Gipsy Daniels?

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Anyone know anything about him?

    For all his dozens of losses he was only stopped a handful of times. Has some good wins on his record as well, including one over Schmeling.

    Anything?
     
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    He won the European light heavyweight championship. Sort of the Henry Cooper of his era.

    He somtimes wore large ear rings into the fight and made a big play on his gypsie heritage.
     
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hahhaa, so he had a gimmick.
     
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    If indeed such a thing was a gimick back then, and not something deeper.