i had the hardest head of any boxing legend

Kid Gavilan? Tommy Farr?

 

colombian but Salvador Sanchez wasnt born in colombia

 

Doctors examined Joe Grim and declared his skull to be of extraordinary thickness, perhaps twice that of the average man. It was deduced he wasn't subject to the concussion effect of the blows which knock out the ordinary fighter, and when he said he didn't feel the punches he was probably telling the truth. His face showed the effects, though; his nose was broken so many times it was no more than a lump of tissue, his ears were cauliflower ruins, he was scarred like an old Tom cat. What effect it had on his mental condition seemed not to concern the people of the times. They paid to see Grim take a beating and refuse to stay down and nobody expected him to win. Grim didn't disappoint on either score.

Joe was born in Avellino, Campania, Italy.

 

Beat me to Kid Gavilan. I guess it's not him. Hmm...

 

Muhammad Ali?

Had a hard head in that he never listened to his corner, always did his own thing, didnt go to Vietnam etc etc.

Also cos of his parkinsons, he's had his head examined etc etc

 

Pancho Villa, from Manila?

 

Battling Nelson?

A Danish goes well with coffee.

 

I thought of that too, in 80 fights never ko'd, beat the likes of Jimmy Wilde, but didnt he die cos he didnt get his head/tooth checked by a doctor?

 

Battling Nelson looks good to me, but he was born in Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Young Griffo