classic boxing pictures

I hugely admire both of the Max'es....Baer's ferocious best...and Schmeling's greatest moment lies ahead.

 

Jack Johnson and Joe Choynski renew aquiantances in 1909

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Johnson at rest...

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and Johnson on guard

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Fred Fulton and his trainer manager and sparring partner

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Coverage of Fulton's circus appearance

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photographed limbering up with a little shadowboxing plus weights

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and in various fighting stances

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A face only a dentist could love - middleweight great Tiger Flowers

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The bull of the Pampas arrives on American shores

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and is pictured in early training for Dempsey

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The clever Tommy Gibbons in training for Dempsey

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"I should never have come back."

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Ouch!! Louis' booming right detonates of Schmeling's jaw

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A memorable night in the Welsh Valleys

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Wonderfull Rocky.Notice, ESB fans how devoid of body fat these oldtimers had. Lean, trim,
and ready to go 15 rounds or more. Today, too many boxing fans mistake the big
dreadnoughts of today,as being superior in strength to the oldtimers, who came in at their
least amount of superfluous weight . Made oldtime fighters more durable,better trained, and fighting more often. Rocky, keep them cummin...

 

Damn. Floyd's not a particularly small guy either, he was about 6 foot I think.

The body should be like steel, but maybe he should've bounced that monster off his chin a few times, perhaps.

Although maybe he did, that would explain a few things...

 

Right on Burt - I'll try to some more on here later - at work at the minute so adios until later :good

 

Harry Wills

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Harry's handiwork

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