Ben was hurtable burt. Read Manny Seamons chapter in Cornermen by Ron Fried Ike could sock like o mighty hell and back
Burt, tell me with all this certainty ben could take ike williams then?? And how sturdy was bens chin?? How hard could ike punch?? He florred...
All i can say with certainty is there underling steve lott had no great impression of ben based on the tendler fight. It was my personal...
Ridiculous commets on the maxim and graziano fights calling lamotta far from great lay off the angel dust its harmfull stuff
i think its very underplayed that srr as a welter routinely faced and beat middleweights. Its a good way to ruin a welterweight.
jimmy jacobs said, "i have no film of this incredible fighter but any one eyed middleweight able to take a fight off Gene Tunney must be...
There was never a time in pannys career when he couldn't make 47 Burt. Alls im saying is, If Ben faced other great welters, Britton, Lewis, super...
not dissing ben burt i worded my post carefully please re read "panny" was at 147 or less all through his prime box rec is often box drec as far...
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Early in Nat Fleischers book "Lennard The Magnificent" he addresses exactly your post citing the Leo Johnson and Dorsey matches as per the...
recall mccrory saying the best asset of jones was his defense His deficiencies as a fighter really were He was a Dempsey from the waist up He...
The laws in place in 1925 about boxing film would not apply to the training footage. Hence it survives but the actual match doz not.
Tuff to recall. Haven't seen the fight since the original air date. I always apply Harry Grebs advice to young aspiring boxers...Play Handball!!...
Its not strainge when u lean about the film of that era was nitrate and as the film preservationists book sez "Nitrate won't wait"
Recollecting Colin Jones to me = Son learn to cut the ring off vs McCory He had no clue!!
