classic boxing pictures

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Pictures like this cheer me up when I'm having a crappy day - Jimmy Bivins turning 90 a couple of years back

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and another handsome pic of the old duration champ

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Bivins-Louis report

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"The Perfect Boxer"

Holman Williams

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Cleveland Williams is presently buried in an unmarked grave to the left handside here on another family plot - hopefully someone can get him a marked gravestone in there soon - very very sad

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Clarence Henry puts John Holman on his butt

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[Bobby Sinn]

RSN.. Good call mate. Too much attention is payed to the fights; blood, sweat & tears. Not enough to the person.

On a positive note, Les Darcy's family vault is in the midst of being completely restored. Necessary funds have been sitting in a Council account for a while now. The wait shall be worth while.

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Like this a lot

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Originally Posted by Bobby Sinn

RSN.. Good call mate. Too much attention is payed to the fights; blood, sweat & tears. Not enough to the person.

On a positive note, Les Darcy's family vault is in the midst of being completely restored. Necessary funds have been sitting in a Council account for a while now. The wait shall be worth while.

Great news Bobby Les Darcy was a real folk hero - I hope something gets done for Cleve too - you'd think someone in the boxing community would've known the guy - he must've had some connections - seems strange that he wasn't even buried with or at least near to his own family members

[Bobby Sinn]

Originally Posted by RockysSplitNose

Great news Bobby Les Darcy was a real folk hero - I hope something gets done for Cleve too - you'd think someone in the boxing community would've known the guy - he must've had some connections - seems strange that he wasn't even buried with or at least near to his own family members

That's the saddest part mate. The man was a wrecking ball when on-song, yet he rests in what must be a numbered plot, or a grave with no stand out features. A few thousand $$$ would see a more appropriate setting. A nice headstone for starters, atleast.

I'm suprised there is not a small army of fans in the USA who dedicate much of their time to this kind of effort. FFS!! Darcy's vault is close to US$80,000... That money raised in very short time. I also hope to see the Big Cat shown some posthumous respects... SOON!!

[burt bienstock]

Originally Posted by RockysSplitNose

Like this a lot

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Jose Torres,posing next to the "meanest S.O.B. ,ever in a RING, and the
roughest and toughest, to boot...

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Who's the strapping young man in your avatar Bert??

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Here's Jack Taylor (The Nebraska Tornado) 20's and 30's heavyweight - think he might gotten a win over Schmeling amongst others

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The Wild Bull Of The Pampas - a colourful character

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Homer Smith - this guy fought everyone of the era: check out some of the opponents he faced listed down the side of the pic!!! A veritable who's who

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Joe Louis eyes up the next face on his record

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