Fights we're all the poorer for not having on film

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  1. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Let's see if we can make each other cry with despair by the end of this thread. :D

    I'm going to name ten fights I'd love to have seen but unfortunately can't, and then you do the same (don't mention the same ones, let's collate all the fights we can).

    Here we go:

    1. Jim Driscoll vs. Abe Attell
    2. Packey McFarland vs. Jack Britton II
    3. Packey McFarland vs. Mike Gibbons
    4. Benny Leonard vs. Ted Kid Lewis
    5. Benny Leonard vs. Jack Britton III
    6. Joe Gans vs. Joe Walcott
    7. Young Griffo vs. Jack McAuliffe
    8. Young Griffo vs. Kid Lavigne II
    9. Young Griffo vs. George Dixon I
    10. Duilio Loi vs. Carlos Ortiz II
     
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  2. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Charles/Moore I II III
    Moore/Pastrano
    Walker/Tendler
    Robinson/Gavilan I II
    LaMotta/Satterfield
    Gavilan/Graham IV? (the fight in Cuba)
    Locche/Cervantes I (I've only seen a clip of the last round)
    Cerdan/Abrams

    I could go on.....
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    1 - Archie Moore v Ezzard Charles II
    2 - Charley Burley v Archie Moore
    3 - Sam Langford v Jack Johnson
    4 - Holman Williams v Jake LaMotta
    5 - Sugar Ray Robinson v Kid Gavlin
    6 - Harry Greb v Mickey Walker
    7 - Harry Greb v Mickey Walker II
    8 - Eddie Booker v Shorty Hoge II
    9 - Fritzie Zivic v Bummy Davis
    0 - Peter Jackson v James J Corbett

    God damn.
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I would have picked this one if you hadn't.
     
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  5. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nice list. Oh to have the highlighted ones in particular!
     
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  6. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How great it would be to have Greb-Walker and Burley-Moore....
     
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  7. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Can you imagine it? 65,000 screaming Italian fans! Would have been intense as.
     
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Jeanette/McVey battle in Paris (April 1909) would of been fun to have.;)
     
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  9. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I reckon. :yep
     
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  10. klompton

    klompton Boxing Addict banned

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    McFarland-Gibbons is available, and so is Loi-Ortiz 2.
     
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Really? I know there's a 15 min clip of McFarland-Gibbons out there, but I've never heard of Ortiz-Loi II being available. How much footage are we talking? And btw, who has it?
     
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  12. Manassa

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    Williams-Montgomery II is the fight I'd most like to see.
     
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  13. jaywilton

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    (If I'm not mistaken)neither of the first two Graziano-Zale fights were filmed.Also the (depending where you look)the three or four fight series between Benny Goldberg and Manuel Ortiz.
     
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  14. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like your list better than mine!
     
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  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Cheers!

    I think Walker-Greb II would be my #1 pick ;)
     
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