I saw Beau Jack fight Terry Young in 1942...My first pro card...And I saw him several times after including the fight against the great Ike williams 1948 in Philly...Beau Jack was the second most thrilling fighter I ever saw. Sold out MSG seven times one year...Lou Ambers was before my time.but he was a great infighter and very durable who held his own with Henry Armstrong in two fights...Tough guy. If forced to make a choice I would choose Beau Jack for his non stop attack. But Jack would have to stay from inside fighting where Ambers excelled...Close 15 rd dec for Beau...
Sorry to bump this old thread......but I love this matchup....and I don´t wanna make a new thread about this.... My prediction is Ambers by close SD in a brutal war.......I just think Lou´s uppercut would be the best punch of the night and would land in Jack´s face often..... But I have to respect a lot Burt´s opinion because he watched Jack probably more than anyone here in Classic....so, this would be awesome anyway....:hey:
Hi Burt. But wasn't that exactly where Beau Jack always did his fighting? He wasn't what one would call a multi-dimensional stylist. His style was to get inside and bang bang bang away. He was quite the infighter himself. I guess the burning question is who exactly is the BETTER infighter. Hard to pick.
Exactly. I tend to think Lou has the edge here. He managed to hold his own against THE best infighter ever in Armstrong, and not just that. Jack was certainly one of the great infighters but as good as Armstrong? Doubt it. He was a bit bigger though. Lou is often overlooked. I like him here in a very tight, bloody match.
Hya S. Having seen Lou Ambers on film and Beau Jack ringside, many, many times,I recall a great difference in styles. Ambers gave the great Henry Armstrong such great bouts because Armstrong was in on your chest all night long. And this is where Ambers excelled in close with a great assortment of uppercuts catching Armstrong from all angles, inches apart. Beau Jack, who is now seen on one film against Ike Williams in Philly in 1948, was a minuature Mike Tyson in build who needed space for looping hooks, crosses, uppercuts, bolo punches thrown with great force, who seldom clinched...His non-stop attack needed room for full extension, whilst Lou Ambers was a more refined and better infighter... The reason Beau Jack was such a crowd pleaser who sold out MSG SEVEN times in one year, was because of his non clinching ,hell broke lose, style. I am so frustrated today that there is no film of Beau Jack in his prime when he was the sensation of all boxing. His non stop attack and cruel management made for a short prime for Sidney Walker...A product of Battle Royals in Georgia in his youth...How my dad and I looked forward for Fri. nights to see Beau Jack at MSG...
