Why the hate for Tony Galento????

It’s not hate to point out facts — it’s actually a form of respect. I get that people are attached to their favorite fighters, but there’s a difference between celebrating someone and rewriting history. Saying someone wasn’t as skilled, conditioned, or tested as others isn’t tearing them down — it’s just being honest. You can appreciate a fighter and still be real about their limitations. The sport deserves truth, not just nostalgia. Legends are built on stories, but real legacies are built on what actually happened in the ring.

 

Galento is much more on par with Tua than Usyk ever will be with Ali

 

Honestly, he gets grief because he didn't look like a fighter, he looked like some fat drunk bragging to his bar cronies that he could beat the hell out of the champ, and damned if he doesn't get put in the ring to try.

I think some people resent that, they think he should have enough pride in himself and pride in his sport to get into acceptable "shape" even if it's just visual. And I think they find the stories about him not bathing before fights to make his BO especially rank, etc., are distasteful if not outright disgusting. I think that's why Ray Arcel, who was in his corner for Louis I believe, made the comment that he really contributed nothing positive to the sport.

I rarely pick him in fantasy matches here, but I always make the comment that he was not without skills ... look at him with a close eye, he's not just coming forward wildly swinging leather, he had some idea of what to do in the ring ... and had a monster left hook, and that people who consider him a complete jabroni are wrong. He was who he was as a colorful character, and boxing needs a few of those as well as the bloodless automaton technicians to make things interesting.

Did y'all know he was in some movies in the 1950s, including "On the Waterfront" and in an interesting flick called "Wind Across the Everglades," where he plays one of Burl Ives' (the heel) henchmen and has quite a few lines.