Thil vs Apostili 1937...

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  1. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Some EXCELLENT Footage here,

    https:// boxinghalloffame.com/carnival-champions-boxing-september-23-1937/

    Still NOT Perfect but excellent enough to get the idea for 'proper' evaluation about these old greats.

    Apostili was a clever lovely boxer...

    Thil
    Garcia
    Ambers

    and others. Enjoy.
     
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  2. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Where is it?
     
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  3. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    that's the web address, wouldn't let me post the link, so I had to put a space inbetween the https and boxing hall of fame.
     
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    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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  5. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    What a great piece of footage! Thanks so much! Apostoli looks a great fighter.
     
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  6. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Absolutely loved this. Great clarity of film.
     
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  7. reznick

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    Damn. The quality of this footage for the 1930's is amazing.
    It really shows the depth of skill the old timers were referring too.

    Lot's of head movement, feinting, trapping, distance control, powerful punches with really nice mechanics.
    Awesome stuff.

    (Watch them ignore this, or make some asinine statement about what is shown.)
     
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  8. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    as I've stated a million times, it's NOT the fighters that are poor, it's the FILM(ing) that's crap...

    also you don't need film of every fighter, you know from the quality of some of their opponents shown on film, their opponents status and REPORTS about them themselves, cross record checking, that's more than enough to let you know how good these guys were... and now MULTIPLICATION x the number of fights competed in against good & top fighters x years & years, does a great fighter one make!!!
     
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  9. Unforgiven

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    I've long said Apostoli is one of the most overlooked middleweights. He was a great fighter.
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    Ross and Garcia were great too.
     
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  12. thistle

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    me too.

    there are a few bits of footage on Apostoli, some of it quite grainy, but yeah Fred Apostoli was a great fighter as were most of his peers, Champions, Contenders or Journeymen, it was just an active tough era to get to the top, which made for tons of great fighters.
     
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  14. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yes a great piece of Film all round.
     
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  15. It's Ovah

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    No, they looked pretty good to me. Nice compact shots, great in-fighting, nice array of skills (trapping, spinning, wrestling etc). None of the sloppiness of many of the heavyweights of that period for sure.
     
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