Tell me about Holman Williams

Some quotes on Basora

As a fighter he was very highly regarded. Former manager of Sixto Escobar Lou Brix described him like this, ‘When he hits them right they remain unconscious for half an hour or more. And he throws those punches absolutely straight – no swings or telegraphs.’ And further went onto say that ‘Basora is a young, rangy Latin who combines boxing skill with dynamite that can tear an opponents head off.’ Former manager of Fred Apostoli, Larry White asserted in January 1940, that Basora ‘would be Middleweight champion within 18 months.’3 So it is fair to say that boxing insiders had a very good opinion of Jose Basora.

Also one newspaper calle dhim the 'Hardest Hitting fighter' in boxing during his career.

Your right on the Charles match, Charles pasted him but in a breif flurry Basora rocked Charles with a left hook before finally succumbing.

 

Holman Williams is a fighter I really like, but aint studied that much. Although I will at some point, do an in depth study on him.

I was only really interested in his style, so can't comment that much on his career. But his style interests me, he had a great jab and used it superbly. He had a superb defence that combined all three pillars of defence: footwork, blocking and head movement. He really is a marvel in that department.

 

Basora is an underated fighter,anyone who knocks out Al Jolson[1944], is ok in my book. :good

 

I wouldn't say Williams lost the series with Basora. It's just that Basora outlasted him and Williams was well washed up by 1947. Until then, Holman held the edge 3-1-1 over Basora with Basora's lone win being a split decision. To be fair to Basora though, Holman's two early wins over Basora were 6 round bouts. I'd call it an even series. Their most important bouts were between 1943 and 1944, and they went 1-1-1.

 

He sure could bang, Chris Dundee thought very highly of him.

I think Basora had a very awkward style for such an organised guy like Williams.

 

Lack of power is the only major one IMO

 

He also wasn't physically threatening to anybody at middleweight by any means.

 

No less than Joe Louis said that Holman Williams was the `perfect fighter`...

 

Eddie Futch stated about Williams, "I would rather watch Holman Williams shadow-box than watch some fighters fight."

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I would rather think about what Holman Williams looked like when he fought than watch some fighters fight. :good

 

I would take a clip of Holman Williams shadow-boxing over a Ricky Hatton career-set.

 

All I've heard is that there's possibly a clip of him fighting in the late 40's, probably against Jean Walzack as the French filmed a lot of the fights in those days.

Cerdan is rumoured, but that one should have come out by now if it existed. Whoever would be holding up a fight of that calibre deserves to be called out on their greed.