I was a marvel HOF/seldom trained sad end ?

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was a ring marvel of my weight..But I trained with John Barleycorn too
    often..Spent my last years alone on Broadway stoops. Who was I ?
     
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  2. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Could it be Panama Al Brown
     
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  3. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No hh..It is a fighter who my dad while driving his cab at night would occasioaly see sitting alone on a stoop in the Broadway area of NYC...
    Sad ending for a great ex HOFamer..b.b.
     
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  4. Bukkake

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    Jack Britton?
     
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  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nope, not Britton who had a family, including a son who boxed, Boibby Britton...
     
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  6. Bukkake

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    Young Griffo?
     
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  7. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, Panama Al Brown fits, as he he drink a lot and was found on the streets in New York.

    Young Griffo also fits
     
    hhascup, Jul 26, 2010
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  8. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Where thinking a like!

    Well I have to go in the pool with my grand kids now, so I'll check in later.
     
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  9. Seamus

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    Battling Siki?
     
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  10. Casey91

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    this is my guess as well.



    dont know if he's "HOF" though.
     
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  11. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good Guess BUT Battling Siki isn't in the Hall of Fame
     
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  12. Casey91

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    haha i just edited my post about the HOF right as you gave your reply.

    tragic story though.
     
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  13. john garfield

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    Mickey Walker?
     
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  14. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not sure Walker had a tragic ended. Sure he went broke, but that does not mean tragic like murder.
     
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  15. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bukkake you nailed it=
    Young Griffo,it was...He was by all reports a ring marvel, who was a heavy
    drinker in his heyday..But still held his own with the likes of joe Gans, George Dixon, Kid Lavigne, Jack McAuliffe etc...He was from Australia, but remained in the U.S.A. after his retirement...
    My dad in the early 1920s, would while driving his cab, see this old and fat
    man sitting alone on the stone steps in the Broadway area...Sad ending to
    the original 'Will Of The Wisp"...
     
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