Songs about boxers

Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town Well they paid me their money, Ma, I knocked the men down I did what I did well it come easily Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on 'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets I took my good share, Ma, I have no regrets Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell From high in the rafters I watched myself fall As they raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back Understand, in the end, Ma, every man plays the game If you know me one different then speak out his name Ma, if my voice now you don't recognize Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile, Just open the door and let me lie down for a while Now the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done So in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll come If you're a better man than me then just step to the line Show me your money and speak out your crime Now there's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need say Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt I move to the center and I take off my shirt I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, Man, nor time can erase I move hard to the left and I strike to the face I won't lie, I googled 'songs about boxers' for this one, but the lyrics kinda piqued my curiousity. Although the protagonist is unidentified he does actually reference at least one real fighter (Jack Thompson) in it and mentions one other (Big John McDowell) though I ain't been able to fully identify who he is. Only thing is the fighter of the song says he 'pounded Thompson to the floor' in the twelfth and the implication is he won (the money and the women came fast) but this doesn't tally with any of Thompson's losses... https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/47732 Bit of a mystery then, or maybe just made up.:dunno: Wondering if any of our friends with a better knowledge of the boxing world in the depression era might be able to shed a little more light. There's various clues and references in the lyrics that may or may not be meaningful: fighting Jack Thompson in a tent in a field with the rain poiuring in, throwing a fight at 'the Armory'. and obviously the fighters earlier days fighting in New Orleans where he presumably began his career. Anyone reckon they can put a name to 'the Hitter'?

Boxing is fighting not singing. The Brits love that singing but it never helps their boxers win. I don't know any songs about boxers except for eye of the tiger in the Rocky movie. Not a bad song. Much better than the songs the Brits sing because you can't understand a single word they sing.

Most of 'em already mentioned on here... this one ain't about a specific boxer but is kinda about boxing... sorta, or at least contains a lot of boxing llingo. :boxing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ECA1miXN2w Angel Manfredy theme

And if you know Spanish and love Erik Morales like I do, the song "el Ausente" is the song to walk into any event,,, your fight, your funeral, your wedding lol https://youtu.be/DoBkTjjt1v0

Lol cool js "mama said knock you out" I don't think it was written for Mike but it sure ass hell worked as an anouncements that he was about to bust you up https://youtu.be/vimZj8HW0Kg

Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer The Killers - Tyson vs Douglas Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson (Will Smith also references Ali in Gettin Jiggy Wit It) And plenty of rappers reference Tyson, sometimes sampling his quotes, like Mike Tyson Flow from Lil Wayne. Tyson himself also did a track, If You Show Up. LL Cool J's Mama Said Knock You Out isn't really a boxing song, but may be relevant.

Roy Jones Jr - Can't be touched is the probably the best.

Mark Kozalek of The Red House Painters released a couple of songs about boxers under his side band Sun Kil Moon: 1. Salvador Sanchez 2. Duk Koo Kim

Warren Zevon has an awesome song about Ray Mancini Also on silent murder Nas says “I hit blunts hard like Ray Mercer” Cormega says “lyrically I’m like Tito Trinidad both hands is lethal”

Do song's, sung by the fighter themselves count? Let us not forget RJJ!!! :dance: i still play his tunes haha

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