Tony Galento vs. Henry Cooper 15rds.

I think it is a shame that more of Gallentos fights are not available on film because many of them were as action packed as Louis Gallento.

Al Ettore was knocked clean out of the ring twice in the 8th round by Gallento.

Nattie Brown was down ten times against Gallento.

The Otis Thomas fight is surposed to have been a barnstormer.

 

What exactly should I be looking at? Anyone who has been on this forum for at least a year, knows that we've been through this topic time and time again, and it usually gets us nowhere. I have posted on numerous occasions my reasons for viewing Galento as an illegitimate challenger, and for what ever reason, my comments are ignored and rebuddled with **** like " he defeated some good top raters" or " he was a much better athlete than he looks like on film".

What the hell am I supposed to do? Ignore records? Ignore his pitiful training routines ( which are legendary ). Ignore the fact that some of his opponents dumped fights in the tank. Ignore the fact that about 75% of his fights took place in his own backyard of New Jersey, which was the chief opporating platform of the mafia at the time. Ignore the fact that referees turned a blind eye when he fouled other opponents. Ignore the fact that he defeated a string of fighters going into the Louis match, who even though had reputable name recognition, were coming off of streaks where some of them had only won maybe 4 of their last 16 fights - and still the dirty tactics?

We have all been through this nonsense a thousand times before, and it seems that some would prefer to acknowledge him as an elite contender - presumabley for the purpose of justifying Louis's being floored by him....

Circular logic appears to be the ESB way of getting things done...:good

 

Natie Brown had won all but 5 of his last 16 fights.

 

I like Cooper to win a clear, rough-and-tumble decision.

He could box a bit and this would suit him well against his charging, squat foe.

Actually, neither man was a bum but respectable heavyweight talent, despite the girth on the one hand and miraculous bleeding on the other.

Galento could punch but Cooper's jaw was serviceable and it would take more than the one or perhaps two consecutive wallops Two Ton could get in to do away with 'Enry. And I don't see Galento jabbing Cooper's face to shreds, either.

On the other hand, Cooper could be a patient quasi technician over the distance. His relatively long limbs and two-handed proficiency will serve him well here.

 

Yes but who apart from Gallento ever stopped him?

There was Joe Louis of course and Leroy Haynes.

Who was the only person apart from Gallento to stop Al Ettore?

That would be Joe Louis.

My point is that whatever Gallentos limitations the guy could certainly bang.

 

To steal the title from a recent Daniel Day Lewis film "There Will be Blood" !

 

Did the mafia buy Joe Louis off so that Louis allowed himself to be rocked and floored by Galento ?

Galento was a rough tough brawler with a heavy punch (Ron Lipton still swears an old diabetic 50-something Galento was the hardest puncher he ever saw working out on the heavy bag). An overweight lazy crude unsophisticated fighter, but a tough and very dangerous one too.