Tony Danza was a boxer?!

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  1. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    He looked it in that fight.
     
  2. Deebo

    Deebo Pure Textual Satisfaction Full Member

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    I forget where I read it but somewhere I heard that Adam Carolla (the annoying host of the old Man Show) was a pretty good amature boxer, and a trainer. Anyone confirm this?
     
  3. C.J.Rock

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    Bob Hope was a fighter he fought under the name packy east
     
  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Remember being in a gym. A friend pointed Danza out puttin' on wraps gettin' ready to spar. Said he looked like a good prospect -- could punch.

    He was a sculpted middleweight, with Graziano hair and a ready grin. As I got closer, he was animatedly tellin' all around him how he'd jus' come from a casting session for a TV show.

    Figured -- like so many -- it was jus' one more boxer's "tall tale." Turned out to be for "Taxi"
     
  5. Hermit

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    Bob Packy Hope.
     
  6. Kostya Zoo

    Kostya Zoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    and he's Frank Warren's cousin.
     
  7. Fighting Fisherman

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    I've heard this also, anyone see his boxing movie that was just out? Its called The Hammer, funny stuff.
     
  8. Vantage_West

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    i think it's the other way round.
    he had a cameo roll in a brit ganster movie becuase he was the greatest illegal bareknuckle boxer of his day
     
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    george galloway used to box, on that show about anger he said when he was going to be inqured by the U.S. or just having a rally he would spend 3 hours pshycing himself up. somthign he learned from his boxing days.

    normon wisdom was a bantamweight in the army, it was on the best of enemy's eubank-benn talk show thing

    lee evans was thinking of going pro when he was young. there was a science program talking about the body when under pressure (adrenaline,nerves, reactions). the example was evans sparring
     
  10. Chucky

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    :lol:
     
  11. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is that Harold Lederman and Larry FRIGGIN MERCHANT on commentary?

    Holy jesus it's surreal.
     
  12. emanuel_augustus

    emanuel_augustus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cool story!
     
  13. CottoDaBodykill

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    tony duke is from my town of flint michigan ...

    cool tony danza story
     
  14. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Danza had a Glass Jaw
     
  15. Borincano

    Borincano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He actually made a movie that went straight DVD. I think it is called the hammer or something. Check his name on IMD.com and it will show you all his history of his life and movies.