Black lightweights of the 20s?

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  1. WhyYouLittle

    WhyYouLittle Stand Still Full Member

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    Maybe it was a superstition.
     
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  2. Legend X

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    Yeah, "Jew boy" Benny Leonard never went anywhere without his KKK cronies threatening to lynch any uppity colored boy who might have the gall to challenge him.
     
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  3. Seamus

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    Damn. You got to that softball before I did.
     
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  4. Legend X

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    One of the greatest fighters ever, imo.
    I probably rate him higher than most though.
    I remember getting criticized for having him above Sugar Ray Leonard on an all-time list on another site.
    His whole weight range was stacked with great fighters at the time.
     
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  5. Legend X

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    :good

    I hear those Catholic 'wops' Sammy Fuller, Rocky Kansas and Johnny Dundee were favourites of the Klan too.

    The Grand Wizard of the KKK had a grip on the 1920s lightweight division more firmly than Don King ruled the heavyweights in the 1980s, evidently.
     
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  6. WhyYouLittle

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    Not that far off for me. You see him doing some crazy stuff against Canzoneri. Could've taken that fight for all I know.
     
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  7. SLAKKA

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    Baby Joe Gans was a hell of a fighter. Jimmy McLarnin raved about him.
     
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  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Funny thing is that some of these guys really existed :lol: :lol:
    And you forgot others, like Shorty:
    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=536551&cat=boxer

    And Stockyards Joe Gans:
    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=495332&cat=boxer
     
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