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  1. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I like to read boxing biographies so if you could pick 3 dececed fighters to have an in depth bio written about them who would you pick? I'll start off with. Sorry ment to write Three in thread title
    1 Matt Franklin
    2 Fritzie Zivic
    3 Bobby Chacon
     
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  2. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bob Cat Montgomery
    Tommy Loughran
    Bad Bennie Briscoe
     
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  3. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    1. Tom Sharkey
    2. Harry Wills
    3. Julian Jackson
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You can still edit the title if you want to change it. Shoot @mark ant does it everyday
     
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  5. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    LOL thanx brother
     
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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I was actually thinking Bad Bennie but didnt want to put 2 Philly guys down
     
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  7. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol I hope I didn’t mess things up by putting 3 of them down. I wanted to put Gypsy Joe Harris down but technically he already has one “son of Philadelphia” I remember it as decent but not great. Got it from a library in Maryland 8 years ago and I have not felt like buying a copy to reread lol
     
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  8. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I like those choices, but, for the record, Julian Jackson is still alive and well. I am looking forward to speaking with him at his IBHOF induction in Canastota next June.
     
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  9. The Undefeated Lachbuster

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    Oh I didn't read the deceased part my bad

    Replace Jackson with, Luis Firpo? Sure.
     
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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  11. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think the Coloured Canadian Sonny Jones' story would be worth the telling.

    Welter, Globetrotting Proven TOP Fighter/Contender and WW2 victim... fought a lot of other noted great fighters, his story sings of nostalgia & the Road of the Prizefighter.

    another Canadian who campaigned, lived and died in Britain, also was jailed for killing his wife in a jealous rage, but was another worthy tough top fighter on the trail of champion hopes and eking out a living. his name is escaping me I'll get to it... he was based in Bristol for a while.
     
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  12. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    No you didnt mess anything up my man. Matter of fact Philly has had so many great and interesting fighters I can think of adleast 5 off the top of my head I'd like to read bio's on
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  14. ChrisJS

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    Benny Leonard
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Salvador Sanchez
     
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  15. The Morlocks

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    Great thread!
    Galindez
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    Cuevas
     
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