Two Ton Tony Galento very underated

The comparisons ring true, to one degree or another.

Galento more or less HAD to take damage. Whether it was Louis smashing hooks home into his face or thumbs and butts... He didn't have much choice, his defense was weak.

Tua got by on a combination of having a great, great defense to negate almost every punch thrown his way and a solid chin.

I've also heard stories of Galento hitting the heavy bag and supposedly seemingly hitting it harder than Liston, or so first hand retold stories tell it.

 

And anyone that calls Galento a bum is an idiot. Utterly.

 

Galento was ,as he proved a very live challenger ,he was tough and durable and could certainly hit with his left,but he was slow afoot and he didnt have the hand speed to finish the job against most of the top men he fought .I think Tua is qiucker with both his fists and his feet.

 

On youtube there's "The Way It Was" with Tony Galento and Joe Louis, I'd recommend it to anyone who thinks Galento is a bum.

I think a lot of people are just uneducated about him. They take one look at him and automatically assume he's just the blueprint for todays fat out of shape HW.

 

Second-rater with no skills.

 

If Galento had dedicated himself he might have been something like Marciano.

He had that awkward crouch and inherent toughness and raw power. He was crude but vicious, powerful, durable.

 

Was it a bear or a kangeroo that Galento once sparred with?

 

He was never a first-class pugilist, even at his peak in 1939. And lack of skills is obvious. Tua was much more skilled (although more mechanical and predictable too, probably), with better punch, stronger, more durable, faster hands, and much more dangerous in all-time sense than Galento ever was.

 

He got in a tank with an octopus."Ill moider that pus"

 

Agreed. Galento had power, and some durablity/gameness in him, but when it comes to skills I agree with you. To quote a sports writer, Galento's attack is limited to one sweeping motion with his left hand; his defense takes care of itself.

Galento is unlikely to beat anyone on points. He lost 20 decsions, and as far as I can tell never beat a contender on points. Despite a spotty record Galento was ranked way up there at one point. It was a sing of the times / lack of depth of the fighters in his era. Galento's colorfull one liners and populairty didn't hurt him getting big fights either.

There is a chance Galento, might have been mobbed connected, and been in some " set up " fights. There is no way a guy like this ever gets ranked today. Good Journeyman would beat him, and while I think Galento is better than Butterbean, I think that would be his role in modern boxing today.

 

No doubt in my mind.