:good if he wasn't from da big shmoke he wouldn't get as much stick but have to agree that the scangers that I've seen follow him in the stadium...
luis garcia, both at similar stages in their careers, although garcia has not got nearly the same exposure. He called degale out a few months...
Honorable mention for Jersey Joe Walcott.
It's not like boxer's have ever done that before :patsch You sound like an adolescent.
Jimmy Magee
was going to say b-hop :oops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsXxxGj9Wqw fast forward to 7:10, priceless.
It's all conjecture but i don't think he did. he can be seen entering the ring in hand wraps that were checked by Williard's corner at centre...
Tom Molineaux, born a slave, fought his way to freedom, came within a whisker of being crowned heavyweight champion against Tom Cribb, but died a...
Jimmy Wilde - looked like a skeleton but earned the moniker 'The ghost with a Hammer in his Hand' due to his prodigous power.
'I'd give 'em the head, choke 'em, hit 'em in the balls, but never in my life used my thumb because i wanted no one to use it on me. But they...
[IMG] at a whitecollar fight a couple of years ago, I'm the one with my arm raised - wouldn't have posted it otherwise.
Jim Braddock deserves a mention. Gave joy and hope to millions during the depression. He won the greatest prize in sports through a combination...
The greatest Irish fighter of all time. Just googled the full poem and it's enough to bring tears to your eyes. "Overgrown with firs and...
The Great Prizefight by Alan Loyd tells the story of the fight between Tom Sayers and John C Heenan and is a cracking read. The recent Jem Mace...
