Who's The Oldest Fighter, You Admire?

Yeah he was, so was Ricky Hatton.
I used to like the way Tommy Hearns threw a long left hook to the body after a soft left jab, to measure the distance.
He, Hearns was lightening quick too.

 

And Young Dutch Sam.

 

Yeah,Hearns was very skilled and a hard hitter. Even though he lost the two biggest fights of his career,he's still an all time great.

 

Comparing the pictures of both (Dutch Sam in Pugilistica vol. 1 and Young Dutch Sam in Bell's Life in London dated Jan 23, 1831) they were, indeed, unlikely to be father and son. The shape of the nose, in particular.

 

His ko's of Juan Roldan, Roberto Duran, James Shuler, Denis Andries and Pepino Cuevas were impressive

 

They both died youngish, they had that in common

 

The Duran one especially. Nobody did that to Duran!!!!!!!

 

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No definitely not.
I remember watching that in a pub with my mouth wide open.
I thought I'd enjoy seeing Duran ko'd after he punched and kneed Ken Buchanan in the balls, but I didn't

 

Christmas present sounds like a good idea. It's not a period I know that much about, boxing or otherwise, so sounds like a good choice of book. Exactly - it's strange how some people get largely forgotten and then as you said content is just made up when you have those amazing true stories left. Then again the film industry and historical accuracy are rarely a good match, but that's a whole other digression which irritates me!

 

For me, if I can choose 4, I would say Fitz, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford and Les Darcy.

Fitz had those skinny legs but his upper body, including his shoulders, chest and strong, sinewy arms hinted at a powerful puncher who could generate power in whip like fashion.

From work as a blacksmith and other labouring jobs, Fitz’s upper body was at extreme odds with his lower half, lol.

Les Darcy also worked as a smithy - maybe all would be punchers should pick up that trade for a few years, haha.

The Maitland Wonder, Les Dary:-

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