Tony Galento's power

I've never doubted that Tony could punch. In fact, it was probably his only saving grace. In all fairness however, even though he did manage to stop some pretty durable guys, a lot of those men were still coming off of a good number of losses, and outweighed heavily by Galento.. He also employed a lot of dirty tactics, which can hurt a guy and wear him down. Nathan Mann was among one of his better wins though.

 

I'm not saying you are wrong ,but drawing analogies on these lines can be unsound,imo.eg Lou Nova went into the 14th with Galento,despite being fouled disgracefully throughout the fight,by contrast, Louis bounced Nova out in 6 effortless rounds.Galento had serious power ,but his slow feet meant that he was not allways in position to deliver it.I suppose I am arguing against myself ,but maybe it depends on your definition of power.

 

Tony Galento was definitely a banger.

Galento was a decent fighter but had a ridiculous attitude towards conditioning.
He wasn't too fussed about the Marquess of Queensberry, but, as they say, if you can get away with it .......

 

He could hit for sure, it's about all he had going for him along with his ability to take a punch, considering that he did not train much and refused to use any boxing skills to win fights, which was all a part of his character.

Galento is known for his wild brawling style, but the left hook he floored Louis with was a well-placed counter punch which did not travel a long distance.

Maybe the punch was one in a million, but Louis had already been set up by Galento's pre-fight talk which greatly annoyed Louis. Galento got under Joe Louis's skin more so than any other fighter, which Louis admitted himself. Galento's trash-talk wasn't all about calling other fighters "bums" either, he said a lot more hurtful things than that. He made Louis lose his cool which I guess can be considered an accomplishment in itself.

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The 1930s David Tua. Both 5'9 and 235lb. both monsterous left hooks.

 

I think he was definitely calculating. "Two Ton" Tony was a character, and using polished boxing skills to win fights wasn't part of that character. I know about Galento's amateur pedigree but as a professional he tended to maul & brawl although he knew how to set up that devastating left hook of his.

An article that I posted here previously of Tony Galento picking Ali over Liston:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AJ&pg=7227,3839049&dq=tony+galento+clay&hl=en

 

If Tony's power is being underrated, then not enough people are reading what Ron Lipton had to say about it. The thud of his whacks against Max Baer sent gasps through the crowd, Anybody can review that footage on line, and listen to what the impact sounded like through the overhead ring microphone.

 

I think people all to often over rate pure boxers smarts and under rate sluggers or punchers brains.

People point to his gut, attitude etc. as if that makes him a lesser/cruder fighter. I think the opposite is true, the fact that he was such a highly ranked fighter while NOT being in good shape means that he must of had a lot of things going for him. I think his brain was one of them along with his power.

Awesome article, never saw that before :good

 

Tony knew his one prodigious gift and designed his gameplan around it for the most part. A classic bait and trap approach, getting the other guy to walk into his hook. Top level power for the division.