great quality piece of 1937 footage here - amazing clarity and also crystal sound quality too - crisp hitter Steele -enjoy [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0wQwA5xyN4[/ame]
A great clear clip of that fight Rocky...This Freddie Steele was almost unbeatable for the first couple of years, until his severe breastbone injury against Fred Apostoli....Gus Lesnevich was a young strong MW who became a LH champion who I saw a few times...Rugged as hell was Gus...Cheers...
yes I've seen that footage and it's a fine example of how fighters really are when the filming is more clear... and yet it's still not as perfect or as clear as we have enjoyed sine the 1950s. But of course these fighters were'nt up to it, they were'nt much now were they?
that fast lead right hand at the 2:28 mark was an absolute peach too - and the "ooohh"!! of the crowd said it all - a tremendous shot
Oodles of talent this guy! Just watching him beat the flying **** out of Vince Dundee on you tube. Maybe its just me but he reminds me slightly of Nonito Donaire.
This battle went down in LA and received a much higher level of being filmed by the local movie experts of the day. Freddie always maintained his greatest fight was vs Dundee. Id like to say to Freddies ghost- You look better here sir!
1 of my favorite performances by any fighter ever, & 1 of the most impressive wins ever by a mw IMO, given Lesnevich's later success as a lhw & even hw. I especially love the way he switches to southpaw to land a follow-up left after the 1st hook landed @ the 1:36 mark. I'd probably make a peak Steele @ least a slight favorite vs. any mw in history excepting perhaps the uppermost (top 5) echelon. This content is protected
The Dundee win was impressive & he certainly got the job done, but I felt he got a bit too carried away headhunting instead of taking the time to set up his powerpunches, in contrast to his more polished performance vs. Lesnevich. This content is protected
Nice to see a thread with a Burt response. Can't believe all the fighters and history that guy saw. Steele is a favorite of mine, and not just because I'm a Washingtonian. He was class, skill and talent all rolled in one. That left hook, switch to the southpaw stance, and without hesitation throwing the straight left for the KD is utter beauty.
Always liked Steele, it's interesting he actually never did road work, but ran sprints instead, I agree with his approach.
