Charlie Chaplin vs Benny Leonard

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLebBC7iWi8[/url]

    Jump to 2:42 of the film. Chaplin was a trained dancer, but for my money his slapstick / physical comedy is as good as it gets.
     
  2. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Awesome! that was fun. thx for posting
     
  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Remember the time he knocked out Jack Dempsey?
    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wniMrsMTnyg[/url]
     
  4. Vinegar Hill

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    What a resume Chaplin's got!
     
  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This film so superior to the boxing clips of 1918, filmed by pros, show how our ancestors walked like us, BOXED like we do today and it shows a small clip of the great Benny Leonard in his prime at the age of 22...It shows a trait of" Bennah", doing his trademark[ though jocularly] of his master feinting....This small clip shows what might have been the greatest lightweight that ever lived...And the tall gent in the background was his mgr. Billy Gibson...Hollywood style filming is so clear...
     
  6. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    And he looks good on film!