classic boxing pictures

[Theron]

Dempsey relaxing in England

[Arka]

Does anyone know,which fight this is from? I've seen it listed as being from Dempsey-Firpo,for obvious reasons.
But other photos of the fight confirm that Dempsey wore white trunks and the referee had a full head of hair.
Also,looking at the fashions,it seems the photo was taken in the 1930's.

[RockysSplitNose]

I'd say the above photo is early to mid 1930's and maybe middleweights possibly? Is the guy falling out the ring Garcia? Is it Garcia? You know the one who drew with Henry Armstrong?

Here's the ever familiar face of Sam Langford

[RockysSplitNose]

RIP Carmen

[Colonel Sanders]

Originally Posted by RockysSplitNose

Stills from Gorgeous Georges Carpentier Vs Joe Jeanette - these looks like film reel stills to me much like those of Sam Langford against Jeanette prior to the film surfacing - methinks the film of this fight is definately out there somewhere

awesome

I read somewhere Carpentier was kinda robbed

[RockysSplitNose]

Here's Barney Ross poised to pin the incoming Garcia with a right hand

[RockysSplitNose]

Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

awesome

I read somewhere Carpentier was kinda robbed

I've got a British printed antique copy of a autobiography of George's Carpentier that I found in an antique shop in the back street of Paris France a few years back and it says in the book that when they awarded the decision to Jeanette there was a near riot such was the crowds disgust?? Carpentier was a beautiful fighter - like a fencer - his right hand was amazing as well

[burt bienstock]

Originally Posted by Arka

Does anyone know,which fight this is from? I've seen it listed as being from Dempsey-Firpo,for obvious reasons.
But other photos of the fight confirm that Dempsey wore white trunks and the referee had a full head of hair.
Also,looking at the fashions,it seems the photo was taken in the 1930's.

Yes that is Mickey Walker flattening Bert Colima in the 7th round from Vernon California...Mickey when sober was a helluva fighter...,

[RockysSplitNose]

Max Baer the only man to put Tommy Farr down

[red cobra]

Originally Posted by RockysSplitNose

Max Baer the only man to put Tommy Farr down

Man, Baer looks huge in this picture.

[Theron]

[MadcapMaxie]

[MadcapMaxie]

[MadcapMaxie]

[RockysSplitNose]

Originally Posted by red cobra

Man, Baer looks huge in this picture.

Baer was a huge guy he had a 45" chest with a 48" expansion and he had a wing span of i think 81" - one journalist described as having to instinctively turn sideways to get his shoulders through doorways - think some of the footage is quite deceptive coz of the way he sometimes pranced around in the ring tiptoeing around and he had a slim 32"waist and skinny looking legs but in the upper body he was huge - saw footage of him as a guest to a Sonny Liston fight where he come in per-fight to shake both fighter hands and he looks quite a bit bigger than Liston - Curtis Hatchet Man Sheppard said knocking down Ma Baer would be akin to chopping down a tree