Top ten fighters we can't watch today

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  1. L.Everett

    L.Everett Member Full Member

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    List of fighters we have little or no surviving footage of today. Not including fighters that fought before film, so no Tom Molyneauxs or Ted Sayers please.

    1. Harry Greb (some sparring and shadow boxing only)
    2. Charley Burley (only one fight film)
    3. Holman Williams (only a few seconds)
    4. Maxie Rosenbloom
    5. Tiger Flowers
    6. Barbados Joe Walcott
    7. Coca Kid
    8. Joe Choyinski
    9. Jack Blackburn
    10. Gypsy Joe Harris (some footage from the Griffith fight)

    Somewhere down the line it'd be useful if there was a comprehensive list of fighters with little or no film to make things easier for the fans.
     
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  2. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    The Murders Row
    Jack Dillon
    Jack Delaney
    Paul Berlenbach
    Tiger Flowers
    Billy Petrolle
    Fidel Labarba
    Sammy Mandell
    Jeff Smith
    Frankie Genaro
    Sid Terris
    Christ,there's hundreds of them!
     
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  3. L.Everett

    L.Everett Member Full Member

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    Can't find much of Ken Overlin either. It's strange that there's more footage of Yarosz available than Greb.
     
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  4. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tommy Ryan is one of the best P4P fighters ever, it's a thread for him.

    If you use Burley, then why not Fitzsimmons? We don't have much more from him.
     
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  5. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also, Choynski wasn't better than Maher, McCoy or Sharkey (we have very little from Sailor Tom).
     
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  6. JohnThomas1

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    God i wish there was a lot more of Lloyd Marshall.
     
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  7. Hannibal Barca

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    Benny Leonard. One prime fight and one far past his prime fight.
     
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  8. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he sums up a lot does Lloyd Marshall

    the EXCELLENCE of Top & Noted fighters,
    the politics and Bull _hit of Boxing,
    Corruption and the reality of what a title or champion really means in light of earned or not,
    propelled and honest contention of opponents and what Top Fighters knew of each other,

    in other words 'ownership & invested' protection.

    I was in Sacramento in 1982 and had I known then that Marshall lived there I surely would have went to speak to him. For me he is ONE of the True Greats of All-time...

    RJJ long before Roy Jones and better than him too.
     
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  9. roughdiamond

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    Midget Wolgast. There were only two films of him, where he looked awesome, and one has been removed for unknown reasons. He's a top 5 Fly H2H and resume wise IMO.

    Also, Bert Lytell. I wanna see the southpaw monster that terrorised the likes of LaMotta.
     
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    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Yes in the little footage we have he very much reminds me of RJJ.
     
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  11. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Newsboy Brown.

    Nonpareil Jack Dempsey (I can only dream)

    Apostolli (would like more )

    Venice Borkhorsor (need more)

    Jimmy Wilde
     
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  12. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    McCoy was a lot better P4P.
     
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  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles vs Archie Moore 1,2&3

    Would be completely happy with life
     
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  14. Tonto62

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    Beat the **** out of Mills and conceded weight to do it ,but Mils got the title shot not Lloyd!
     
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  15. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Holeman Williams Lloyd Marshal anf of course Greb for me
     
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