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Quiz__The bigger they are the harder they fall?
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 11:29
by tonyevs
Who is said to have coined this expression?
I recently read a book that claims it was a very well known past boxer,
A little quiz then...who said it...and to make it a little easier this boxer held the record for being outweighed by the most in a professional boxing fight.
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 11:35
by DoubleM
I'll have a wild guess and say Tommy Loughran?
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 11:35
by tonyevs
Sorry..but no
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Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 11:47
by barry
I'm pretty sure that it was Bob Fitzsimmons, or "Barbados" Joe Walcott.
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 11:58
by UpWithEvil
Barry is correct, I have seen both men credited with originating that phrase. In the case of Fitzsimmons, I believe he was quoted just before his title defense against Jim Jeffries.
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 12:23
by BoxBuzz
Now the quote "The bigger they come, the harder they hit" was from Yogi Berra.
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Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 14:29
by tonyevs
barry wrote:I'm pretty sure that it was Bob Fitzsimmons.
Who ever doubted barry was `THE` man....correct
But who was the guy he was fighting and by how much was he out-weighed?
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 14:45
by zojo
He actually was fighting Jeffries and lost.
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 14:47
by tonyevs
zojo, wrote:He actually was fighting Jeffries and lost.
Wrong....to the question, not to him having lost to Jeffries
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 15:24
by Jaclem
......i think the quote was about ed dunkhorst...the weight difference was exactly the combined weight of the three stooges...
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 15:26
by Jaclem
...oops.. i should clarify my answer...i mean the three stooges with curley, not brother shemp...
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 16:41
by surf-bat
UpWithEvil wrote:Barry is correct, I have seen both men credited with originating that phrase. In the case of Fitzsimmons, I believe he was quoted just before his title defense against Jim Jeffries.
After that bout I'm sure Fitz realized a new saying: "The bigger the tree, the harder it is to chop down".
Posted: 04 Feb 2006, 18:47
by tonyevs
Jaclem wrote:......i think the quote was about ed dunkhorst...the weight difference was exactly the combined weight of the three stooges...
Correct
By a claimed 140lb difference
Not sure if Fitz is made to look good or bad by this really....Dunkhorst must have been a good stone over his usual weight....and whilst it is a wild guess I would imagine at his usual `best weight` he would resemble Eric Esch....I`m sure somebody out there can pull a pic up of Ed Dunkhorst, I`d like to be proved wrong
