Jimmy Thunder

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  1. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    Whats the Aussie Forums opinion of him.
    Iwas little when he was around so never knew of him back then.
    But was he well known over here, he fought he a fair bit. and fought some big names in the U.S defeating some good names too.
    What did you all think of him back then?
     
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  2. TheDuke

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    Old enough to have been on free to air in some capacity. Can't remember against who?

    Awesome physique along with some inconsistent performances led Mark 'Jacko' Jackson to say:

    'Looks like Tarzan, fights like Jane'

    Funny but unfair. He gave Chris Byrd a decent stoush in Bird's prime if I remeber correctly.
     
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  3. Robot16

    Robot16 Keep it Kr0nkn Full Member

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    ok coolm wasnt sure if he was shown, yeh he had an awesome ko of grisby i think, threw one punch and grisby was out, on tuesday night fights
     
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  4. TheDuke

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    How's your training going little rabbit? What weight you looking at?
     
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  5. rongee90

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    Jimmy Thunder. Fastest KO in boxing!

    [YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6kog5RJKY[/YT]
     
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  6. maco_187

    maco_187 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he could certainly punch thats for sure!
     
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  7. Robot16

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    You talkin to me duke?
     
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  8. TheDuke

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    Yeah - you're a young boxer aren't you?
     
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  9. Robot16

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    nah man trained on n off here then for fun, but nothing serious.
    with new job, most i can do now is go for a jog.

    How about urself mate, u train?
    hows it going

    Also didnt mean to sound like a rude shite before, wasnt sure if you were talking to me or not lol
     
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  10. COULDHAVEBEEN

    COULDHAVEBEEN Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Saw Jimmy fight a few times at Festival Hall about 20 years ago. Exciting to watch, especially early in his career when he just clean KO'd guys.

    His bouts with Craig Peterson were classics. In the first match-up in about round 7 Peterson jabbed and pounded Jimmy almost into submission for the entire 3 minutes, only for Jimmy to turn around the domination full circle on Peterson for the entire duration of the next round.

    The two met twice. Peterson winning the vacant Aus title in the first war, and Thunder winning it back in the second.
     
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  11. Farmboxer

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    Thumder's problem was his stamina. I enjoyed watching him fight years ago though.
     
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  12. Phil Austin

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    always fun to watch as long as he kept his boots on
     
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  13. Robot16

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    ok thanks for that guys.
    whats with the boots phil?
    also didnt know about the peterson bouts couldabeen.
     
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  14. COULDHAVEBEEN

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    I didn't see the Peterson fights first hand, but was alerted to them by Leon. Have since seen video of bout 1 and heard about bout 2. Great match-ups, as were some of his early US fights. The guy could seriously whack!
     
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  15. Phil Austin

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    When he was an amatuer in NZ, he fought Henry Akinwande at Mt Smart Stadium outdoors in summer. After the 1st, with Jimmy (Peau as he was known back then) slipping all over the shop, he took his boots off. He burnt the soles off both his feet
     
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