What UK Boxer would you like a film to be made about?

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  1. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Freddie Welsh , They were hungry blokes back then indeed ..

    But the next day it was cold and snowy, and I walked all day and couldn't get a job or a meal. So that night I was standing there at the lunch counter when my friends came in again. "Billy Elmer will give you five dollars to fight tonight," they said. I was too hungry to stand it any longer. Five dollars meant a thick steak and some browned potatoes and a piece of pie and a cup of real coffee. I stood there and thought with my mouth watering. And then I went upstairs and I won my fight.[13]

    – Welsh describing the moment he took his first paid fight in an interview taken 26 April 1913, with Herbart Corey in The New York Globe
     
  2. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you wouldn't think welsh came from a comfortably off middle calss family would you ??
     
  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    like a lot of great boxers he enjoyed the company of ladies.lots and lots of them:hey:yep
     
  4. alba

    alba Guess who? Full Member

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  5. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    no. just gay.in the ring he was known as ferocious freddie for good reason, he had the heart of a lion albeit a gay one:D
     
  6. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    lewis wasn't a scumbag.when he confronted mosley about his anti-semitic stance, mosleys other minders had a go at ted..............but lost:lol:
     
  7. alba

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    sorry,but anyone who joins a Fascit group is scum .Lowlife scum at that.
     
  8. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i agree but he didn't join it
     
  9. turpinr

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  10. avidlemon

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    If anyone has read Eubanks book, I'm sure they would agree it would translate well onto the big screen
     
  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i wouldn't argue with any of the fighters who have been mentioned having a film made about them.except henry cooper.
     
  12. alba

    alba Guess who? Full Member

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    ah right i thought he did////
     
  13. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ok:goodi don't like fascists either
     
  14. 1stcontact

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl
     
  15. jonnytightlips

    jonnytightlips Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There needs to be one about Monzon, or a good documentary about him.