Rich the Fight Historian

[THEBUTCH]

These short documentaries are enjoyable and provide interesting information, or things that had been forgotten over time.

They cover well known boxers and lesser known fighters.

It's been mentioned on other threads, but deserves a post in it's own right. Enjoy

[Old bones Ian]

Great YouTube channel even boxers I think I know all about he adds in a few facts I didn't know

[bennie]

Ron Lyle comes across surprisingly well for a man with a hair-trigger temper.

[oogiebe]

Decent vids for sure.

[forcefraser]

Fair play to these guys who put the time in to make content for others to enjoy.

If everyone was like me there would be nothing to watch anywhere.

I rarely even take photos

[JamesPhilips]

Fair play to these guys who put the time in to make content for others to enjoy.

If everyone was like me there would be nothing to watch anywhere.

I rarely even take photos

Lol. He'll be making some decent pocket money OK out of it, he has some decent views including 1.5 million on Tex Cobb vid. I mean I know estimates vary a lot and monetisation is actually pretty tight on YouTube but an average estimate for 1.5 million views would be about 4-5k USD.

[orbtastic]

He has an annoying habit of posting spoilers for each fight clip. Yeah everyone knows the results for big name fighters but some of the more obscure ones, not so much. He also oddly skips fight footage and posts shit quality clips for others. I have access to the same stuff he does so I know clips exist.

Interesting watch on the whole. I did a dozen the other day.

[THEBUTCH]

I'm trying to make a point of watching the Jesse James Hughes doc.

I remember Hughes catching my attention when he beat Adrian Stone in the States and another good win too, can't remember who that was against, but seemed to be a boxer to be reckoned with....then came his death.

[Old bones Ian]

I'm trying to make a point of watching the Jesse James Hughes doc.

I remember Hughes catching my attention when he beat Adrian Stone in the States and another good win too, can't remember who that was against, but seemed to be a boxer to be reckoned with....then came his death.

He was on a good run of Anthony Stephens, Stone and then Nick Rupa. Thing was he was wild out of the ring as well, bit of a taxman on low level drug dealers is never going to end well

[JamesPhilips]

I'm trying to make a point of watching the Jesse James Hughes doc.

I remember Hughes catching my attention when he beat Adrian Stone in the States and another good win too, can't remember who that was against, but seemed to be a boxer to be reckoned with....then came his death.

He was on a good run of Anthony Stephens, Stone and then Nick Rupa. Thing was he was wild out of the ring as well, bit of a taxman on low level drug dealers is never going to end well

Never solved. Seemed a decent guy who couldn't stay away from mischief.

[THEBUTCH]

Shame....Hughes was clearly a very tough man who packed a punch and not afraid of stepping up to the plate.

[THEBUTCH]

I've recently started watching these documentaries again. Very enjoyable.

The Matthew Hilton, John Mugabe, Greg Haugen and Don Curry episodes are all worth viewing.

[SeanBrennan]

not seen this, thank you for sharing.

[SeanBrennan]

https://www.youtube.com/@RichtheFightHistorian

[Giancarlo]

Thanks for bringing this youtube channel to my attention.

Just watched the one on Ayub Kalule; very enjoyable.

Hadn't seen any of his fights for decades but he was just as I recall him. A tough, exciting and skilled fighter.

A match between him and Mo Hope when both were champions at 154 pounds had the potential to be a classic but big money fights took precedence and can't blame them for that.

I also remember Kalule wiping out British middleweight prospect Jimmy Price with consumate ease.

[si7dog7]

Watching the Johnny Tapia episode.

[THEBUTCH]

Michael Dokes' episode is well worth watching. He had one hell of a fast pair of hands !

[THEBUTCH]

Another really good video in the series....Carl "The truth" Williams.

There are a lot more fight highlights in this episode, which is great because Williams figured in so many exciting bouts

A highly skilled fighter and one of the very few able to out-jab Larry Holmes !

Williams was a genuine world class contender and got his 2 world title shots against two generational greats in Larry Holmes & Mike Tyson. No Herbie Hides or Trevor Bryans for "The Truth".

I'd forgotten Carl had passed away...only 53

[SeanBrennan]

Another really good video in the series....Carl "The truth" Williams.

There are a lot more fight highlights in this episode, which is great because Williams figured in so many exciting bouts

A highly skilled fighter and one of the very few able to out-jab Larry Holmes !

Williams was a genuine world class contender and got his 2 world title shots against two generational greats in Larry Holmes & Mike Tyson. No Herbie Hides or Trevor Bryans for "The Truth".

I'd forgotten Carl had passed away...only 53

thanks, been meaning to watch more of these, popping these on my listen list for when driving.