Stanley Ketchel

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pound for pound could he be the hardest ever puncher? after looking at some pics cant believe he is only 23 he is the oldest looking 23 year old i have ever seen, he looks more like 33. Any intresting stories or facts about stanley?
     
  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was more then likely bi-polar. His moods shifted from extreme highs to manic, borderline psychotic lows. He was known to be lucid and level headed one moment and then minutes later pointing a gun at one of his best friends, soon after breaking down, crying and apolgizing profusely.

    Living the kind of life Ketchel did, completely unmedicated in a time as rough as his plus having a condition that even today has a high mortality rate = not ****ing good.
     
  3. klompton

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    I agree, he looks way older than his age. He lived a rough life though so that has a lot to do with his features. Not to mention he was a boozer and supposedly a drug abuser.
     
  4. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what type of drugs dude? was there many about back then?
     
  5. cotto20

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    very intresting read, did he train much?
     
  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    In whorehouses and dive bars from what I've heard :lol:
     
  7. cotto20

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    lol so he was a natural then, i box my self dont train as much as i should and i have not always lived a clean life, but i can punch a bit, av had ten fights winning 8, the guy in your avator eugene hart is one of my favourites, i have somethink in common with him when i was younger i had a bad brake in my leg and ankle so one side of my body went so strong, like his
     
  8. klompton

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    opium, or opiates
     
  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    i think bob fitzsimmons has a better chance at the title of hardest hitter of all time.
     
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  11. Mendoza

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    True. Much of Ketchel record is inflated by no-names. Ketchel did not KO ranked heavies in good working order. Fitz did several times.

    I have seen Ketchel vs Papke and Johnson. Ketchel looks stationary, easy to hit, and far too in-active. Ketcehl was a wild swinging type without a lot of science.

    I do think Ketchel had a great punch for a middle weight. I do not see great savagery or skills on his filmed fights.
     
  12. My2Sense

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    Agreed. That was the first name that popped into my head.