Thomas Hauser Stories of Violence outside the Ring

Oliver Reed got a dose of this when he was making Royal Flash with Henry Cooper. While they were practising in the ring Reed, who fancied himself a fighter, made the mistake of taking a swing at Cooper. To teach him a lesson, Cooper gave Reed a dig on the chin the next time he waded in. In Cooper's words, "I pulled it, but he still went down like a sack of ****, as I knew he would."

 

Read it all, eyes wide open … couldn't believe what I was reading. Incredible life story. Thanks for sharing mate

 

Great article...mens journal also did an excellent peice on Bobby Gunn a couple yrs ago.

 

Oh-no-no. It's NEVER a cheap shot to hit someone who is walking toward you with strongly apparent aggressive intent. You have zero moral obligation to wait for the first punch or to fully ascertain his intentions.

If you get knocked the **** out aggressively advancing on someone, that's on you. No exceptions, full stop.

 

Exactly ..what else are you supposed to do let the guy try an take you out? No sir not me

 

I just suppose it's me, never cracked someone when they haven't expected it. I know very well hitting someone outside could mean death from that one shot. I was lucky to not get sent down for a nasty incident that left someone in hospital for a few week.

 

Larry Holmes' tactic of jumping off a car feet first in to a foe is probably one of the worst street fighting tactic I can think of....... Hahahaha hahaha.

 

Bull$%&*

If you're going to threaten someone like that and walk over to him with the appearance of following through, be prepared for anything. He wasn't, so #@$% him.

 

Bull**** is it, stick to watching movies pal.

 

What does that even mean?

 

What I said. Like I said before the clown was all hot air. He walked over there and wasn't doing jack ****. Typical mouthpiece with no balls.

 

Hold on, let's compare notes a second. Which one are you supporting, Lockridge or the worthless fat street urchin?