burt bienstock please write a book

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  1. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You are a walking history lesson of boxing please write a book! I will be first customer.
     
  2. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thanks for the advice BUD, but I already wrote a book before called,
    " My brother was an only child " . I am now working on another mystery book,to be called " Murder in a pretzel factory ". It's a story with a new twist...:patsch
     
  3. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just dont be writing any joke books:D
     
  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol:

    A book on boxing from Burt would be an excellent idea,though.
     
  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thanks BUD, but I'm no writer, nor historian of boxing. Just a guy who's been around quite a spell in boxing ,seen it all and likes to share anecdotes of boxing events i have experienced. Take care B...
     
  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I enjoy your tales of ike williams the most :good
     
  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes,but your anecdotes are worthy of a book,Burt.
     
  8. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep Luf, Ike Williams at his best was rated just under Welterweight Ray Robinson in the 1940s. He was marvelous as a lightweight,but to get fights Ike had to fight over the 135 lightweight limit. But at lightweight and not under wraps Ike was a sight to behold. His bouts with the prime Bob Montgomery [tough S.O.B.] and young Beau Jack, along with the much avoided Freddie Dawson brought out the best in Williams. His career started to go downhill when Ike defy'd the managers guild of that time,and he was blackballed from good matches. But oh my, Ike was great...Cheers...
     
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    Quality stuff as always :)
     
  10. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    If Dempsey was still alive, you'd have no trouble finding a financing party for it. ;)
     
  11. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Burt, when Googling the combination of words:

    eastsideboxing ron lyle elmer ray

    -two of your posts in a pair of threads comparing them are the top two hits, something I'm mindful of in the wake of Big Ron's passing.

    That's an apparently unique analogy for aficionados of boxing history to draw upon, something more than a colorful nickname and a few still photographs could provide. (Are you aware of anybody else who made that connection, or even could have drawn that comparison?)
     
  12. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    He should write a book about his alien abduction, which sadly saw him miss out on 50years of boxing
     
  13. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    'Dem aliens spoke really high of Dempsey though, and they saw him fight, unlike us!



    ....... Sorry Burt, I couldn't resist :) I do really appreciate your contributions and stories.
     
  14. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    burt does have a very readable, unique style of writing. He's a character, you know its his stuff when you see it
     
  15. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You know something Burt? I , for 1 , would think that a book of this nature would be a breath of fresh air. No big build-up or back story, just a series of anecdotes relating to 1 mans experiences watching the game over a period of 60yrs. Maybe a chapter to each decade, and a foreword from our own Henry Hascupp endorsing it.



    You never know, JG could pull a few strings in Tinseltown for the big screen version:D