[Sittin Sonny]

As per the description, "Future two-time welterweight title challenger Billy Graham receives a surprising taste of his own medicine as he is outslicked by the supposedly 'aging' junior-welterweight title claimant Tippy Larkin."

 

[thistle1]

very nice footage...

multiply that X monthly X 15 years.

there's the difference!!!

 

[Theron]

MyDeuxSense has been uploading some great footage lately, glad hes back again

Also glad I finally get to see Larkin fight , Graham just cant get to Larkin on the outside at all

Larkin was a beautiful boxer, and with a quick right hand, I really hope theres more footage of him to come up

 

[Lester1583]

Future two-time welterweight title challenger Billy Graham receives a surprising taste of his own medicine as he is outslicked by the supposedly 'aging' junior-welterweight title claimant Tippy Larkin.

One of the very few wide clear losses of Graham's career, was it?

The footage's quality leaves a lot to be desired understandably but Tippy looks like an excellent mover.

Not in a modern balless runner sense but in a classic stay in range/control the distance/always balanced-ready for attack/to attack sense.

A very hard proposition for any pure boxer.

 

[Sittin Sonny]

One of the very few wide clear losses of Graham's career, was it?

Yep, this and the 4th Gavilan fight were probably the two most decisive losses of his career.

A very hard proposition for any pure boxer.

Indeed, if you couldn't get him out of there with power, he was next to impossible to beat otherwise.

 

[Burt Brooks]

Yep, this and the 4th Gavilan fight were probably the two most decisive losses of his career.

Indeed, if you couldn't get him out of there with power, he was next to impossible to beat otherwise.

True SS, tippy Larkin was the best "ure" boxer of his time. So great a boxer that the famous boxing writer Dan Parker wrote
"that if Tippy Larkin didn't have a ":glass chin", he would be the second coming of Benny Leonard. Heady words indeed. A classic boxer
so good that his only real losses were to bangers like Al 'bummy Davis, Lew Jenkins, Beau Jack etc. Not only did he outclass a boxer like Bllly Graham
Tippy did the same to Willy Joyce, another great classic boxer too...On the other hand, Billy Graham who didn't hit as sharp as Tippy had one of the
alltime best chins in boxing history. Billy was NEVER floored in 126 fights..I saw both of these boys in action during a "golden" age of boxing...

 

[Lester1583]

Billy was NEVER floored in 126 fights.

Gavilan floored B. Graham.

 

[Burt Brooks]

Gavilan floored B. Graham.

I,very much doubt this as Billy Graham had the reputation of never being floored ever. I saw many of his bouts and would have surely heard of this
though in 126 bouts everyone deserves a quick visit to the canvas...

 

[Lester1583]

I,very much doubt this as Billy Graham had the reputation of never being floored ever.

Gavilan - Graham 4:

In that same session, a left hook to the body sent Irish Billy to the canvas in a half-slip, half-knockdown. There was no count. Gavilan, as fast as a cat at the same 146¼ pounds Graham weighed, had Billy groggy in the eighth with a steaming right that knocked him into the ropes, and a left hook. In the 14th, a hard right to the chin dropped Graham to one knee. He had been staggered earlier in the session by another Gavilan right.

 

[Flea Man]

Shows how slack I've been lately....been sitting on this footage for ages and never got round to uploading it atsch