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Irish Teddy Mann vs Marvin Hagler

 

Around here no fighter is truly forgotten so kudos to nearly all the members here.
Yep I went and did it, I went to the very last page a bumped up a dead thread... so sue me

 

Barney Malone 1890's ?

140lb guy who beat a heavyweight over 212 rounds? Got to count for something.

 

atsch I never noticed the date on the OP. Almost a ten year necro :good Got to be some kind of record

 

Lew Tendler 1920's.

 

Mysterious Billy Smith- made Fritzie Zivic ,look like Lord Faunterloy
Ace Hudkins- the Neanderthal of the ring
Billy Graham- a great boxer who was rejected from service in WW2 because of heart trouble, then became an indestructible iron chinned fighter, never floored in 126 bouts...!
Al Bummy Davis- a rough and tough denizen from the streets of "Murder Inc"
tough as nails in and out of the ring - but died a hero koing holdup men...
-just a few -

 

Bobby Halpern. Fought in the 50's, then went to prison until the 70's, got out and started fighting again.

 

Good names there, Billy Graham was very good. I reckon Packey McFarland and Charlie Fusari are two more

 

One of the best to never win a title is the buzz on Lew.

 

Larry Foley had one hell of a long career, about 4 decades according to some sources, most were bare knuckle bouts but he had a lot to do with bringing Queensbury rules in

 

Donavon Razor Ruddock 6'3 230/240 pounds of talent when he was on point.He has a win over Lewis in his younger years as an amateur,was fired for beating up holmes in sparring in the 80's and was the only guy in history to go toe to toe with Tyson when he was relatively still talented in 1991 and did it for a combined 19 rounds.His downfall was bad management/training and could have been the Holmes of the 80's easily. A former liston sparring partner saw him train and said liston power was no where near Razors,he was kind of mean in his younger years even Chuvalo his manager gave Tyson advice how to beat him prior to there fight.

"I think the Tyson fights ruined him ,he would have been champion if it weren't for Tyson" Lennox Lewis



While Morrison "LUCKILY" has a win over him he was way past his best and Lewis fought a confused Ruddock who had switched his style and trainers..The guy turned pro in 1980 and never made intelligent decisions in his career,had he fought Tyson in the original scheduled 1988 bout he would have most likely got plastered but that's "PRIME" Tyson,his only real fault that puts an x on his prime years was an asthma attack in the Jaco fight where he had to throw the towel in.....he is fighting currently and winning at age 51,your book is missing him,excellent jab/power legendary power and left hook...one of the biggest mysterys in HW boxing history.

Some will criticize his resume but its hard to fight top guys when they run away...Bowe/Foreman/Holyfield/


Another HW you may want to check just cause of weird happenings or potential that just went off course!


Daniel Dancuda (Rooney trained HW after Tyson) Check out some of his highlight clips and story its pretty crazy.Was a huge tough talented guy,he could box and brawl.

 

Greg, the name Charlie Fusari brings up memory's to me. In the 1940s along came a wildcat KO artist from Nebraska named Vince foster. He was managed by Jack hurley a famous manager who guided the great Billy Petrolle. Vince Foster came to NY, and flattened the tough Tony Pellone at MSG. They matched Vince Foster with a blond WW banger from New Jersey to build up Vince Foster. Well My dad and I had great seats for that bout, and in the very opening minute of the first round I asked my dad for a match for my cigarette, and as I was lighting my ciggy I heard a roar, turned to the ring and saw Vince Foster flat on his back unconscious...I missed the ko. Fusari became a WW star and Foster was never the same and died soon after in a motorcycle accident...Foster was much like Lew Jenkins who became a war hero...:good