Most BIZARRE, unathletic, uncoordinated top hvwt contender?

I have heard that many of his fights were fixed. That never made any sense to me. Why build up such a man? How could he be sold to the public? What is your take on that.

 

tony galento?????????

 

John, amazing stuff, especially because its first hand from you. Its not often we come across new things in boxing so its appreciated.

 

Funny man, I can't quite figure how you view Bobick in these categories? His style was fairly orthodox, he trained very hard usually (he did appear soft around the middle in the Norton fight) and growing up in Minnesota where he lived I had never come across any unusual antics about him.

 

jg, how i nremember Hurricane Jackson,,,I saw him fight a couple oftimes at Eastern Pkwy Arena, and would see him at Stillmans gym where Whitey Bimstein would scratch his head in frustration...When Jackson was at Stillmans everyone would watch him box...He developed a punch never seen before or since called the two hand at the same time punch...He vwould seem insulted if a punch missed him...He was impervious to punishment, and did defeat a lot of good boxers, like Rex Layne, Dan Bucceroni, Clkarence Henry etc...He came from Rockaway, NY, and his favorite sport was shooting rats...On of a kind...b.b.

 

john, you have the best descriptions of jackson! how this man managed to make it up the steps to the ring is a miracle

 

you gotta write a book on him. how long were you at stillman's for?

 

the only guy i can think of as awkward sounding as jackson was light heavyweight tiger jack fox

 

that's incredible, to have been around in that era and to have seen those boxers in person...to TRAIN with those boxers in person

in terms of the gym, which fighter was the most impressive in training?