Cute story I'd like to share with the classic forum

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Doesn't really have that much to do with boxing but its cute.. My daughter has gotten deep into a cable reality tv show called " finding Bigfoot." Its a show where these people go out into areas where some claimed to have seen the legendary Bigfoot or sasquatch if you will. She was convinced that Bigfoot was real !! So I agreed with her and said that he was !! I said there is a real bigfoot. His name was Everett "bigfoot" martin. And she said " who's everett bigfoot Martin?" I told her he was the real bigfoot who was often sited around Tyler Texas and spotted on television in boxing matches when daddy was growing up. She rolled her eyes and said " DAD !!!". I said its true. They called him bigfoot because his friends made fun of him for having hair on his back... But Everett" Bigfoot" Martin is the only Bigfoot there ever was...
     
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  2. BCS8

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    LOL well at least she will grow up knowing more about boxing than 90% of the posters in General ;)
     
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  3. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    And more about Bigfoot than the people who do that show !1
     
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  4. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I get over to Tyler a couple of times a year....I may try to give Mr. Martin a call.
     
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Do you know him personally?
     
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  6. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No...but in East Texas, everyone knows somebody who knows someone...so if he is still in Tyler, it wouldn't be hard to find him. I will try to look him up the next time I am over there....you know he beat Tim Witherspoon back in 1992.
     
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  7. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yes I saw it on USA Tuesday night fights.
     
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  8. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nice story bro...oddly enough I was re-reading an old boxing magazine the other day and there was a pretty good article about Bigfoot Martin in it. Don't ask me which mag it was though...but it was good to read.
    Thanks for sharing your story Magoo.
     
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  9. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    lol
     
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  10. Mendoza

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    Wait until she gets a viewing of Valuev.
     
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  11. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mr Magoo - I think its only a matter of time before she catches up with that old Documentary ' Bigfoot and the Hendersons '
    ...er It was a Documantary wasnt it...??
     
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  12. Saintpat

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    When Bigfoot fought on TV some announcer would always talk about how odd the nickname was because he wore like size 9 shoes.

    He got the nickname because he didn't shave his torso like most boxer and was one very hairy fellow.
     
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  13. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    That weren't cute that was rubbish
     
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  14. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I found that slightly disturbing.
     
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  15. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    :lol:

    I thought the same thing.
     
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