We 4 great boxers started as USNAVY champ

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We four great fighters started our careers in the United States Navy,
    where we won laurels as top boxing sailors..We then turned pro's and
    became geat fighters...Who were we four.?
     
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    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gene Tunney, Barney Ross and Memphis Pal Moore were all Navy men.
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tunney and Barney Ross were in the MARINES...
     
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    Gun Boat Smith
    Jack Sharkey
    Georgie Abrams
    Tony Zale
    Just guessing ?

    Earnie Schaaf ?
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, not my four guys.[two are], though...
     
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    Eddie "Babe" Risko
    Fred Apostili
    Carl "Bobo" Olson
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not my guys, though Fred Apostoli was a great underated champ...
     
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    Jack Sharkey
    Lou Filippo
    Earnie Schaaf
    Rocky Castellani
    Ed (Gunboat) Smith
    Joey DeJohn
    Johnny Buff
    Memphis Pal Moore
    Bob Murphy
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gunboat Smith and Jack Sharkey are on my list...The other two is a great
    tough fighter, never a champ, and the other guy is a former champion,
    who is sadly forgotten today, but is an all time great fighter..Both from the USNavy...
     
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    Burt, I think you mentioned Lee Sala on another thread. I'm pretty sure he was in the Navy, and was a helluva fighter.
     
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    Bearcat Wright?
     
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    How about Tom Sharkey or Abe (the Newsboy) Hollandersky or Lee Sala
     
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    No ,not Lee Sala from Donora,Pa,hometown of Stan Musial...
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    hh Tom Sharkey is one of the guys..One more to go...
    Hint-my guy past peak licked an alltime great fighter...
     
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    While in the Navy, Vinny Cidone joined the boxing team, and for the first time he fought in a ring with boxing gloves.
     
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