Some restored fights (HQ)

They're having a good talk to each other that's for sure.

Good find anyway reznick, perfect quality.

 

Yeah that's another good one, gonna subscribe now.

Where did you get the footage for your Louis highlight? That's good quality as well!

 

Those two are absolutely dreadful. Galento would dominate in the 00's would he?? janitor and bodhi, come tell me what i lack the 'key skills' to see

 

Considering the reputation each has for power, one might expect a Foreman-Lyle type exchange of knockdowns and wobbles. Both these men take a whale of a shot though.

At 2:38, 3:05, 3:07, 4:24, and 4:42, Galento connects from long range with a quick and well extended jab. He also gets in a lead hook from distance at 3:54, another quick left at 3:59 (which Max instantly counters with a quick inside hook), and Tony really thuds in a big lead hook at 4:07. Knowledgeable people do give him credit for having a fine quick double jab when he chose to use it, and the quality of that jab is in evidence during these rare filmed instances. He gets the much taller Larruper to try going underneath him and closer to his own punching range, not a bad achievement of ring generalship

Max Baer's best moment comes at 3:20. Backing into a neutral corner, he ducks Galento's hook, and Tony's momentum carries him into the ropes. As he turns right to face Max, his right gets momentarily caught under the top rope. Baer pivots and comes over the top with a huge right which nearly plants Galento on his left knee for what would have been his second career knockdown. Tony lunges onto Baer to prevent this, a savvy ploy which exhibits rapid powers of recuperation. Galento is still in desperate trouble though. He leans away from Maxie's right at 3:40, a follow-up hook at 3:41, and ducks another big right at 3:43 before moving in to clinch and recover, a crucial sequence of evasive maneuvers at a moment when he was in very dire straits.

Galento demonstrates quickness and good reflexes, some defensive ability and survival skills, in addition to his chin and power. When he decked Louis, he did it by beating the Bomber to the punch in an exchange of hooks, where Tony's hook was much quicker and shorter. (Considering that it was Louis he out hooked in this exchange, it is a remarkable example of textbook execution. Joe telegraphed, pulling his left back, while Galento just came forward.) Tony looks wide open and crude at a casual glance, but his combination of power and quickness result in a high degree of caution being exercised in his filmed appearances. He was a 31 year old veteran of well over 100 fights by this time, and not somebody to be trifled with in competition, despite the caricature he cultivated. It certainly bears repeating that he correctly predicted Clay would dethrone Liston. Like Marciano, he understood boxing, and knew what he was doing in there.

 

**** me, galento liked nut shots more than trinidad and golota combined

 

mind me asking what the name of it was

 

Just watched this ,if you didn't know the result ,you would still think Marciano was going to catch him with the hook, at some point, he was so open to it
. Harry Kid tried a bit of the Walcott cake walk but he didn't have the shoulder feints of Joe.

 

Dempsey kicked his ass when he was in his 40's.