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I would complain that you'd removed the Frochinator but Masahiko will do :good

That was the most enjoyable for me, what a fighter. The whole purpose of that was to demonstrate how (arguably) 3 lineal titles is so much more significant than picking up baubles in even more divisions. Hopefully I made a good case.

 

Love this thread :good

 

TFFP's suggestions: (apologies for any that have been done, I've missed some pages which I'll get around to soon. Give me pages if possible for ones that have been done)

Billy Conn
Tiger Flowers (should be a few nice stories here, second black guy to win a title, good guy)
Carl 'Bo Bo' Olsen
Fritzie Zivic (dark arts )
Joe Gans
Ad Wolgast
Freddie Welsh
Jim Driscoll
Lou Ambers
Flash Elorde
Abe Attell

 

Four months in and it appears a lock for 'Thread Of The Year', and by creating it, Mand' is odds-on to retain his title :deal

 

I'll try and plough through as many of them as I can at work next week Eskimo :good

Have you heard of Packy MacFarland?!? Insane resume, aesthetically, in terms of names, and the fact there is footage of he and Welsh facing off :happy

Will struggle for footage with a few though

 

Wallet3kBattery surely a banker for noob of the year? :yep

 

Wallet, it was controversial and thats all we need tom know.

cheers Flea,

it was abit vague at the end but i had a driving lesson and wanted to get it done:good

 

Fritzie Zivic is clearly one of the most underrated fighters in history. The epitome of old skool.

 

Love this quote of his..."My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves!"

:rofl

 

Zivic basically fought everyone Dirty, dirty ******* though.

 

Don't worry about the Frochinator...

He'll be back.

I've been doing a lot of reading up on Harada lately and fancied paying a wee tribute. I love Frochy, but the amount of avatars I've had of him leave me teetering on the edge of looking like a Laz-style nuthugger.

Concerning your Masahiko piece; you've definitely done him justice, very well written indeed. He really was a hell of a fighter. To achieve what he did when winning a world title actually meant something was remarkable. I must admit, I'm not very well schooled on older fighters so it's a joy reading these articles. Keep it up all! :good

 

According to Zivic's own account, the first bout with Armstrong was very dirty. Armstrong started out fighting that way: "Henry's givin' me the elbows and the shoulders and the top of the head, and I can give that stuff back pretty good, but I don't dare to or maybe they'll throw me out of the ring."[2] By the seventh round, Zivic had had enough, and began responding in kind. The referee (still according to Zivic), then told the fighers, If you want to fight that way, it's okay with me. Armstrong had built up a good lead, but Zivic went to work, cutting both of Armstrong's eyes and opening a gash on his mouth. Zivic said "pardon me" several times while fouling his opponent. In the fifteenth and final round, Zivic hit Armstrong with a left hook-right cross combination. Armstrong went down as the bell ended the fight. Zivic won a unanimous decision.

 

He ducked a Burley rematch big time though. Zivic's manager bought out Burley's contract just to avoid the matchup atsch

 

Yeah ****in hell he only fought him the 3 times...

*****!

 

He never wanted to defend his title against Burley though.