For those that haven't seen it, the legendary Jim Driscoll in his final fight. That guy Rare Boxing uploads some amazing stuff. Not sure how rare this is, but I'd never seen it before and I know there are quite a few on here that hold Driscoll in high regard. Not him at his best, post WW1 and all that, but fascinating nonetheless. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnwjYdRgPU[/ame]
This is very rare. Any Driscoll footage is amazing IMO. Just watching it now, you really dont know how excited I am.
:good Never know, this Rare Boxing guy might have Greb He might be like 'Oh, Greb, he ain't rare, yeah I got loadsa Greb here you are, here's HL's of his first fight with Kid Norfolk':rofl
It's got the title page at the beginning of the vid. Got stopped in the 16th round as per Boxrec. Looks legit:good
Driscoll looks knackered in that, he couldnt hold Le Doux off at all, no snap in his shots at all and his legs were stiff. Le Doux looked pretty handy though, especially on the inside.
As I say, you only see flashes of what Driscoll was capable of as seen in the other clip on youtube. It's his final fight. But I felt it would want to be seen nonetheless:good
Thanks for it. Driscoll was past his prime in the Robson fights as it was. He was even further past it, although not long before he gave Freddie Walsh hell.
He does **** up the titles sometimes though. Case in point: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGQkAwEJvE[/ame] Labelled 'Ingemar Johanson vs Joe Bygraves, 1962'
Had a look on British Pathe All i could find on Driscoll http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=21502
**** knows. He's leaving from Southampton to fight Gene Tunney. I wouldn't leave Southampton to fight Gene Tunney thats for sure Still, in all seriousness I'm looking forward to some morem uploads from this Rare Boxing guy. Maybe Greb vs Dempsey sparring, or Jim Jeffries vs Bob Fitzsimmons
The great Jim Driscoll was thirty nine years old in this fight with Charles Ledoux...Driscoll who was stopped in the 16th round, retired after this fight...