Most exciting old timer fights on film?

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  1. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Can you recommend any really great well recorded fights from before say around 1920 that are still exciting to watch to a modern fan?
     
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  2. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dempsey-Willard must be the obvious answer!
     
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  3. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Mike Gibbons vs. Mike O'Dowd and Battling Nelson vs. Art Wolgast are some pretty solid pre-1920 fights
     
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  4. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    One of the best if not the best is Owen Moran v. Battling Nelson. Also Jimmy Britt v. Nelson and Moran v. Ad Wolgast.
     
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  5. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Basically everyone vs. Battling Nelson lmao
     
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My favorite is Louis vs Galento.
    It's like watching a Bugatti Veyron
    vs a Dump truck in a drag race.
     
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  7. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Owen Moran is my favorite lightweights to watch from that era.
     
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  8. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Thanks I am going to investigate this lot this week!
     
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