july 10th 1951

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  1. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    on this day in 1951 randy turpin beat sugar ray robinson to win the latters world middle weight title.it was and still is one of the biggest upsets in boxing but turpin said he knew he would win the title exactly the way he did.
    some day the turpins will be recognised for what thay did for british boxing and britain itself.
    randy turpin is a legend and a true british lion, as were his older brothers, dick and jackie
     
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  2. Jack Dempsey

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    I think SRR thought highly of Turpin, when they did that benefit thing for him in the Garden at the end of his career he made a point of making sure the Turpin was flown over
     
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    Good to see him honoured in his home town too
     
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  4. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you're right mate, they thought very highly of one another.the sugarman very famously said he knew he'd have trouble with the licker when he saw turpins physique
     
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  5. Jack Dempsey

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    Sad story what happened to Turpin, you ever read James Mortons 'Fighters'?
     
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  6. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    was that the one about mills and turpin ??
    there was a documentary about randy in 1986 and another documentary called the hardest game back in 79' that were both great.
     
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  7. Stevie G

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    I'm surprised that a film of Randy's life has n't been made. Wonder who would play him.
     
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  8. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I had the good fortune to see the second Ray Robinson/Randy Turpin fight
    at the Polo Grounds,Sept 12,1951...I still have the ticket stub i saved from the fight. we thought that Turpin ,big and unorthodox,and strong
    would stop Ray because of a very bad cut Robinson had over his eye...
    But the greatest fighter i ever saw went into his do or die mode,and stopped Turpin with a vicious attack in the tenth round...Every punch
    in Ray's arsenal exploded on the brave Turpin's jaw and as we know,
    the bout was stopped in round ten...Turpin started to go downhill after that fight....I will never forget that evening at the Polo Grounds....
     
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  9. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    thanks for that burt:goodthere was a hell of a crowd there, wasn't there ?? including some british matelots.
    wasn't it, the then biggest grossing non-heavyweight title fight ??
    the sugarman really was awesome:good
     
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  10. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That night was awesome for me and my friend...Awesome,We were young and adventurous and we somehow ended up in empty seats about 20-5 rows from ringside,though not sitting together...what I remembered most was seeing when we stood up Gen. Douglas MacArthur sitting not too far from ringside...Big thrill for all who saw the back of his head..He was so big a personality then...At the fight's end I remember Ray Robinson being escorted by his handlers towards his dressing room hurriedly..His face was so drained looking.Ray looked like he was on the verge of collapse then...He expended all his energy in the tenth round as his eye was so badly cut....What a fighter! What a night!
     
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  11. Jack Dempsey

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    Burt, I would kill for your first hand boxing knowledge, and I mean that in a nice way!
     
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    JD Thanks, but there is a law against homicide on ESB....One of the few compensations of aging is rich experiences of the past...And I have had my share of them !Thanks again !
     
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  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And I love your logo of my two favorite tough guys...
     
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  14. Jack Dempsey

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    :good Thought I'd bring my original avatar back

    You ever see Lew Jenkins fight out of interest?
     
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  15. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No I have not sen Lew Jenkins fight but my father did.He raved about the"bag of Bones",Lew Jenkins murderous punching power...Jenkins seldom
    trained,and drank while riding motorcycles...One of the hardest hitting lightweights in history was Sweetwater Lew...
     
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