Gene Tunney vs. Cleveland Williams

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  1. Pedro_El_Chef

    Pedro_El_Chef Active Member Full Member

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    Gene was always gave glowing praise to Louis. Even after his defeat to Schmeling, Tunney was there at ringside two months later in Louis v Sharkey and he assured the commentators that Louis is as sensational as ever and that Schmeling was just a misstep.
    You can hear the quote from Socker Coe paraphrasing here (9:09)

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    I don't see how anyone can make the case for Tunney being racist. He benefited from being allowed to avoid black fighters but to show disdain against non whites? Well you'd have to substantiate that with evidence, which many people on this forum cannot do. They just throw assertions.
     
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  2. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The amusing part is, if he was, he was following the conventions of his time. & the people critical of him are…following the conventions of their time.

    Self-awareness, zero.
     
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  3. Pedro_El_Chef

    Pedro_El_Chef Active Member Full Member

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    Wait until veganism becomes and the norm and we are all retrospectively seen as malicious psychopaths who would separate a calf from its mother just to feast on it.
     
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  4. Anubis

    Anubis Boxing Addict

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    Yeah, but humans eat the things which eat plants, and boobs are proof we aren't born to be vegan, but that Dairy Queen is a venerable restaurant chain which has been blessed by God (along with, very possibly, Hooters).

    I wear leather jackets while my girlfriend wears rabbit fur coats to vegan restaurants....
     
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  5. Pedro_El_Chef

    Pedro_El_Chef Active Member Full Member

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    Very compelling argument, I'll remember it for when our vegan overlords come knocking on my door.
     
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  6. Anubis

    Anubis Boxing Addict

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    Don't forget to tell them that at least 70% of all plant life is unsuitable for human consumption.

    "Vegan overlords" Pedro? In the animal kingdom, predators have the bigger brains. And the great Colorado Cannibal, Alferd Packer, turn 182 in January and still looks only 35, in just great shape!

    Extreme apologies for using the word "boobs." I should NEVER use the four letter "b" word to describe "Nature's Perfect Food Source!" (Please @Boxed Ears, take it easy on me for this UNFORGIVABLE faux pas!)
     
  7. Pedro_El_Chef

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    I never claimed they'd be smarter than us. Grass is a stationary target in any case.
     
  8. Anubis

    Anubis Boxing Addict

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    Fixed (for clarity).

    Uncle Ted Nugent for President!

    I have a classic copy of Uncle Ragnar Benson's Complete Guide to Homebuilt Flamethrowers in my library, so I can kill and cook my wild game in one simple step. (Even my Loompanics Book Catalogs are high priced collectors items.)

    Since they were banned in Canada, I also have all six volumes of John Minnery's "Hunting Humans." (Jeffrey Dahmer was an amateur moron by the way.) And everybody should read all the books about the Andes Plane Crash survivors. (The brains, inedible when putrid, could, when frozen, be used to make a sauce for a stew.)

    No question keto is the way to go. (Since this is a boxing website, maybe you remember that mentally ill Fan Man idiot. He went to Alaska, tried to be a vegan and poisoned himself with potato seeds. After he hung himself, even scavenging bears wouldn't touch his dried cadaver.)