The Tex Cobb Appreciation thread.

TerryESB · Jul 28, 2011

WTF, is the deal with the guy? Ernie Shavers was suppose to one of the greatest punchers of all time in boxing, and Cobb was able to block 500 punches in a row with face and then TKO him. How would he do in todays HW division? Tell me more about Cobb?

I love how even though he is a white guy he had an afro. Thumbs up

MetalMandible · Jul 28, 2011

He was middle-of-the-road or even subpar in terms of skill but his mandibular strength and fortitude were out of this world. He beat Shavers because Iron Chinned Warriors beat Glass Jawed Frauds 9/10!

TerryESB · Jul 28, 2011

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5SCa0NqbM[/ame]

Exceptional actor.

Overhill · Jul 28, 2011

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Thread Stealer · Jul 28, 2011

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elchivito · Jul 28, 2011

Couldnt box worth a lick, but he could bang. Some of boxings most memorable quotes too.

Farmboxer · Jul 28, 2011

He was good in Blind Fury.................had a chin of rock........

Thread Stealer · Jul 28, 2011

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13658&more=1

Randy "Tex" Cobb - Heavyweight Boxing's Undisputed #1 Sharp Wit

12.12.07 - By James Slater:

After reading a particular comment left on the Larry Holmes Hall of Fame induction article that was written by Ted Sares on this very web site, this writer was compelled to get to work on the following piece. The comment, left by "Rodent" is a perfect example of the incredibly sharp wit of former heavyweight contender Randy "Tex" Cobb - a man who was hilariously funny and in possession of a razor sharp tongue. The comment is as follows:

In 1980 or so, there was a big dinner honouring heavyweights of the past and present. Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes were all there. So were Renaldo Snipes and Tex Cobb. In his usual fashion, Tex Cobb got up to give a toast. He said, "I'm honoured to be in the same room as some of the baddest ******s ever." Renaldo Snipes stood up, and said, "I'm not going to stand here and let you call me a ******!" Cobb said, "Relax. I wasn't talking about you."

Well, after rolling around in hysterics for a good ten minutes or so, I was inspired to see if I could find more examples of Cobb's comedic masterpieces. I'm glad to say I was able to, and here are the finest and most brilliantly amusing quotes I was able to find from Randy. I'm sure the majority of readers will enjoy reading the following examples of the wit and superb sense of humour Cobb had back in his heyday, when he was one of the toughest heavyweight brawlers out there.

You know, they say Muhammad Ali was one of boxing's most amusing and quick tongued people. And while Ali was undeniably funny at times, he was no match for "Tex" Cobb, as the following quotes from Randy prove:

"All I do is hit somebody in the mouth. It's a whole lot easier than working for a living. Don't make anything noble out of what I do." When asked how he viewed his boxing career.

"Sure, I'd love to fight him. But I have my price, twenty-five cents and a loose woman." On if he'd like to fight Gerry Cooney.

"You run for 45 minutes, you train for an hour and a half, and the rest of the time you just hang out and talk tough." On the typical day of a pro boxer.

"This fight will be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I've been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious." On his upcoming fight with Michael Dokes.

"If you screw up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass, darling!" On how tough fighting can be.

"I miss having bottle fatigue. Abstinence is for monks - not for me. This kind of life is really over-rated. I mean, I'm actually getting to sleep before I have breakfast." On keeping sober during training.

"I've always thought the greatest crime a man can do is take himself too seriously. I mean, something like fighting is pretty ridiculous to take seriously. What I do is hit people, I'm not promoting anything that is real or valuable." On how he looks at fighting for a living.

On the Larry Holmes fight, Cobb's biggest ever bout.

"No, Larry don't hit as hard as Earnie Shavers. No-one hits as hard as Shavers. If there was a fighter that hit harder than Shavers, I shoot him!"

"I wasn't talking to Holmes in there. Every time I felt like saying something to him I found it hard because he kept putting his left hand in my mouth."

"Hey, you're a white guy, do something about this!" To the ref in the Holmes fight.

"I'd have been more active in there, if only I'd been a little more sober."

"Let's party!" To Holmes as they touched gloves for round 15.

"I don't think his hands could take the abuse." On a possible rematch with Holmes.

And finally, three of Cobb's absolute gems.

"I can do my sport no greater service." On being informed that commentator Howard Cosell had hung up his mike after being so appalled at the one-sidedness of the Holmes-Cobb fight.

"Boxing writers are the only people out there who have less constructive jobs than what I do. I don't do nothing but hit people, and those mothers don't do nothing but write about what I do!"

"Yeah, I've been KO'd. Once. By a Mexican bantamweight. How come? Six of my buddies were swinging him around by the heels at the time."

He may have been no match for the greats in the ring; but in terms of making us laugh, nobody in boxing did it better than Randy Cobb!
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TerryESB · Jul 28, 2011

Ace Venuta steals Tex's dog.

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boxon123 · Jul 28, 2011

He caused commenter Howard Cosell to quit Boxing ! Criticism of boxing

Cosell denounced professional boxing in a November 26, 1982 bout between Larry Holmes and a clearly out-matched Randall "Tex" Cobb at the Astrodome. The fight was held two weeks after the fatal fight between Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim, and Cosell famously asked the rhetorical question, "I wonder if that referee (Steve Crosson) is [conducting] an advertisement for the abolition of the very sport that he is a part of?" Cosell, horrified over the brutality of the one-sided fight said that if the referee did not stop the fight, that he would never broadcast a professional fight again. Richard Green, who had officiated the fatal Mancini-Kim fight two weeks earlier and was the reason for Cosell's concern, committed suicide less than a year later, on July 1, 1983.

Major boxing reforms were later implemented, the most important of which allows referees to stop clearly one-sided fights early in order to protect the health of the fighters. In amateur boxing, one-sided fights would be automatically stopped if one fighter had a score considerably higher than his opponent. Hitherto, only the "ring" physician had the authority to halt a bout. Another change was the reduction of championship bouts from 15 rounds to 12 rounds by the WBC. (The fatal blows to Kim were in Rounds 13 and 14.) The WBA and WBO quickly followed suit, and the IBF did so in 1988.

Cosell did not cut off ties with the United States Amateur Boxing Federation. His 1984 broadcasts of the Olympic Trials, box-offs, and the 1984 Summer Olympics boxing tournament were his last professional calls of the sport; the overall competition included such up-and-coming stars as Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Pernell Whitaker and Lennox Lewis.

Farmboxer · Jul 28, 2011

Cobb studied martial arts.............

Flatlander · Jul 28, 2011

MetalMandible said: ↑

He was middle-of-the-road or even subpar in terms of skill but his mandibular strength and fortitude were out of this world. He beat Shavers because Iron Chinned Warriors beat Glass Jawed Frauds 9/10!
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Shavers had neither a glass jaw nor was he a fraud.

MetalMandible · Jul 28, 2011

Flatlander said: ↑

Shavers had neither a glass jaw nor was he a fraud.
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That Chin was wet toilet paper. He was just like Tommy Hearns, huge puncher with shitty punch resistance.

TerryESB · Jul 28, 2011

Howard Cosell quit covering boxing because he was so disgusted by Cobb's one-sided loss to Larry Holmes in 1982. In response, Cobb said, "If I eliminate heart disease, if I walk on water, if I come up with a cure for crippled kids, I can't image a greater gift to mankind."

elchivito · Jul 28, 2011

Thread Stealer said: ↑

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13658&more=1
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:good Good job. The Mexican bantamweight gets me everytime!:rofl

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