Never boxed,but all fighters did what I said !

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  1. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Theodore Roosevelt

    Well, I have to go to a boxing meeting so I will check back late tonight.
     
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  2. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    BINGO, LOU STILLMAN it was...
    Owner of the world famous Stillmans Gym.I must have been there 100 times,as a youngster and Stillman ran a tight ship...He would sit on a high chair by the two rings announcing the boxers, spitting on the floor, and screaming at the famous fighters,laced with insults...These famous fighters would never talk back to Stillman at all it seemed
    I would notice a bulge under his jacket where he packed a gun for protection...He was once in law enforcement, and he knew how to intimidate...I saw hundreds of the best fighters of the 1940s at Stillman's Gym, rubbing elbows with them...It was heaven to me until Stillman closed the gym...
    Yes Lou Stillman was a tough hombre!
     
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    sugarsean Boxing Addict Full Member

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    where do you rate him, in regards to the great trainers of all time.
     
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  4. Tony_Jones

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    When you said that he packed he heat, his was the first name that sprung to mind. Infamous for carrying a gun in fairly plain sight or so ive read. Tough as old boots
     
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    stevebhoy87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm sure i read that pep got special treatment though, is that correct?
     
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  6. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    sugarsean, Lou Stillman was NOT a trainer...He just owned the most famous gym of alltimes...But I saw the best trainers in history with the best boxers, honing their skills...b.b.
     
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  7. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have heard that Lou Stillman treated Willie Pep differentlybthan the other fighters...He also liked the toughest young fighter I ever saw ,Rocky Graziano...As I posted before he appeared to be a mean SOB...I would just sit there and soak it all in..Heaven to me...
     
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  8. OLD FOGEY

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    Wyatt Earp?

    I see I am wrong. Should have read the whole thing first.
     
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    I was going to say Mike Jacobs
     
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  10. john garfield

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    Lou Stillman
     
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    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Stillman said TODAY what he said THEN to black fighters -- .38 or not -- he'da been dead meat.
     
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    jg, you above all knew the answer...I still remember that high chair Stillman sat on and ruled his domain...
    I also remembered the stomache aches I woulkd get from the cold pastrami sandwiches ,I would buy there, but it was worth it...b.b.
     
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  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agreed
     
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  14. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How 'bout the undrinkable coffee 'n rock-hard pastry, b?
     
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  15. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In fairness to Lou, he's was an equal-opportunity abuser: Every ethnic got an epithet.
     
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