Best Book on Stanley Ketchel?

There are 20 something editors at Box Rec. He who edits last wins. Do you self a favor, look up Saintly Ketches's height. you'll see plenty of 5'7" out there.

Check wikipedia.

Stanisław Kiecal, better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel, was a Polish American professional boxer who became one of the greatest World Middleweight Champions in history. He was nicknamed "The Michigan Assassin." [url]Wikipedia[/url]

[url]Born[/url]: September 14, 1886, [url]Grand Rapids, MI[/url]
[url]Died[/url]: October 15, 1910, [url]Springfield, MO[/url]

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[url]Nationality[/url]: American
[url]Place of burial[/url]: [url]Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA[/url]

When Johnson and Ketchel were doing a photo ops for the fight, the promoter had Ketchel wear high heeled cowboy boots to make him look taller. If Johnson was 6' and a shade, Ketchel in these high heel booths looks about 5'9" tall. But without the high heels, he's obviously shorter! In the fight films it looks like Johnson has more than 3 " of height on Ketchel.

Now, can you show me one great middle with a 70" reach or less?! I'll ask again.

 

Based on this thread I re-watched the Papke fight over at YouTube. Besides Papke's very sexy
underwear, I'm sorry to say that Ketchel looked ultra crude and sloppy. The bout was a wrestling match,
they both grabbed more than Andre Ward or Wlad Klit. Then re-watched Ketchel-Johnson. You have to
honor Ketchel's cojone's (or wonder how crazy he was!) to step in there with Johnson, but again he comes
across as merely crude and unskilled save for good work to the body vs Papke.

The guy would be a UFC fighter today; too slow, wild and crude for modern boxers. Surely not a top 10
ATG MW?

 

If I remember rightly, the Ketchel-Papke fight on film was considered a very poor effort and dull performance by reporters at the time. So it's perhaps unfortunately that we have that as the main film to view Ketchel.

 

I've read extensively concerning that fight. It was considered a stinker performance.

 

Seamus....with all due respect....looking at old photos of Ketchel and Johnson both in the ring and out clearly show Johnson to be 4-6 inches taller than Ketchel, and I don't think (but correct me if I'm wrong) Johnson was 6'3' or more.
I'd embed the photos but I don't know how to insert jpegs here.

It was all "Fake News" in early 1900 newspapers, especially about boxing. Boring one sided bouts become battles between titans.

 

Packey McFarland was 5' 7" and when he was photographed with Ketchel Ketchel is taller by at least an inch or two. Tommy Burns was 5' 7" and when he and Ketchel were photographed together Ketchel was at least an inch or two taller. The best would be an early tale of the tape, from around the Joe Thomas fights, but Im too lazy to look. I have his death certificate but it doesnt list his height.

 

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You were the one who told me Wikipaedia was "unreliable"!
This is their take on the Johnson v Ketchel fight is this true too? Because you cant just cherry pick what suits you ,you b*goted buffoon!lol

"The match with Ketchel was originally thought to have been an exhibition, and in fact it was fought by both men that way, until the 12th round, when Ketchel threw a right to Johnson's head, knocking him down. Quickly regaining his feet, and very annoyed, Johnson immediately dashed straight at Ketchell and threw a single punch, an uppercut, a punch for which he was famous, to Ketchel's jaw, knocking him out. The punch knocked out Ketchell's front teeth; Johnson can be seen on videotape removing them from his glove, where they had been embedded."

CyberZone.
Stanley Ketchel
(Stanislaus Kiecal)
(the "Michigan Assassin")
BORN September 14 1886; Grand Rapids, Michigan (Some sources report 1887)
DIED October 15 1910; Conway, Missouri (shot and killed)
HEIGHT 5-9
WEIGHT 142-170 1/4 lbs
RACE White; Polish-American
MANAGERS Joe O'Connor (1904-1909), Willus Britt (1909-1910)



Where is your source for Ketchel's reach by the way?

 

To answer the underlined
Three consensus great middleweights with a reach of less than 70 inches!
Name: Tony Zale
Alias: Man of Steel
Birth Name: Anthony Florian Zaleski
Born: 1913-05-29
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, USA
Died: 1997-03-20 (Age:83)
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 7½″ / 171cm
Reach: 69″ / 175cm
Boxing Record: [url]click[/url]


Name: Mickey Walker
Alias: Toy Bulldog
Birth Name: Edward Patrick Walker
Born: 1901-07-13
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1981-04-28 (Age:79)
Hometown: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 7″ / 170cm
Reach: 67″ / 170cm
Boxing Record: [url]click[/url]


Name: Jake LaMotta
Alias: Bronx Bull
Birth Name: Giacobbe LaMotta
Born: 1922-07-10
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Hometown: Bronx, New York, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 8″ / 173cm
Reach: 67″ / 170cm
Boxing Record: [url]click[/url]

Thanks once again for the opportunity to show what an absolute d*ck head you are!

 

Thanks for proving my point. Bravo! You got JUST Three examples. My point that Ketchel is short with a very short reach stands!

 

You have to love these tale of the tape exaggerations. Again, look at the Johnson vs Ketchel photo when Ketchel was in boots, or the actual fight film. Johnson has more than 3" on him easily.