not sure that's who you are talking about
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 02:47
by stellar
but he did not charge the jacks like a propeller
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 02:56
by stellar
giacomino wrote: ↑05 Jan 2021, 18:23
Nicolino Locche used to fight with his hands down a lot, but not sure that's who you are talking about
But thank you
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 04:31
by JC
stellar wrote: ↑06 Jan 2021, 02:47
but he did not charge the jacks like a propeller
Can you explain what you mean by that?
If it’s that he threw a lot of punches, it might be Henry Armstrong.
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 04:33
by margaret thatcher
ya the description sounds like armstrong though presumably he'd be able to identify hank
stellar wrote: ↑06 Jan 2021, 02:47
but he did not charge the jacks like a propeller
Can you explain what you mean by that?
If it’s that he threw a lot of punches, it might be Henry Armstrong.
he made a hand movement like a propeller but threw a blow
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 05:02
by JC
Kid Gavilan? (the bolo punch)
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 05:29
by JC
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 09:55
by stellar
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑06 Jan 2021, 04:33
ya the description sounds like armstrong though presumably he'd be able to identify hank
he was white and the blow gave so much that he circled the pasture
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 10:00
by stellar
he was lifting the jacks from the floor, spinning with his hands as he struck and sorry for my english
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 10:30
by stellar
It wasn't Loche, Armstrong, Pep, Baer, Marciano, Dempsey, Tunney, LaMotta...it was unorthodox dancer in the ring unique style
Re: does anyone know the name?
Posted: 08 Jan 2021, 00:09
by AntonioMartin
stellar wrote: ↑06 Jan 2021, 10:30
It wasn't Loche, Armstrong, Pep, Baer, Marciano, Dempsey, Tunney, LaMotta...it was unorthodox dancer in the ring unique style
At the risk of having apples or eggs thrown my way...Hamed????
stellar wrote: ↑06 Jan 2021, 10:30
It wasn't Loche, Armstrong, Pep, Baer, Marciano, Dempsey, Tunney, LaMotta...it was unorthodox dancer in the ring unique style
At the risk of having apples or eggs thrown my way...Hamed????
In fact, he was a boxer from the 1930s or a little later