Ted Kid Lewis

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  1. PeterD

    PeterD Member Full Member

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    Just finished reading Ted Kid Lewis - His Life and Times by Morton Lewis (his son who is still alive at 102). A very solid and loving look at Lewis the fighter and the man.

    Up until his death in 1970 it was written that he was regarded as England's greatest living fighter. Was this author hyperbole?
     
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  2. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, pretty much on the money, The Kid was a truly exceptional fighter, fought from FW onto LH over the course of his career, and fought against the very best most of the time : Leonard, Britton, Carpienter, O,Dowd, to name a few, spoke to Morton a long time ago, seemed a nice guy, said that his dad rarely weighed 147 throughout his long tenure as a champion and contender, one American writer referred to Lewis as the " Iron Boned Britisher" sounds about right, well remember the front cover of Boxing News on the week he died, it showed just his face, but what a face ! if ever a face portrayed the profession of the subject, this one did.
     
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  3. Clinton

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    He was a fantastic fighter. Period.
     
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  4. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Does anyone not have him as a top 10 Welterweight?
     
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  5. ChrisJS

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    Definitely a “pound for pound” great given the weight he spanned. Fought much bigger men than himself so often. In addition to which he had great longevity and he was neck and neck with Jack Britton for quite some time.

    I think if we don’t count Bob Fitzsimmons as an Englishman then it’s pretty clear that Lewis is still the greatest English fighter ever and would arguably be the second greatest Brit after Jimmy Wilde.
     
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  6. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lots of people don't have him as a top-10 welterweight.
     
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  7. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    QUOTE="Bukkake, post: 20582039, member: 55895"]Lots of people don't have him as a top-10 welterweight.[/QUOTE]
    Your right many people don,t but the WW history is stacked with great fighters as we know, so hard for Lewis to make the cut.
     
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  8. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I also have the book although havent started it yet. Look forward to it though
     
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  9. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Fair enough. Do you have him in your top 10?
     
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  10. Bukkake

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    I don't have lists as such - but if I had, he would probably finish just outside the top 10.
     
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  11. BeerGut

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    One of the greatest fighters from the UK ... but his son Morton died a good many years back.
     
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  12. klompton2

    klompton2 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Definitely one of Englands best.
     
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  13. The Morlocks

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  14. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Looking it over it's a true bio that spans his whole life.
    I got mine on Ebay for only 12 bucks. I dont know what it goes for now. Amazon isnt always the cheapest by a long shot
     
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  15. PeterD

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    Thought 102 might be unlikely although he is still listed as alive on a couple of google searches.
     
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