Who wins? real Bummy Davis vs Forum Bummy Davis

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Blofeld, Oct 13, 2023.


Who wins?

  1. Real Bummy

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  2. Fake Bummy

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  3. Who the f*ck is Bummy Davis

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  4. Thank Christ it's Friday

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  5. This is "Forum Bummy" and I am not amused

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  1. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    I was disappointed to find out that @Bummy Davis was not actually Bummy David the lightweight contender from the 30s! He brusquely put me right I suppose it makes sense considering Bummy died in a tragic shooting in 1945 and even if he were alive he would be 100 years old and probably not that hip to social media.

    It got me thinking though who would win between the real "Bummy" and our beloved forum resident, the ornery "Forum Bummy"?

    Like many fabled old timers we have no footage of "Forum Bummy", we do know he is a New Yorker so possibly had the fabled "face first" approach of many great NY champs and was possible of Italian stock. There were rumors he worked in the financial industries after he retired but the few examples of his writing we have suggest a much less educated person.

    Forum Bummy was never more that a (forum) lightweight but we do know Nat Fleischer rated him highly, as indeed he did every fighter of which there is no footage or verifiable records. He puts him at number 9 in his famous "greatest fighters no-one under 100 knows about" list two places behind "Real Bummy" but ahead of "the Fighting Bricklayer" Tom McGillicuddy. Nat describes his main asset as a permanently miserable face that often made his opponents go easy on him as they were worried he would burst into grown man baby tears like a recalcitrant 12 year old. "Forum Bummy" won many fights this way, tell the ref he would "scream and scream until I am sick" unless he got the decision.

    Other than these examples we also have an account of a fight when an irate victim of a subprime mortgage scam punched him in the nose causing "Forum Bummy" to embarrassingly snap his suspenders causing his Armani pants to drop exposing his inadequacies to the whole office. However Nat tells us that he was well past his best at the time and there were rumors of a fix due to a deal he cut with the FBI to lessen a sentence related to his unhealthy interest in minors.

    "Forum Bummy" was not a fan favorite, due both to his habit of crying and working in finance, and entered the ring to loud choruses of Boos. "Boo Forum Bummy Boo!". Fans could he heard shouting "Forum Bummy why are you such a humourless d*ck", "Forum Bummy why did you sell me a subprime mortgage?", "Forum Bummy why are you such a man baby crying like a little b*tch", and other such colorful epithets, of which these are the only ones printable without offending anyone of a nervous disposition.

    Sadly we are also lacking footage of "Real Bummy" but we know he was not a banker, which automatically makes him the sentimental favorite and has verified bouts with Armstrong, Beau Jack and Zivic. While he lost all these bouts he did beat Tony Canzoneri. He also died a heroes death, which you will never find anyone in financial services doing. However beign a banker we do know "Forum Bummy" probably slept with as many hooker as "Real Bummy" but drank less moonshine, preferring Chateau Lafite.

    So who you got in this compelling bout?
     
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  2. Freddy Benson.

    Freddy Benson. Active Member Full Member

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    Probably not the best of ideas to have those few joints before posting.
     
  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I don't know that we need two comedy Bummy Davis threads in 24 hours.
     
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