What does your boxing DVD collection consist of?

I`ll give you three: John Holman vs Bob Baker 12rds, Tony Zale vs Melio Bettina 1934 Golden Gloves, George Dixon vs Casper Leon 1906 exhibition.

 

Wow Dixon footage, how much did that cost you? Could ya tell me some more?:happy

 

Well, yes and no. You have to understand that I worked my ass off to get the money to buy these films from a very young age (I started collecting fight films when I was all of 12 years old), did loads of overtime at various jobs and oddjobs at a young age and when I was in my teens I had to hustle and do some shady things to get some extra cash and then save, save and save some more money to buy the films all the while going to school and training as a boxer five times a week from the age of 13 till I turned 17.

I sacrificed a lot and I mean A LOT over the years to acquire all these films, spent countless hours away from my family and friends to work and make money to buy fight films when everybody else was out partying and having fun and thats not taking into account the time and work it took to acquire my studio sources and make contacts with independant collectors who have rare footage, gain their confidence and trust and then purchase these fights for big bucks.

So yes, in a way I would be upset, but then again its not like its going to happen anyway so I am not at all concerned really. I do not like hoarding all my fights and keeping them to myself however and I have shared and released some footage over the years, but I can`t bring myself to share all of it for free when I worked so hard to acquire these films over the years and spent considerable sums of money to buy them.

Thats why it pisses me off when some folks get upset about my refusal to release these films, they haven`t got a clue how much time and effort I spent acquiring them and just feel I should share them with everyone because that would be the right thing to do in their opinion, well the hell with that, if those same folks who ***** and moan would have spent a fraction of the effort I did they might have something to show for it too, but since they don`t have the will or desire they just sit back and complain instead.

 

Sorry but I won`t, don`t wanna come accross as being an ******* but when I have done that in the past all I did was get **** on by those folks I mentioned in my previous post both here and on other sites I no longer post on for this very reason, just too much drama and I ain`t got the patience for it, sorry.

 

Lol, thanks man. Say, did you finally watch that Dupas footage yet?

 

Well that's fair.
Are you going to keep the films in your family, or will you release all the footage when you are on your deathbed?

 

I haven`t given it any serious thought to be honest, but I do plan on including in my will when I get around to writing one up what I intend to be done with my collection after I croak.

 

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Wow u have some collection

 

I have a lot of fights from the 70's and 80's almost all of the world heavyweight championship fights ever put on film.. I have hundreds of fights from the old western forum too from early nineties.. Lots of MSG network fights , ie.. Mcgirt , Alex Stewart, bowe, glenwood brown, Tyson, gino Gellormino, Tunde Foster, Johnny Duplessus, Rene Snipes.. etc... Jr Jones.. I have almost every Tyson fight in full and interviews etc... I have Friday Ahunanyas fights (because its my business to.. LOL) I love Evander so i have his career, Haglers Career, Mclellands career..James Toneys career, Lots of Thomas Hearns fights and Ray Leonards too.... Jack Johnson bits and pieces.. A whole lot of Sonny Liston bouts and interviews concerning his history.. Ali's complete career, Holmes too.. lots of British heavyweight domestic fights, Bruno, Mason, Akinwande, Hide, Curry, Notice, i love Felix Savon too, i have bunches of his fights.. a legend..

 

I never relly compare myself to RB imo.

That guy has over 3000 or so fights.

 

Holyfeild, nearly everyfight
Jones, 20+
Oscar, everyfight
Hopkins, around 40
Calzaghe 10
Mayweather 20+
Lot and lots of single fights too

 

If anyone is interested, I recently was handed 3 Lionel Rose bouts from 1967. Lionel Rose has not seen the footage and now recieved them via the mail. From a home movie camera and in colour, he was rather excited about the viewing.. One of the fights is against Tiny Palacio.. the other 2 opponents I am waiting for Lionel to assess..

I wont sit here and sulk about the toil, struggle and sacrifice I made to become a greedy **** with serious need for reflection on self... quite simply, I'll make these films available should any care to view them.

...I must add, that in aquiring the said tapes, I has to travel out of my way to a friends house... him being a non-smoker, I suffered for minutes whilst holding out for a cigarette, before recieving the tapes. On top of that, I drove past a Safeway store, the kind of supermarket where scumbags work day and night with little education in hope of becoming film collectors.. After finally reaching home, I then had to wade thru the cans in the fridge and determine the coldest of the lot... SUCCESS, a nice cold Bourbon was in hand.

Then more brain busting.... What do I do with the footage?? **** it, make it available for everyone who cares... That really was a struggle to conclude. I thought by doing this, it might save one teenager from depriving himself of nights out, an education, sex with something other than a sheep and gratitude that he ses from others..

If this footage interests you... just PM an address..