[VIDEO] Charley Burley...Mayweather before Mayweather... Fear & Avoided

black murder row ...Im surprised they never made a Movie about guys like charley burley,jackie chase,the coco kid,eddie booker and the rest.. would be an epic movie

Here is another video with an interview from both Eddie Futch and Burley himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BOHIxGiTzA Sorry that the video doesn't embedd.

He wasn't Mayweather before Mayweather...I would say George Benton was Mayweather before Mayweather...Their styles exactly alike IMO, very similar. And, Burley does get mention with the other greats. For so long he was so underrated that now he might be a tad bit overrated...But, easily a top 50 ATG. There was guys in his era that might have been his equal. Members from the BMR like Holman Williams and to a far lesser extent Eddie Booker is not that far behind IMO. And, they don't get mention like Burley does. Now a lot of that has to do with Eddie Futch proclaiming Burley to be the most complete fighter he ever saw and also because SRR(who many claim as the GOAT) ducked Burley.

Sure he has losses on his record, but it's impressive that he's never been stopped.

He had 12 losses, and it lost throughout his career. Thank God for boxrec or we'd never know about how inconsistent Burley really was. Here's an idea my friend.....do some research by looking up Burley in old newspaper articles, Pittsburgh papers would have the most info. Check out some old Ring magazines from that time period and read "Charley Burley and the black murderers row" by Harry Otty. After that get back to us and Im sure you will have a different view. Peace!

He wasn't Mayweather before Mayweather...I would say George Benton was Mayweather before Mayweather...Their styles exactly alike IMO, very similar. And, Burley does get mention with the other greats. For so long he was so underrated that now he might be a tad bit overrated...But, easily a top 50 ATG. There was guys in his era that might have been his equal. Members from the BMR like Holman Williams and Eddie Booker is not that far behind IMO. And, they don't get mention like Burley does. Now a lot of that has to do with Eddie Futch proclaiming Burley to be the most complete fighter he ever saw and also because SRR(who many claim as the GOAT) ducked Burley.

Keep in mind that this is just one person's opinion on Burley's style. We don't know how much real boxing experience he actually has, so while it sounds nice and scientific it could also just be a bunch of empty intellectualization from a non-expert. But at least he took the time to break down his ideas and make the video. just had to chime. the dude who made the vid trains prize fighters. Is an expert. I know if him. And he's a good lad

Keep in mind that this is just one person's opinion on Burley's style. We don't know how much real boxing experience he actually has, so while it sounds nice and scientific it could also just be a bunch of empty intellectualization from a non-expert. But at least he took the time to break down his ideas and make the video.

Excellent post! Hopefully now many fans who haven't seen this clip of his fight will understand why he is so highly regarded. Wish we could have seen him fight Sugar Ray Robinson.

He had 12 losses, and it lost throughout his career.

Awesome video......... pay homage to the old days.

Great video. I love these type of videos.

great find, thanks

I agree, out of all the past fighters Burley is the one that reminds me the most of Floyd. He was definitely a genius in the ring.