if youtube existed pre-1920, would Boston Tom McMustache be a star today?

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  1. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    It's a foregone conclusion that Boston Tom McMustache was the quintessential LPR fighter. Sadly, no footage of McMustache has survived. If youtube existed in his time, would he be held in a higher regard by mainstream boxing fans?

    Just perusing youtube I came across this:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ7r_142uks[/ame]


    The tragedy of the McMustache era is that they don't have this. McMustache was known to endorse various sarsaparilla's, but none of the radio spots have survived. For shame, it would've been an interesting glimpse at McMustache's charming personality outside of the ring.
     
  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I think we can take it as a given.
     
  3. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    You have to wonder how footage of McMustache would affect his legacy. Right now he's only perceived in words and still images. To see him in action would answer a lot of questions. Literally everything about him would be re-assessed. I just spilled gatorade everywhere. **** it, I shouldn't have been drinking it anyway. Just garbage, sugar water. McMustache didn't need it, neither do I.
     
  4. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Yes, and we would be listening to his famous opera hit, "Can't Be Clobbered ft. Antonin Dvorak". Sadly this excellent club banger is lost to us today.
     
  5. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol:

    McMustache would be universally viewed as P4P-H2H #1 if we had footage of his legendary fights.

    "Y'all musta forgot when i knocked out Twiggy McTavish with a body-shot!"

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    Twiggy McTavish was a monster. Record: 8 - 5 - 34 (149 No Contests).
     
  6. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    Here's a good question: how would McMustache's antics in the ring play out in real time? On paper, he seems sneaky, devilish. "McMustache leapt into the air and slapped his leg, then brutally smote his foe with a brutal combination to the gulliver."

    We've all seen how showboating can backfire on the perception of a fighter. Roy Jones, anyone? Note also the similarity between "Can't Be Clobbered" and Jones' "Can't Be Touched."

    Roy Jones and Boston Tom McMustache: kindred spirits from different eras?? :think

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCOg8ZzUfg[/ame]
     
  7. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    The greatest fighter* with the first name Twiggy.

    * Of alllllll time.
     
  8. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Let us not forget his lesser appreciated masterpiece, "You Must Have Not Recalled", a ballad recounting the man's great lb-4-lb accomplishments. Like Roy, Tom possessed unbelievable athleticism and toyed with opponents in the ring, imitating various animals in comical fashion and taunting his opponents to attack his unguarded cheen, unlike Jones who ran like a lily livered coward.
     
  9. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    :yep

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  10. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    How many rounds would Twiggy McTavish need to KO Wlad Klitschko? By the rules of LPR would he then get to cornhole Hayden? Would he want to, Nambla matters considered?
     
  11. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who could forget his dulcet tones on his 'Mississippi Riverboat Blues' duet with Screaming George Luther? Luther (himself a promising middleweight with 9-23-15 125NDs) owed a lot of his initial success to Boston Tom Mc Mustache. Due to the hienous colour bar preventing blacks from even attempting to throw a punch back against a white man, he was priviledged to be on the receiving end of a near-fatal beating from Boston Tom. Several weeks of recouperating in his shack at the pig-sty end of Boston Toms vast 2500 acre plantation, gave Luther plenty of time to think things over until he finally realised how generous Boston Tom had been in administrating the almost fatal beating. They celebrated this new working relationship by having a very fair 98%-2% split in purse for their following 28 rematches, finished only by Screaming George Luthers unfortunate death by lynching in their 29th and final bout, after he inexplicabley touched gloves with Boston Tom which incurred the wrath of a few excitable and drunken good ol' boys. This was the final nail in the coffin for Boston Toms advertising deal with the good people at 'L'il Joes' chewing tobacco, though the sarsparilla guys stood right behind him
     
  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    :patsch I knew that NAMBLA thing was gonna throw the young people. TOTALLY different NAMBLA, Boggle. It says right there. :-(
     
  13. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    Just saw the asterisk :patsch:oops:

    The question stands :think
     
  14. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    "You Must Have Not Recalled" became a standard and was a popular tune for many years before all of the sheet music was destroyed in a vain effort to erase the legacy of Boston Tom. The perpetrator? You guessed it: "Sharky" McMalarkey. If only some classic posters could recall the lyrics to such a tune, as it has been passed down verbally for generations...
     
  15. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol: 'Ears that had me in stitches!

    Twiggy is generally underappreciated these days, people seem to forget that he only weighed 134lbs when he gave the 167lb Boston Tom a brutal 23 rounds of war before succumbing to life-threatening dehydration in the scorching Florida sun. Tough little ******* had heaps of moxy for sure. :bbb