How did Jim Corbett earn the title “Gentleman” ?

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  1. Holmes77

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    He looked in the future and saw Gentleman Gerry Cooney and said I want that powerful left hook that can put anyone asleep unless there in there prime and said please call me Gentleman
     
  2. Journeyman92

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  3. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Pfft he invented the left hook.
     
  4. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    A single page? Pick up the pace Man! I eat whole books for breakfast.

    Actually, I almost nearly bought ROAR myself. No, not the Katy Perry song.

    I signed into Amazon, it read "get $10 off this book if you order thru the Amazon App". That meant a cost of just $12.95 to read Corbett aggrandizing himself, page after page. That's value! So I download the app to my phone, sign in..........they then tell me the $10 discount only applies to purchases $39 and over......those Basterds!!!! So I have to put Jimmy G's book on the back burner for now.

    PS - DID it include the photos like the original book? I recall some of those being pretty rare.
     
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  5. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    It does include photos. Yes, very good ones I’ll never let you see. Just bite the bullet you cheapskate and buy the damn book.
     
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  6. Pugguy

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    I bet you've dog eared the page with the photo of Jimmy G in his "trunks".
     
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  7. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    I pulled it out and have it in the sun mirror of my car you coward. His supple smooth buns greet me every morning to the horror of my loved ones.
     
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  8. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Yep, forget Chris Pontius of JACKASS. Jimmy G was the original "Party Boy".
     
  9. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Shut up coward.
     
  10. Pugguy

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    Off beat humour?
     
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  11. Richard M Murrieta

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    From the movie from 1942 , starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith titled Gentleman Jim, Lol. I knew that would grab you.
     
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  12. Journeyman92

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    Probably.
     
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  13. Melankomas

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    He was the Ali of his time in more ways than style, Corbett is a good example of how charisma can dictate a person’s societal standing, alongside Ali. How he carried and portrayed himself to the masses took away from how ugly he can really get.
     
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