classic boxing pictures - Page 62

RockysSplitNose · 02-07-2011, 06:26 PM

Very very very sad - heart breaking scene - the man in the top right always makes me shudder

RockysSplitNose · 02-07-2011, 06:30 PM

The Tigerman in a tender moment with a little tiger

prime · 02-07-2011, 06:48 PM

Thank you, Rocky! Your efforts are a treasure and delight!

dee-z-r · 02-08-2011, 12:56 PM

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Young Jack Dempsey with Doc Kearns

that picture is badass... reminds me of a young tyson

wrimc · 02-08-2011, 01:03 PM

This is an amazing thread needs to be stickied

doug.ie · 02-08-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by prime

Thank you, Rocky! Your efforts are a treasure and delight!

agreed

doug.ie · 02-08-2011, 01:34 PM

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Lightweight boxing champ "Bat" Nelson in 1911. After retiring from the ring, Bat (short for Battling; aka the Durable Dane, born Oscar Nielsen) dabbled in fight promotion and vaudeville. In January 1954, "a pathetic little man of 80 pounds, his mind a complete blank," Bat was committed to the Chicago State Hospital; a month later he was dead of lung cancer at age 71. With 68 wins, 19 draws and 19 losses, Bat once said that although he had "lost several fights," he had never been beaten...

just want to bump that one ^^.....its 100 years old now that photograph.

Kalasinn · 02-08-2011, 01:53 PM

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This is an amazing thread needs to be stickied

Seconded.

prime · 02-08-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kalasinn

Seconded.

Ditto.

JLP 6 · 02-08-2011, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by peter5

Look at Duran's face. Sheesh! Talk about a demon posessed fighter. I give Buchanon a lot of credit for what he was in with that night.

cat_funt · 02-08-2011, 05:26 PM

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just want to bump that one ^^.....its 100 years old now that photograph.

Whats going on with that punch bag in the top right?

Awesome thread.

RockysSplitNose · 02-09-2011, 04:12 PM

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

RockysSplitNose · 02-09-2011, 04:15 PM

Carp vs Siki - classically funny classically bizarre classically Siki

02-09-2011, 04:16 PM

Well, Carpentier v Jeannette was definitely filmed so it may re-appear one day.

RockysSplitNose · 02-09-2011, 04:19 PM

Jim Corbett pictured in retirement

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RockysSplitNose Belt holder ESB Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East Midlands in England Posts: 3,820 vCash: 1000	Re: classic boxing pictures 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
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Rasch Guest Posts: n/a vCash:	Re: classic boxing pictures Well, Carpentier v Jeannette was definitely filmed so it may re-appear one day.
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