How did Benny Leonard view Mike Gibbons?

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  1. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As a scientific fighter?...How did Gibbons regard Leonard? Where there any anecdotes floating around back then?

    Didn't Robert Edgren say that Leonard was considering fighting Gibbons at one point? Obviously it wasn't serious...
     
  2. timmers612

    timmers612 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Interesting but odd posting. Benny didn't have the bone structure to put on any kind of weight for a bout with a middleweight like Gibbons though his speed may have allowed him to outscore some top welters. Did Benny pen a boxing book? If so any writ of Mike would likely have been there.