Do you believe Futch who says Burley had flattened Robinson in the gym?

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  1. TheOldTimer

    TheOldTimer Active Member Full Member

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    Doesn't seem to be any proof of any kind other than Futch's account.
     
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  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Futch wasn't much of a liar.
     
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  3. TheOldTimer

    TheOldTimer Active Member Full Member

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    But he's biased towards Burley calls him the best he ever.
     
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  4. TheOldTimer

    TheOldTimer Active Member Full Member

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    laid eyes on.
     
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  5. janitor

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    Archie Moore said the same thing incidentaly!
     
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  6. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How many on here or anywhere else would have said the same thing, if they saw Burley flatten Sugar Ray Robinson in the gym? I dare say 90 percent?
     
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  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I don`t read anything regarding a sparring session about Burley and Robinson but I do recall Futch telling a story about his fighter {Jimmy Edgar} who was a good middleweight who was in the Army with Sugar Ray and Joe Louis.

    According to Futch Sugar Ray was too quick for Edgar and Jimmy just couldn`t lay a glove on him but as the sessions went on he gained confidence and eventually knocked Robinson down.
     
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  8. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I doubt it ever happened, SRR was under a microscope and Burley was a great fighter but no one was owning SRR in his prime...128-1-1
     
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  9. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've read two Burley bios and I don't recall this coming up.
     
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  10. Mr Butt

    Mr Butt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have never read this before where did you read it
     
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  11. mcvey

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    Never heard of this assertion, and I've seen a couple of interviews with Futch.
    I don't believe they ever sparred.
     
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  12. robert80

    robert80 Boxing Addict banned

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    I, read too burley books, & that was not in there either!!
     
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  13. burt bienstock

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    Nay !
     
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  14. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    even if true... it's SPARRING
     
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  15. he grant

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    I doubt it .. Ray fought for twenty five years and was never knocked out .. I don't see it ..
     
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