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whats the greatest or most interesting single photograph ever taken of a fight?
i like walcotts distorted face at point of impact against marciano. also the picture of sheer frustration on the face of arguello as he sits in his corner against pryor. both incredible shots.

There's a pic of Shane Mosley striking Vernon Forrest & it is truly Walcott-esque.

harrygreb wrote:whats the greatest or most interesting single photograph ever taken of a fight?
i like walcotts distorted face at point of impact against marciano. also the picture of sheer frustration on the face of arguello as he sits in his corner against pryor. both incredible shots.

The picture of Walcott with his face distorted IS NOT the knockout punch.

In that photo the fighters are away from the ropes.

Walcott was KO'd with his right calf touching the lowest rope

and he fell with his left arm draped over the rope.

correct

this is not the ko punch
http://www.campbells.org/Rant+Rave/r+r_ ... lcott.html



this is the ko punch http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-a ... sks-first/

nytony wrote:this is not the ko punch
http://www.campbells.org/Rant+Rave/r+r_ ... lcott.html

this is the ko punch http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-a ... sks-first/

Thanks for that, NYTony.

The total incompetence of those "covering" boxing is shown by the fact that the photo of Marciano and Walcott in the center of the ring well away from the ropes is constantly shown as the "knockout punch."

Despite the fact the fight ended with Walcott with his back touching the ropes and he fell with his left arm draped over the rope.

My favourite photo is in the 1992 book called, MUHAMMAD ALI MEMORIES.

It was taken in 1972, during the prefight introductions before one of his fights.

Ali is stood in the ring in his robe on, one arm perched on the top rope.

George Foreman is in a suit being introduced to he crowd (presumably as a future prsopect to look out for), he is also perched with one arm on the top rope, in a snazzy 1970's suit & Ali is just looking intensely at Foreman.

The way he looks at Foreman is so poignant; as if he is saying, "you just wait until I get you in the ring, sucker!"

It's a fantastic photo.

Nice thread. Makes you use your imagination. For me,any facial shot of Joe Louis. In public or in the ring. One of my hobbies is painting. I can't paint enough of the old Brown Bomber. I used to coach high school football. One of the players was one of Joe's adopted kids,John. I would try talking to him about his dad. It was impossible(I thought)to convey to him how I felt about his father,so I didn't try that much. What a beautifull face. What a beautifull man.

dagosd2000 wrote:Nice thread. Makes you use your imagination. For me,any facial shot of Joe Louis. In public or in the ring. One of my hobbies is painting. I can't paint enough of the old Brown Bomber. I used to coach high school football. One of the players was one of Joe's adopted kids,John. I would try talking to him about his dad. It was impossible(I thought)to convey to him how I felt about his father,so I didn't try that much. What a beautifull face. What a beautifull man.

Dagos,

How about how Louis face changed from his younger years to more lax soft face at the time he fought Charles and then more to when he fought Marciano and after.

I spent an hour talking to Louis, sitting in seats at the Landover Md. Capitol Center during and after the weigh the day before the Ali-Evangalista fight.

lucky guys both of you

harrygreb wrote:lucky guys both of you

Thanks. I don't want to change the topic,but I didn't like how some people tried to humiliate Louis after he retired. That idiot Don Rickles tried to make fun of him during a show,but Sinatra beat him to the punch and before Rickles could poke fun at Louis Sinatra cued up the band. Rickles was left with egg on his face and said,"I guess I'm done"

It wasn't a photo,but a little film. I guess you could take a cell and make a photo. Anyway this always got to me. After Roberto Duran wins the lightweight title,he goes back to Panama and builds a house in the barrio where he grew up as a kid. It's a big beautifull house right in the middle of this poor neighborhood. This is funny,Duran puts broken glass along the top of the wall that goes around the house. You can tell he's still ghetto. But here's the thing that gets me. Duran is looking out over the wall of his house looking at some of the neighborhood kids playing in a vacant lot. Tears are running down Duran's cheeks. Manos de Piedra? Not all the time.

Can't beat that shot of Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston.

i always look for the reporters head between ali's legs. i read somewhere that he is often airbrushed out.
sinatra was friendly with floyd patterson and told him to shut ali's mouth when they fought. after the fight a downcast floyd walked towards frank to offer an apology - frank blanked him completely. absolutely cut him dead.

