I read an article where Tony Galento called the 70s fighters bums

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    Can't find the article now, but Galento said "where do they dig these guys up"? He called Patterson a stiff and said that the fighters were so much better in his day.
     
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    If King Kong wore boxing gloves Tony Galento would call him a bum. He played a good heel but he really could be quite nasty.
     
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    I guess Tony thought the 70s fighters were bummier bums than the guys he called bums in his own day - Tony of course also called Joe Louis a bum.
     
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    Him saying his era was better than the 60s(hes talking Floyd Patterson) is reasonable tbh. But like I've said in other Galento threads I do not believe he as an individual deserves credit for fighting in the 30s. His best win should have been a DQ not just from the fight but from the sport. He was a dirty fighter who makes other dirty fighters look like saints by comparison.
     
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    He even called Joe a bum after Louis knocked him out. So, a grain of salt.
     
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    Yep, that was Tony’s schtick. If he didn’t you call a bum then that’s when you might’ve actually felt insulted. :D
     
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    He'd have moirded the bums!
     
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    Max Baer had actually figured out a reason why Tony did this

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    I totally agree with you about Galento. He's got to be the biggest knob in the history of the sport, hands-down...outside of the criminal types like Resto anyway. I wish this dude was around in the 70s, and could have been matched with some of these "bums". How about Foreman?

    Having seen this guy flailing wildly at Baer for 8 rounds, looking like Butterbean with patches of hair, and then reading this thread title is almost unreal.
     
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    I don't find Galento the least bit endearing or funny. I don't think Max Baer or Lou Nova did, either. Guys who use their thumbs in the ring like Galento did deserve no forgiveness.
     
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    'I'lll mudda the bum!"
     
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    Was it normal for Lou Costello to be doing post-fight interviews back then?
     
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    I had to look twice to make sure it wasn’t old, time travelling Marciano.
     
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    Not that I know of.
     
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    Who's to say he doesn't flatten Foreman?
     
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