Is this the worst fighter ever caught on film?

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbD_-aZlbVw[/ame]
    40:00 and on.....Peter Courtney

    "Watch peter miss with this murderously intended punch" :rofl:rofl:lol::lol::lol:

    I was laughing so hard watching this film I just spit milk out of my nose :rofl My god is he terrible


    Who are these two clowns? :lol:
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTXye62mAY[/ame]
     
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  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    "Watch peter miss with this murderously intended punch" :lol::lol::rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl OMG im dying
     
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  3. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Where's McGrain? I think Courtney beats the awfulness of Big Bill "I can't do anything right" Tate and Keene "I'm a swarmer who doesn't throw punches" Simmons
     
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  4. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Courtney came from an era where swarmers were tougher and meaner. He also fought Corbett, who was basically a better version of Ali. Courtney TKO 9 Frazier in a war - Frazier was only a one-handed puncher, whereas Courtney also had a murderous right hand slap.
     
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  5. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That guy was painfully bad. Corbett didn't look too bad, though. Not too good, mind you, but not too bad.
     
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  6. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    :lol:

    Real talk for a minute Cross Trainer. I know you are the Forum's expert on that bareknuckle era. Please tell me the bareknuckle fighters of the 1800s were not like Peter Courney. Please tell me they had more ring science to them.
     
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  7. DonBoxer

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    :gayfight

    Reminded me of that smiley.
     
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  8. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson doesnt come up to scratch vs Courtney
     
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  9. cross_trainer

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    Courtney was terrible by any era's standards. Admittedly, he looks worse to us because he's not only bad, but bad in a style that looks a lot different from the one we use. But he is still awful. I suspect he would have broken his hands in a bareknuckle fight.

    With that being said, Corbett looks good by the standards of the manuals.
     
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  10. cross_trainer

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  11. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Courtney was pretty much a bum by any standards. He never won a fight and was actually a dying man by the time of this exhibition match for the cameras.
     
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  12. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I was initially going to say the worst boxer captured on film was this guy:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG5My-ar6V4&feature=related[/ame]

    ...but I think he'd beat the guy from BoxedEars' video.
     
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  13. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Another contender:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLfMnptC3Bs[/ame]
     
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  14. cross_trainer

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    Swarmer versus slickster. Flailing arm defense versus flailing arm offense. Mullet against lard.

    A study in contrasts.
     
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  15. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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