Time Machine: Which Five Fights....

For anyone to domiante Williams is impressive. I'll need to check this out.

Cocoa Kid is just a pure anomaly, how the hell do you size him up without seeing footage. He must have been awesome to wath though.

 

Aye thats what makes it so hard, how do you know whats 'fact or fiction' with him, so to speak. But yeh Ill dig abit further into that Williams bout and see what I think of him and his jab.

Thing is it is a shame for Cocoa Kid, hes never going to get the recognition he might deserve.

 

Yeh. I prefer the former. I do think Cocoa was class but he wasnt the level above Williams.

 

When I was in the Navy, I met a fighter Jimmy Leto, who beat amongst others...Cocoa Kid-ko
Charley Burley
Fritzie Zivic
Lou Ambers- draw
At that time I didn't realize what sailor Jimmy Leto accomplished...

 

Wow. Good fighter he was, abit forgotten these days due to being overshadowed by the 'murderers'

Do you remember much about meeting him?

 

I just remember Leto as short..He was way past his prime...I just recall shaking his hand...I was a kid then, didnt realize how good he was in his twenties...He must have been some tough fighter to beat those fighters,being so short...

 

You got some boxing memories BB

 

I might have to tag along on some other people's time machines too. Thanks for the idea. :good

 

Hey, Burt. It's been a while since I last talked to you. I have been a little busy trying to get a job and things like that. You have a fine list there. I might have to ride with you in your time machine so I can see those fights too.:good When I first read the topic of this thread, after Greb, I thought of Sullivan-Corbett. Ketchel-Langford is a fight that I would love to see. A shame it was only a 6 rounder. Any prime Bob Fitzsimmons fight would be great to see too.

 

I was at the Kaylor Christie fight , but,unfortunately not the others.

 

Those are the events I would like to have been ringside:
Jack Johnson - James J. Jeffries
Paul Samson Körner - Hans Breitensträter III
Max Schmeling - Walter Neusel I (biggest fight in Europe)
Joe Frazier - Muhammad Ali I
Roberto Duran - Sugar Ray Leonard I


Those are the fights I would like to have been ringside:
Harry Greb - Mickey Walker
Barney Ross - Tony Canzoneri II
Dick Tiger - Henry Hank
Bubi Scholz - Charles Humez II
Roberto Duran - Iran Barkley

 

some of my favourite esb posters have posted in this thread.......thanks for the good reading lads..