Does any footage of Clarence Reeves (Alabama Kid) exist?

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  1. andrewe

    andrewe Ezekiel 33 banned Full Member

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    I can't seem to find any of his fights. Probably is no footage of him, but I just wanted to ask.
    [url]https://imgur.com/a/VJW2ymS[/url]

    How good was he, too?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've never come across them, and I've looked too.

    He was really good, though. Higher level contender, but was over shadowed by best of his era. Beating Archie Moore is some feat. Interesting that he wasn't from Alabama, though. :lol:

    Yeah, the guy was from Philly iirc. Good win for Moore, and a good fighter in the best era ever.
     
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  3. Woller

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    There is a brief clip of his fight in Australia against Ron Richards.
     
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  4. andrewe

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    Do you have it?
     
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  5. Eye of Timaeus

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    He was from Concord, Georgia and lived in Dover, Ohio
     
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    Ahh, I guess I've got too much random **** in this ed now. Something comes in, something else goes out.
     
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  7. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lol. I wonder why he was called Alabama kid though?
     
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    Legend has it he was first discovered by a promoter while street fighting in Alabama.
     
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  9. Saintpat

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    The most delightful thread I ever started was about the Alabama Kid ... it ended up drawing posts from his ancestors, people who had grandparents and aunts or uncles who had met him/seen him fight, someone who has tales from a trainer who knew him in Ohio, etc.:

    [url]https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/the-alabama-kid.328248/[/url]
     
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  10. Woller

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    Yes
     
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