I bet you did not know that ____________

Smokin Joe Frazier was the 13th of 14 children and at one point in his youth he tipped the scales at nearly 300 pounds which is why he took up boxing...to lose weight!

 

I did not know that. Did you know Tyson's paternal grandfather was Irish?

 

Al..........

Mate, any slight change in direction throughout life can make for brilliant alterations or improvements.

Just remeber....... if it wasnt for your old man, Gerry would have sung that same song with two perfect ears!!!!!!

 

Really? When did this fight take place. I thought Ringo was born about 1937 or so. Conteh is listed as being born in 1951 in the Ring Record Book. Hard to see these two fighting as Conteh would have had to have been a sub-teenager.

 

Sorry OF, it originally said "Ringo Starr beat Alan Rudkin as an amateur" as a joke aimed at AF. I changed it, then he came up with the Gerry Marsden one. :yep

 

I refuse to play it. :bart

 

He should have got Jean Terrell instead and made her say his real name. :hey

 

...... It'd be rude of her to talk with her mouth full.

 

Thought you might.

 

On the never walk alone theme Joe Louis once signed for Liverpool Football Club.

Muhammad Ali did indeed go to jail; for Driving without a valid Licence!

 

Buddy Baer was paid more for his pro debut than any fighter prior to Sugar Ray Leonard.

 

After their first fight, Ali claimed that Frazier might be the hardest puncher he ever faced.

 

Murray Sutherland was the first ever super middleweight champion. He won the newly created IBF world title on March 28th 1984.

 

Now that is a real gem.

 

Yep, it's been discussed on here before and was marred by a Kopite claiming it was Shankly's idea. :roll: