Jimmy Carruthers' KO of Vic Toweel might be the most extraordinary in all filmed boxing

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Wtf?

    There are stories that Toweel was struggling with his weight, but this is still absolutely extraordinary.

    Carruthers was just 14-0 and had been beating up Australians with mad nicknames for a year before setting sail for South Africa where he took on a seasoned Toweel who had never been stopped for the championship of the world. There, he launches a vicious attack not seen since the days of Terry McGovern, throws more than a hundred punches in just over a minute and knocks the champion clean out of the ring before throwing the title belt over his shoulder and heading back to Australia.

    Crazy.

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  2. The Senator

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    Holy crap! That was brutal, just relentlessly hammering away at Toweel. I came in here wondering just how outlandish this would have to be to live up to that title, but I do think it's up there.
     
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    Damn, savage.

    The production takes a lot of the oomph out of what would otherwise look like a very brutal KO
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Carruthers career is insane. I wish he hadn't come out of retirement. What he did was just so perfect and beautiful.
     
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    **** me, that was madness!
     
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    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Are the sounds dubbed in? They sound a little off to me.
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol: tough crowd.

    Yeah they are.
     
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    Just curious, were you legitimately unaware?
    I'm always interested in how people perceive footage.
     
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    Retiring at 19-0 as world champion straight after beating a Thai copper outside in the pissing it down rain with no shoes on. Well done that man. Jimmy looked a tremendous fighter, shame he didn't hang around long enough for Halimi, Macias, Becerra etc.
     
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  10. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I thought they were, but I had some doubt that it might have just been bad recording equipment, a bit degraded etc. and it's not something I've seen mentioned.
     
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    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    Looks and sounds like B-roll footage for Raging Bull
     
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  12. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    I would buy the man one, that's for sure.
     
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    savage. your man shouldve just walked out of the building instead of getting back in the ring.
     
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    G'day Mr McGrain, Carruthers holds a special place in Aussie boxing history as he was our first undisputed world champion. Stylistically Carruthers was a huge bantamweight with excellent hand and foot speed and a big left hand.

    It was such a shame Carruthers had to come back due to financial pressures a full seven years after his retirement as undisputed world bantamweight champion.

    He came back as a featherweight - lightweight and similarly to the great Carlos Zarate he was a shadow of the fighter he had been.

    He was also infamous for having a 30 ft long tapeworm that was discovered after his title defence against the American fighter " Pappy " Gault. It is believed Carruthers picked up the parasite in South Africa.

    A couple of links...

    [url]http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carruthers-james-william-jimmy-12294[/url]

    [url]http://www.blog.ringsideaus.com.au/2016/08/12/greatest-australian-fighters-ever-5/[/url]

    Cheers.
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    Here's a couple of links for your good self i am sure you will love.

    [url]http://www.boxing.com/the_100_greatest_fighters_of_all_time_part_one_100_91.html[/url]

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    [url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/20892-the-fifty-greatest-light-heavyweights-of-all-time-part-one-50-41[/url]

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    [url]http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/22040-the-50-greatest-welterweights-of-all-time-part-one-50-41[/url]

    Google will get you the rest of the articles (weight divisions) and countdowns.
     
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