Statue of a fighter

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  1. TheDon

    TheDon KO Artist Full Member

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    It would be more symbolic if the mayor used his own head...
     
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  2. BunnyGibbons

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    Tex Cobb
     
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  3. john garfield

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    This subject is of particular interest to me.

    In the lobby of the ol' Madison Square Garden, on West 50th St. in Manhattan, was a striking twice-life size black onyx sculpture of a heavily-muscled, crouching black fighter in early 20th Century trunks. No plaque IDing him.

    Always wondered who it was, or if it was just a creation of the sculpter's imagination. Also, wondered what happened to that sculpture when the ol' Garden was torn down.

    Some rich fight fan must have it on his lawn.
     
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  4. PNoyFightFanUSN

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    apparently they dedicated one to him outside of a courtroom in Lafayette.
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  5. john garfield

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    bump
     
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  6. Swarmer

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  7. timeout

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    :rofl:lol:
     
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  8. elchivito

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    :deal philly aint showin no love
     
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  9. Longcount

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  11. Nazarene

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    rocky balboa has one
     
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  12. dangerousity

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  13. Brickhaus

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    I know they're doing a Leavender Johnson one in Atlantic City.

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    Eddie Thomas, European welterweight champion who later became mayor of Merthyr, Wales
     
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