I couldn't break an egg

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  1. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I couldn't punch hard enough to break an egg. Well, perhaps a chicken egg but certainly not an ostrich egg. My career ko percentage was less than 20%, but I somehow stopped two Hall-of-Famers. Who am I?
     
  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Is it Jack Sharkey?


    Tommy Loughran and Jack Delaney
     
  3. Seamus

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    Slapsie Maxie?
     
  4. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No. Delaney could punch. Sharkey had a higher ko percentage than that. I am not thinking of Loughran. What two Hall-of-Famers did he stop?

    *I will give you a clue--this fighter is not in the Hall-of-Fame himself, but he stopped two Hall-of-Famers.
     
  5. SuzieQ49

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    No I meant Sharkey scored only 13 career knockout victories and two were over hall of famers Loughran and Delaney
     
  6. OLD FOGEY

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    No. What two Hall-of-Famers did he stop? This fighter is not this well known. He was a decent contender, but not a great fighter himself. He stopped two great fighters, though, even though he apparently didn't have much of a punch.
     
  7. OLD FOGEY

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    Okay. He is a good guess and is close, but his ko percentage is still over 20% which eliminates him.
     
  8. Seamus

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    sorry, mis-read.

    Errol Flynn?
     
  9. OLD FOGEY

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    No.

    This is not that kind of trick question. This man was a real fighter who stopped two Hall-of-Famers in real fights.
     
  10. mr. magoo

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    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have to be going. I'll look in again this afternoon.

    *another clue--one of the Hall-of-Famers he stopped has often been considered the very best fighter ever at his weight and is frequently among lists of the best p4p fighters of all time.
     
  12. hhascup

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    Joe Shugrue stopped Benny Leonard and Owen Moran. He had a KO % of less then 19%.
    Joey Sangor stopped Sammy Mandell and Bud Taylor. He had a KO % of less then 8%.
     
  13. DocDevil

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    Percy Pugh?I don't know who he stopped or what his record was,can't even remember what weight class.I just remember he had the punch of a fly swatter.
     
  14. OLD FOGEY

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    Bingo. The fellow I was thinking of was Joe Shugrue.

    I was not thinking of Sangor, but the clue of one of the top p4p fighters eliminates him, I think.

    Good work, Henry. I think this was a fairly tough one.
     
  15. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a good one. I got into it a little late as I am still making out the material for tonight election.

    I actually came up with Sangor 1st BUT Sammy Mandell and Bud Taylor or not considered p4p boxers, and Benny Leonard is.