Charley Burley

'Making a succint argument for Burley's greatness,Futch says,
"As far as I'm concerned this fella could do it all.He could do it all.He could box; he could punch.The guys who beat him were all bigger fellas..........
He was really something to see.He was a master at slipping punches, counterpunching. He walked to you with a good jab and make you miss.He didn't move his legs too much,he'd just slide over, make you miss a punch,and he was right on top of you with with either hand punching."

Eddie Futch from Cornermen by Ronald K Fried

 

cheers for that Arka

 

I don't know, Burley has a good style for that one i think, ut he could get outworked possibly, you can never rule out Duran at welterweight, his record there is very nice indeed. Suppose i might favour a 147 pound Burley though. See people think the runner is the man to do well against Duran, i think it's more the Burley type to be honest.

I really just don't want to mention either Duran or Whitaker for a while now, and to think one is my fave and the other i can't say enough good things about, i've had enough for about a month!

 

i think Burley can get it, from what i have seen hes similar in ways to DeJesus.

As for Duran and Whittaker its real intresting but too much

 

More from the book . A very interesting anecdote.

'With a deep sense of injustice,Futch describes what happened when a well-connected promoter brought Burley,then the second-ranked middleweight in the world, to New York in an attempt to get him a title shot.though Burley could not get booked into Madison Square Garden, Futch says, he was matched in the St Nicholas Arena against "Showboat" Bill McQuillan, a fighter Futch had worked with . McQuilllan was "a good journeyman" Futch recalls. " So they put Burley in with McQuillan .They wanted to see what he was like.They'd heard all these things,but there was no television in those days." Once again,however, Burley's great talent interfered with the progress of his career. "Burley knocked out McQuillan in one round," Futch says, " and was never heard from in New York again."'

 

Ray Arcel was quoted as saying Burley was the greatest fighter living before the outbreak of the second world war.

Archie Moore when asked by journalist Neil Allen 'to name the greatest fighter he ever faced' said
'"Guy named Charles Burley.Knocked me down twice and won over ten."'

 

Nice posts Arka