Jimmy Carruthers' KO of Vic Toweel might be the most extraordinary in all filmed boxing

Holy crap! That was brutal, just relentlessly hammering away at Toweel. I came in here wondering just how outlandish this would have to be to live up to that title, but I do think it's up there.

 

Damn, savage.

The production takes a lot of the oomph out of what would otherwise look like a very brutal KO

 

**** me, that was madness!

 

Are the sounds dubbed in? They sound a little off to me.

 

Just curious, were you legitimately unaware?
I'm always interested in how people perceive footage.

 

Retiring at 19-0 as world champion straight after beating a Thai copper outside in the pissing it down rain with no shoes on. Well done that man. Jimmy looked a tremendous fighter, shame he didn't hang around long enough for Halimi, Macias, Becerra etc.

 

I thought they were, but I had some doubt that it might have just been bad recording equipment, a bit degraded etc. and it's not something I've seen mentioned.

 

Looks and sounds like B-roll footage for Raging Bull

 

I would buy the man one, that's for sure.

 

savage. your man shouldve just walked out of the building instead of getting back in the ring.

 

G'day Mr McGrain, Carruthers holds a special place in Aussie boxing history as he was our first undisputed world champion. Stylistically Carruthers was a huge bantamweight with excellent hand and foot speed and a big left hand.

It was such a shame Carruthers had to come back due to financial pressures a full seven years after his retirement as undisputed world bantamweight champion.

He came back as a featherweight - lightweight and similarly to the great Carlos Zarate he was a shadow of the fighter he had been.

He was also infamous for having a 30 ft long tapeworm that was discovered after his title defence against the American fighter " Pappy " Gault. It is believed Carruthers picked up the parasite in South Africa.

A couple of links...

[url]http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carruthers-james-william-jimmy-12294[/url]

[url]http://www.blog.ringsideaus.com.au/2016/08/12/greatest-australian-fighters-ever-5/[/url]

Cheers.

 

Here's a couple of links for your good self i am sure you will love.

[url]http://www.boxing.com/the_100_greatest_fighters_of_all_time_part_one_100_91.html[/url]

[url]http://www.boxing.com/the_100_greatest_heavyweights_of_all_time_part_1_100_91.html[/url]

[url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/20892-the-fifty-greatest-light-heavyweights-of-all-time-part-one-50-41[/url]

[url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/21438-the-50-greatest-middleweights-of-all-time-part-one-50-41[/url]

[url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/22040-the-50-greatest-welterweights-of-all-time-part-one-50-41[/url]

Google will get you the rest of the articles (weight divisions) and countdowns.