Best 5 all-time Aboriginal boxers!

cheers CHB....i will order that!!

 

Doug Nicholls was one of the greatest men this country has produced.

Going back even further what about this line from Robert Drane's book Fighters by Trade.


At the close of the century the authorities tried to ban boxing. In 1889 Young Griffo and his Melbourne rival, a splendid aboriginal called Young Pluto were arrested and charged with assault and “disturbing the peace” and Griffo was banned from ever fighting in Melbourne again.

If anyone can tell me anything about Young Pluto they get a pat on the back from petty cash.

 

Some googling just revealed that Young Pluto was an Afro Canadian so call off the hounds.

I'd be interested if anyone can confirm if Merv "******" Blandon is part indigenous because if so he would rocket into the top 15.

 

The only place that says he is Aboriginal is an interesting chapter on Aboriginal boxing title "The Glory Sport" in Colin Tatz book on Aboriginal sports heroes.

The entire book is on the following link.

http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/ASSHSSH/ASSHSSH03.pdf

I spoke to Arnold Thomas from the Hall of Fame when assembling the rough top 20 and he said categorically no.

Poking around on Boxrec I drilled down to Pat Leglise and went on a trip down memory lane. He was my first live boxing hero and I thought an incredibly underated fighter who if it not were for cuts would have gone further. I remember the hush that used to come over the gym when he walked in and conducted himself like a real pro.

He was the undisputed king of the gym and I was a wide eyed Year 9 fool just loving it all. A few guys in the gym knew how pumped I was for his fight with Flash Malcolm that they took me with them to the Hordern to see him box beautifully to win. We were singing and larking on the way home like it was us that won the fight.

We got the bus out to watch his next fight against Choo Choo Brown and he got starched in one of those mid air knockouts that make it into the Wide World of Sports montages. The bus trip back was a quiet and depressing hell. I could not believe that there was someone out there better than our superhero.

He's inside now and a shell of the man he was but I will never forget the Kempsey warrior in full flight.

 

The 3 Gunditjmara warriors together. I read in Against the Odds that the Gunditjmara waged an inch by inch war back in the day. Seems the spirit has seeped into the boxers.

 

Interesting article couldhavebeen, particularly the mention about professional boxing getting a lot bigger yet, thanks to television.
Im spewing that idiot adam watt went and got caught smuggling drugs, it was going to kickstart aus boxing once again

 

That article refers to a beautiful time in Sydney where the inner city was filled with proud Aboriginal professional boxers.

Now its down to the last of the Mohicans, Edgar Brown Sugar Wymarra who lives in Glebe. (who I manage and is making a comeback on Nov 29 btw).

We interviewed former NRL player Joey Williams tonight on his crack at boxing so we could be building up the stocks again.

I ran into Graeme Porky Brooke at the Hall of Fame on Saturday night. A true gentleman and legend.