Shavers punches reddened Norton's face!

Absolutely! · Mar 24, 2013

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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If Wlad tried to grow a tache today it would no doubt be some weak pencil thin jobbie that would routinely require reapplication with PED infused moustache adhesive. Modern athletes simply lack the raw manliness to grow a decent handlebar. Even in Shavers's day truly top level moustaches were becoming increasingly, ahem, thin on the ground. This can be proven by looking at the sales of moustache wax and men's facial grooming products in the inner city urban populations over the last forty years.

Of course Norton was a throwback in this department, which is why I rate him so highly.

salsanchezfan · Mar 24, 2013

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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I love this.

Hammer Muldoon · Mar 24, 2013

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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:rofl

stonesrunit · Mar 24, 2013

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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:think this made todays internet experience worthwhile...

Absolutely! · Mar 24, 2013

Indeed. An excellent moustache related post.

Saintpat · Jul 4, 2025

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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Some people wax their mustache.

Boston Tom’s mustache waxed him.

Journeyman92 · Jul 5, 2025

GoldenHulk said: ↑

Just watched this fight for the first time in awhile earlier tonight. Not much of a fight actually, I read in Shaver's book that he told Norton at a press conference a few weeks before the fight "KENNY, I'M GONNA DESTROY YOU!" and Norton was visibly intimidated. Well Earnie was right and the only time I ever saw a Black guy's face get reddened without being cut. I can see why he's considered the hardest puncher in history.
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Norton famously had confidence issues, he read self help books, sparred LHW’s, wouldn’t look guys in the eyes and had a hypnotist.

Philosopher · Jul 5, 2025

Smashgar said: ↑

This reminds me of the time Irish Tex Goldstein broke his right hand on Boston Tom McMustache's mustache during their seventh bout. They were fighting for the championship of 180 pound white men from North America and Western Europe, or rather "the world heavyweight championship" as it was called in those days. (As I recall, Boston Tom took rather a lot of heat for breaking the "no ****ing Jews goddammit" line to fight Goldstein.)

Anyway during the buildup to the fight, Irish Tex had vowed to punch Boston Tom's mustache clear around to the back of his head. Sure enough, late in the 48th round he fired off a corker straight to Boston Tom's soup-strainer. There was a loud crack which contemporary sources compared to "the sound of a sonic boom, if we knew what one was" yet the mustache was untouched, and Goldstein's hand would later be revealed to have been broken in 87 places.

Boston Tom went on to triumph by 164th round KO. Irish Tex would claim that Tom's mustache was like "bristles of iron" and would accuse him of wearing a steel prosthetic mustache into the ring. This was never proven though.

In any case, Boston Tom was a thorougly modern fighter with a thoroughly modern mustache that even Shavers would be unable to punch off. All of this bull**** about modern training and nutrition and mustache waxes is basically nonsense.
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Ah, the way things were. Brilliant!

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