Neil Leifer's picture of Clay v Williams in 1965 at the Astrodome is my favourite picture ever. It's also the cover of the G.O.A.T. book that I mannaged to sneak a look at in Caeasr's Palace recently.

http://216.117.181.169/picture.php?pict=1102&page=1

The real kayo punch was the left hook Marciano landed as Walcott was down.

granberry wrote:

nytony wrote:this is not the ko punch
http://www.campbells.org/Rant+Rave/r+r_ ... lcott.html

this is the ko punch http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-a ... sks-first/

Thanks for that, NYTony.

The total incompetence of those "covering" boxing is shown by the fact that the photo of Marciano and Walcott in the center of the ring well away from the ropes is constantly shown as the "knockout punch."

Despite the fact the fight ended with Walcott with his back touching the ropes and he fell with his left arm draped over the rope.

granberry wrote:

dagosd2000 wrote:Nice thread. Makes you use your imagination. For me,any facial shot of Joe Louis. In public or in the ring. One of my hobbies is painting. I can't paint enough of the old Brown Bomber. I used to coach high school football. One of the players was one of Joe's adopted kids,John. I would try talking to him about his dad. It was impossible(I thought)to convey to him how I felt about his father,so I didn't try that much. What a beautifull face. What a beautifull man.

Dagos,

How about how Louis face changed from his younger years to more lax soft face at the time he fought Charles and then more to when he fought Marciano and after.

I spent an hour talking to Louis, sitting in seats at the Landover Md. Capitol Center during and after the weigh the day before the Ali-Evangalista fight.

Enviable oppotunity....he was a great man. To have had an hour of his time in discussion is definately valuable.

Can't beat that shot of Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston.

BoxBuzz wrote:

granberry wrote:

dagosd2000 wrote:Nice thread. Makes you use your imagination. For me,any facial shot of Joe Louis. In public or in the ring. One of my hobbies is painting. I can't paint enough of the old Brown Bomber. I used to coach high school football. One of the players was one of Joe's adopted kids,John. I would try talking to him about his dad. It was impossible(I thought)to convey to him how I felt about his father,so I didn't try that much. What a beautifull face. What a beautifull man.

Dagos,

How about how Louis face changed from his younger years to more lax soft face at the time he fought Charles and then more to when he fought Marciano and after.

I spent an hour talking to Louis, sitting in seats at the Landover Md. Capitol Center during and after the weigh the day before the Ali-Evangalista fight.

Enviable oppotunity....he was a great man. To have had an hour of his time in discussion is definately valuable.

Buzz, he wouldn't have given you 2 seconds of his time.

Because you don't know sh*t about boxing.
.

you leave buzz alone - the youngsters should be encouraged to take an interest in the sport, remember we knew shiiiiittt all about the game once upon a time

granberry wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:

granberry wrote: Dagos,

How about how Louis face changed from his younger years to more lax soft face at the time he fought Charles and then more to when he fought Marciano and after.

I spent an hour talking to Louis, sitting in seats at the Landover Md. Capitol Center during and after the weigh the day before the Ali-Evangalista fight.

Enviable oppotunity....he was a great man. To have had an hour of his time in discussion is definately valuable.

Buzz, he wouldn't have given you 2 seconds of his time.

Because you don't know sh*t about boxing.
.

Did you and RABID have 30 minutes each?

Oh, hang on, RABID is just a 2nd login you created to make it appear you aren't quite the biggest fekkwad in here.

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:Neil Leifer's picture of Clay v Williams in 1965 at the Astrodome is my favourite picture ever. It's also the cover of the G.O.A.T. book that I mannaged to sneak a look at in Caeasr's Palace recently.

http://216.117.181.169/picture.php?pict=1102&page=1

That's an excellent one. Similar, but not quite as good, is the finish of Lewis-Rahman II, when Rahman lay flat on the canvas and in the aerial shot you can see his head is lying exactly beneath the crown in the Don King canvas logo.

"That's an excellent one. Similar, but not quite as good, is the finish of Lewis-Rahman II, when Rahman lay flat on the canvas and in the aerial shot you can see his head is lying exactly beneath the crown in the Don King canvas logo." - Oliver Fennell

I remember that! That was absolutely priceless

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