Boxers, who make music, or their favourite song.

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  1. manilavanilla

    manilavanilla New Member Full Member

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    That's who I was thinking of!
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Duran put a move on Thorn I’ve never seen anyone do in a live fight.

    He threw a right hand intended to miss that floated over Paul’s head while Thorn was on the ropes. The right hand looped to Thorn’s right shoulder, and Duran then turned him (pulling his right hand across his body while grasping the shoulder) and hit him with a left.

    I briefly met Thorn a time or two when he was boxing, he drove a couple hours to the gym I was at to spar. Nice guy. Has had a pretty good career as a singer-songwriter.

    I’ll also point out that Michael Grant played the piano (which HBO harped on quite a bit to try to point him as a Renaissance man).
     
  3. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier had a singing "career" on the side for many years.

    I've seen pictures of Tommy Hearns singing in a recording studio, although I've never heard the results.
     
  4. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I bet he sure was not recording "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies.
     
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  5. Salty Dog

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    :lol: I hated it from the moment he released it. The ****ed up thing is now all these years later, I start rockin' out when I hear it. :facepalm:
     
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I knew Camacho did, didn't know about Haye....
     
  7. Richard M Murrieta

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    Both Ernie Terrell and his sister Tammi sang, remembering Ernie on The Hollywood Palace before his losing effort against Muhammad Ali on Feb 6 1967.
     
  8. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles was a double bass player and a very good one by all accounts
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I saw that performance live on the Hollywood Palace RM...I liked it...I thought Terrell was good. He had musical talent.
     
  10. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's a man that's full of ****. If you bring out some crack, he'll take a hit. He was certain to fly so high in the sky.
     
  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Actually it was JEAN Terrell of The Supremes who was Ernie's sister. Tammi (no relation) was Bob Montgomery's niece.
     
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  12. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The young Cassius Clay did a pretty good version of Stand By Me on his 1963 album 'I'm The Greatest'


    Nigel Benn - "I'm the warrior.....you'll be sorrier"
     
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  13. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sort off...
     
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  14. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    With all due respect, I read an article I believe from 1977, in the article, Ernie had stated that when his sister Tammi died from a brain tumor just before the title unification bout against Muhammad Ali on Feb 6 1967, he entered the bout distracted because of her death. He further stated that it really bothered him that Ali was laughing at him throughout the 15 rounds.
     
  15. Flash24

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    One side of a story though, Tammi Terrell real last name was Montgomery , she wasn't related to Earnie Terrell. I've watched the Ali vs Terrell fight, I don't recall Ali laughing at Terrell, though he was vengeful, and a little sadistic.
    The Terrell fight was the only fight I saw Ali in where if the opponent died, he may have been OK with.
    But Terrell should've repected Ali's name change, and not continued with the Cassius Clay nonsense prior to the fight. Sometimes one can bring a bad beating on oneself.
    "Don't continue pulling the tell of a sleeping lion and not expect it to wake up and tear your arm off.