Bob Montgomery - Can you see him as one of the 10 best Lightweights ever ?? ?

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  1. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    His niece was a great, promising singer.
     
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  2. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wow, this is from the days when I struggled to write the posts, because of my english.


    :nono I do know nothing about Jack McAuliffe. :yep
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Not top ten , but on a given night he would be competitive with any light weight.
     
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  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Great thread and a great great fighter. Shame there is no footage but if someone had him #10 with the other greats I wouldn't complain.
     
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  5. turbotime

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    Very weird how he and Willie Joyce never crossed paths. Were they under the same management or something? Everyone basically fought everyone else.
     
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  6. Drew101

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    He was rated at/near the Top 10 when RING did a Top 20 all time lightweights list back in 2000. Maybe a bit high, but he's in the Top 20 for sure.
     
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  7. turbotime

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    top 20!?! He's easily top 15.
     
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  8. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great post as always Burt. One of these days I would like to know more about your Dad too.
     
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  9. louis54

    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    wish i could have seen davis' left hook
     
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  10. ribtickler68

    ribtickler68 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I love that era of boxing, Burt! Talk about strength in depth. How do you rate Jimmy Carter?
     
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  11. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jimmy Carter was as good as the "boys" wanted him to be...
     
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The most powerful lefthook from a little man I ever saw Louis. Thrown from an orthodox style with his left hand in front of him. As a youngster I lived near him. I once saw Bummy hit a man with a lefthook that flipped the man in a back somersault out cold...Never saw that since...He became hated in New York because he was the ONLY man ever to ko the great Tony Canzoneri in Canzi's last bout...Canzoneri was an old man who had 175 tough bouts against everyone before Bummy retired him in 1939...
     
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  13. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think this sentiment is FACT for all divisions and dozens & dozens of great fighters...

    making lists is all but impossible, a good measure sure, but 100% accurate, impossible.

    dozens of GREAT fighters for every division is the reality!
     
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