I was a bareknuckle fighter,fought a HOF'er not in ring

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  1. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm gonna say Jem Mace, who lost to fellow-HOFer Charlie Mitchell. After losing a fight to another HOFer, Tom King, he picked a fight with King in the streets, when he couldn't get a return match.

    As for the big trouble he was in... well, it was found out that he was a bigamist, and that he fathered at least 14 children by 5 woman. That I would call REAL trouble!
     
  2. Casey91

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    amhlilhaus is on to something with American champion, mrbassie he was considered the champion of his class in America.
     
  3. Casey91

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    none of the above yet, bukkake, his trouble was much more serious than that hahaha.
     
  4. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    was it a murder?
     
  5. Duranium

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    bukkake, you're very stoic in all of your posts. I'd expect a guy with a name like that to be somewhat of a joker and im starting to wonder, do you actually know what a bukkake is?
     
  6. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Those were just 7 letters I picked at random - do they actually mean something??
     
  7. Dynamite

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    its not jack johnson is it
     
  8. Meast

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    He said he was smaller than Sullivan so probably not!
     
  9. Dynamite

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  10. Casey91

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    Nope not Fitzsimmons my guy was a smaller guy.
     
  11. hhascup

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    I just got home from running and Ring Announcing the Amateur Boxing Show in Newark.

    Was it William Poole
     
  12. Casey91

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    cool hh, nope not poole, my guy lost to a top 100 rated puncher towards the end of his career.Another hint -My guy got into a fight with a boxer in a barroom who has a very similar name to another fighter and he is in the HOF.
     
  13. Dynamite

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  14. Casey91

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    nope
     
  15. Bukkake

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    Ok, I'll give it one more shot: Young Griffo?

    He is supposed to have engaged in a few bareknuckle fights early on back home in Australia.

    He lost to top-100 puncher Joe Gans late in his career.

    He picked a fight in a New York restaurant with Jim Corbett.

    And of course drinking was his big problem.