What a right hand I had/one for the ages ?

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  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Dan Donnelly.
     
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  2. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    bollocks :)

    and there was a tv programme on it here too recently...showing it being transported on a plane for an exhibition in dublin.

    what a great shout young greg :good
     
    doug.ie, Oct 24, 2010
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Was reading the review for a book about him the other day. The right hand bit twigged it for me.
     
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  4. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    None to all above..My guy was a big guy, with a right hand for the ages. this was no fly by night right hand...all good right hands come and go, but not my guy !
     
    burt bienstock, Oct 24, 2010
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  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    louis firpo....that right was part of one of the most iconic images in boxing..

    i give up now...i'm just guessing
     
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  6. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You been drinkin' today, bud?:D

    Ebihara was a southpaw whose go-to weapon was his straight left, and Charles "Kid" McCoy invented the cork-screw punch (which was merely a properly turned over right cross), not Al.
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    No..I just got up..I'm waiting for the tea to boil..give me a break..just a remeinder that you shouldn't be behind a keyboard, or the wheel of a car till your're awake first.
     
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  8. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    GP, right yoiu are. It was Dan Donnelly the first Irish Heavyweight Champion.dan Donnelly was one of SEVENTEEN children born in Dublin.
    He had a short reign because of drinking problems and died in 1820.
    Upon donnellys death his famous right hand was removed and put on display. Donnellys hand was taken to New York on tour and returned
    to Ireland where it now on display in the Hideout Pub, in killcullen.
    Co Kildare, 190 years after his death...Now that is a RIGHT hand !
     
    burt bienstock, Oct 24, 2010
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I believe his epitaph goes as follows:

    "O'erthrown by punch
    But never by fist
    He died an unbeaten pugilist"
     
    Seamus, Oct 24, 2010
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  10. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What a great epitaph ,S-
    I saw one on a tombstone in a cemetery that said:
    " I told you I was sick ". b.b.
     
    burt bienstock, Oct 24, 2010
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  11. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    british comedian spike milligan has that on his grave.
     
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  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    burt, do you know who cocked a deaf un'
     
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  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nay !
     
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  14. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  15. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dan Donnelly
     
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