Rare McLarnin interview [VIDEO]

Outstanding ... he spoke so well .. no sign of any sort of dementia ..

 

What a wonderful find. Where do you locate such gems?

 

Theres another part to this with Billy Conn being interviewed which is great also. It was done for a documentary that was never finished.

 

B, thanks for this video of one of my dad's favorite fighters, the great
Jimmy McLarnin. Though he was a terrific right hand puncher, his ratio kos to wins doesn't show it, because of his breaking his right paw so often. My dad would tell me about the great group of McLarnin, Barney Ross, Tony Canzoneri, and Billy Petrolle, of the 1930s who fought each other time and again...Throw in the underated Lou Ambers in that mix.:good

 

thanks, really enjoyed

 

I have video interviews with the original Joe Walcott, Jim Jeffries, and Tommy Ryan.

 

put 'em up please

 

Those all came from the same source as the Greb training footage. The University of South Carolina Movietone News archive. With Jeffries is his fighter Al Morro. There are a lot of good ones in that. My favorite is Philadelphia Jack O'Brien recounting his fight with Ketchel. Tommy Burns is another good one.

 

Are these all public?

 

You're killing it with these videos! Thanks much!

 

I met him when he was in his 90s and he was still lucid and dignified as well. I don't know how some boxers get out of it without much neuro damage and how others don't. So strange.

 

I like how Aldo Spoldi shows up at the 7 min 20 second mark. Great little fighter!