[john garfield]

Perhaps I can giveya the skinny.

No mythical match-ups, please (it's an exercise in futility)

 

[084]

post in the history section

 

[Wallet]

How do you remember, Old Bones Brown, JG?

 

[doug.ie]

yes actually JG.....can you throw any light on this query ?

http://checkhookboxing.com/showthread.php?366-joe-louis-v-johnny-davis

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[john garfield]

MY bad, M_LP. Noticed it too late.

 

[john garfield]

How do you remember, Old Bones Brown, JG?

"Ol Bones" has a special place in my heart, W. He gave me boxing tips at Stillman's Gym. Tried to emulate his preying mantis style briefly. Hopeless!

 

[DrMo]

Who was the nastiest, cruelest, most sadistic SOB you ever saw in a ring JG & why?

 

[john garfield]

Who was the nastiest, cruelest, most sadistic SOB you ever saw in a ring JG & why?

Nastiest, without question, was LaMotta, DM. Heard him lean close to an opponent while the ref gave final instructions 'n say, "I'm gonna drink your blood"

 

[Boogle McDougal]

Nastiest, without question, was LaMotta, DM. Heard him lean close to an opponent while the ref gave final instructions 'n say, "I'm gonna drink your blood"

Nice.

 

[Foreman Hook]

Nastiest, without question, was LaMotta, DM. Heard him lean close to an opponent while the ref gave final instructions 'n say, "I'm gonna drink your blood"

:err The Bronx Bully was as mean as they come, a sadistic killer with evil intentions!!

 

[doug.ie]

which boxer did you see who you thought was great but is maybe never spoken about today ?

 

[El Greeno]

which boxer did you see who you thought was great but is maybe never spoken about today ?

Similarly, anyone you think was ultra-talented but got left behind by the politics of boxing being what it was?

 

[Boogle McDougal]

Hey, Mr. Garfield. Got any stories about Fritzie Zivic? What about Mickey Walker? I know he was before your time, but he had a restaurant in New York long after he retired. Ever run into the old bulldog?

 

[Flea Man]

History section has recognisable faces from the Classic JG :good

 

[Flea Man]

"Ol Bones" has a special place in my heart, W. He gave me boxing tips at Stillman's Gym. Tried to emulate his preying mantis style briefly. Hopeless!

I love you JG. That's an anecdote :good

 

[DanielJFiasco]

I wonder if you ever came across Miles Davis? I heard he used to hit a few of the gyms in NYC, and was good friends with Sugar Ray. I'm a massive Miles Davis fan, and I love hearing ANY stories about him, but if it's boxing related, all the better.

 

[Flea Man]

I love Davis too!

 

[DanielJFiasco]

I love Davis too!

:good Glad I'm not the only one around here!

 

[SJS20]

I'm glad you're taking a more Boxing prominent role on this forum JG.

Any light to shed on the IBC? I'm really curious about how much control they had over the sport at one time. I understand that they left Marciano well alone?

 

[doug.ie]

JG...there was a boxer called billy arnold who i heard was quite a prospect until getting badly beaten by graziano when he was 19...."the young joe louis" i have read he was called at one stage...you got knowledge of him ?