How good Lew tendler

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  1. HeavyweightCP

    HeavyweightCP Boxing Addict Full Member

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    how good was lefty Lew tendler
     
    HeavyweightCP, Aug 23, 2013
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    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He may well have been the man had he not come around in the hay day of Benny Leonard.
     
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  3. Mendoza

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    Lew was a southpaw with a very good punch. He could have won the title pre or post Benny Leonard.
     
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  4. HeavyweightCP

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    would you call him a all time great
     
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    Definitely an all-time great and perhaps even one of the top 10 greatest to never win a world title. He was outstanding.
     
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    his wife was a Top 10.
     
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    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    my bad not Lew, who I'm I thinking of, managed by his wife?
     
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  8. Mendoza

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    Not an all time great fighter, but a great one is what I would say. Tendler vs Leonard is on flim by the way.
     
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  9. HeavyweightCP

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    i have seen the fight
     
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    Lew Jenkins was managed by his wife Katie....
     
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    Lew Tendler was certainly one of the greatest southpaws ever...Could have been a lightweight champion most any other time..Lew could hit, box ,take a punch and was rugged...
     
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    watching the Leonard he seemed to be a hard puncher
     
    HeavyweightCP, Aug 25, 2013
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