What one ability distinguished Boston Tom McMustache...

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  1. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    ...from other fighters?
     
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  2. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    He had two thumbs on his right hand.
     
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  3. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    Commonly held notion, but untrue. Not quite what I'm looking for, DDDU...
     
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  4. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    You mean aside from the fact that he had a cast iron moustache?
     
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  5. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He would routinely run a marathon in training the morning of a fight, consume copious bottles of brandy during the 100 round contest and then be seen about town in the wee hours in the company of several members of the fairer sex.
     
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  6. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Once knocked out the heavyweight champion of all Prague with a strongly worded telegram.
     
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  7. Hammer Muldoon

    Hammer Muldoon Active Member Full Member

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    Trick question. He was better than his competition in every conceivable way, which makes it impossible to list just one.
     
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  8. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    His sideburns?
     
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  9. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    His story telling. Most notably, the mythical tales about the 18th Century prizefighting gypsy, Jem 'Courageous Duck' Broughson.
     
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  10. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    He lifted a trolly car off its tracks by drunken insinuation.

    A full grown steer promptly fell from the tram's doors and expired.
     
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  11. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    It's not the mustache? I could've sworn it was his mustache.
     
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  12. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    His finely groomed pubic thatch?
     
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  13. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Who ?
     
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  14. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    His ability to sing off-key Freddie Mercury numbers?
     
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  15. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    You're confusing McMoustache with McGoatee. An easy mistake to make.
     
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