Best 5 all-time Aboriginal boxers!

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  1. old man

    old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Porky and Cass were at Lionels birthday a few months ago at Warragull and I think that was where that picture was taken.
    What a great day that was.
     
  2. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hope Lionel's doing well. Sounds like the movie/doco about his life is very good.

    His wife Jenny Oakes was actually my brother's kindergarten teacher back in the mid 60's.
     
  3. DaSweetScience

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    Hey Old Man - Share some highlights of the day. I heard it was a great one.
     
  4. DaSweetScience

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    Lionel is going to be a the premiere of the doco on Thursday night in Sydney at the Chauvel. His mums funeral was last Friday so he might need some cheering up.
     
  5. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We're all spewing!

    Tripped over at the final hurdle it would seem.
     
  6. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great to see Lawrence “Baby Cassius” AUSTIN, George BRACKEN & Jerry JEROME recently added to the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame.

    BABY CASSIUS, from Perth (WA) and nicknamed by ring announcer Howard Leigh, was Commonwealth light welterweight champ and dual Australian champion. He put together 34 wins (12 by KO) and 12 losses between 1971 and 1986.

    BRACKEN, from Geelong (Vic), fought from 1953 to 1962, and was Australian lightweight champion. His career record read 41 wins (25 by KO), 15 losses & 3 draws.

    JEROME, from Dalby (Qld), fought from 1908 to 1915, and was Australian middleweight champion. His career record was 39 wins (31 by KO) and 22 losses.

    Full list of 2008 Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees:

    Moderns
    Charkey Ramon
    Lawrence “Baby Cassius” Austin

    Non Participants
    Gus Mercurio
    Jack Rennie

    Veterans
    George Bracken
    Eddie Miller

    Old Timers
    Sid Godfrey
    Jerry Jerome

    Pioneers
    Bill Farnan
    Jack McGowan

    Honorary International
    Ted “Kid” Lewis
     
  7. spidot

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    1.LIONEL ROSE
    2.Anthony mundine
    3.tony mundine
    4.lawrence austin
    5.tony jones
    6.graham wynne
    7.shane riley
    8.glenn kelly
    9.anthony little
    10.ron richards

    Anthony mundine is not only 1 of our greatest sportsman he is 1 of our greatest boxers stop baggin him cause of the fights he takes he has a good record hes only lost to formidable opponents and if it wasnt for the man we wouldnt have so much interest in the boxing in oz like we do so let go of your personal oppinions of the man and give him credit for his achievements. in my top ten i put in some people like tony jones he fought on the world stage and as far as im concerned even though im from sydney i watched shane riley fight and he has got to be the most impressive boxer iv seen from perth.
     
  8. cookie the carr

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    Aboriginal boxer murray bradbury could have been more if push the right way he handed CARLOS BALDOMIR a few hidings in sparring while training in the U.S at a L.A gym under the watchful eye of charlie ''dundee'' gergan.
     
  9. bushboy

    bushboy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Why did he never fight over there cookie?
     
  10. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    No room for Dave Sands or Hector Thompson in your top ten ? :blood

    Whilst I do agree Anthony is a great talent to have him at number two is laughable.
     
  11. cookie the carr

    cookie the carr Member Full Member

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    Home sick come back to sydney had a few fights with johnny lewis then quit, i seen him have some mad spars at balmain P.C.Y.C, he has moved to darwin he is a copper up there.
     
  12. Hmmm

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    Samadin gets my award for "could-have-been" boxer. Shame we never saw his full potential.
     
  13. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We're all entitled to our opinions. But I gotta side with you Rise Above.

    Some great fighters in there, but Mundine Jnr ahead of Mundine Snr and Hec Thompson - NO.
     
  14. spidot

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    opinons are like assholes every one has 1!!!!! it isnt laughable how many men in my top five held world titles???????? 1 other and he is first the others had more losses than anthony has fights that doesnt make them great it makes them hard thats all tony was a good fighter but he didnt get the altimate prize neither did any of the others baby cass is my uncle and have the privilage of living in the same street as tony and i know that they both agree with me on this 1!!!! if Baby cass had have continued boxing and not chased the bottle he would have had his chance to make it huge the USA was in the process of bringing an unknown to australia to fight him do any of you great boxing brains know the name of that man who went on to be one of the greatest boxers who ever lived??????????????????
     
  15. Rise Above

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    :good:good