George Godfrey tribute thread.

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GODFREY VS CARNERA

[Yogi]

Oh Geez, it looks like Sabbath & I shopped at the same place again at some point in the past, because I have those exact same Godfrey articles saved on my computer, as well.

Ok, ah...some video then of Godfrey fighting against Carnera;

http://www.**********.com/?d=LTINDMQM

Enjoy!

[Yogi]

Here's a couple of quick boxing articles where Godfrey is mentioned in them and were previous/first published in Time Magazine during his days;


"Godfrey-Paulino. For a long time, George Godfrey, 240-pound black man has been giving people the impression that he could knock out Dempsey and Tunney the same night if he would only try. For a long time George Godfrey has demanded what he thinks he deserves--a match with Tunney. Only a few sharp-eyed critics have warned George Godfrey that the trouble with demanding what he deserves is that he might get it. Last week in Los Angeles George Godfrey met Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, who still has to bring an interpreter to the ring so that he can understand what the referee says. Forty-four pounds lighter than the black man, Paolino lost the decision in a ten round bout made up mostly of clinching." - Mar 12th, 1928, Time Magazine

"Godfrey-Risko. There is always one fighter among heavyweight fighters who is called the Black Menace. It used to be Wills. Now, as everyone knows, it is George Godfrey, Alabama blackamoor. To be the black menace a fighter must be big. Godfrey weighs 245 pounds when he is thin. The Black Menace must have beaten up a lot of inferior fighters. Godfrey fought 16 times last year, scored 16 knockouts. Above all, to be the Black Menace, it must be rumored that he is: 1) so formidable that the heavyweight champion is afriad of him, and 2) crooked. Godfrey fulfills these conditions. He is very good natured and always smiles kindly and hideously at his opponents. His larded body melts with any exertion, making him hard to hold in clinches. He has enormous strength and like checked neckties, pork chops, going to the zoo, and resting. This week, after much palaver and two postponements because of rain, he climbed into a ring and mauled around with Johnny Risko, baker-boy from Cleveland." - July 2nd, 1928, Time Magazine


Alright, not much, I know, but I'm just hoping to bump up the thread some with hopes that others make a comment(s), whether it be in support of Godfrey...or even one that's made as an attempt to detract from him.

[QueensburyRules]

Here's a couple of quick boxing articles where Godfrey is mentioned in them and were previous/first published in Time Magazine during his days;


"Godfrey-Paulino. For a long time, George Godfrey, 240-pound black man has been giving people the impression that he could knock out Dempsey and Tunney the same night if he would only try. For a long time George Godfrey has demanded what he thinks he deserves--a match with Tunney. Only a few sharp-eyed critics have warned George Godfrey that the trouble with demanding what he deserves is that he might get it. Last week in Los Angeles George Godfrey met Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, who still has to bring an interpreter to the ring so that he can understand what the referee says. Forty-four pounds lighter than the black man, Paolino lost the decision in a ten round bout made up mostly of clinching." - Mar 12th, 1928, Time Magazine

"Godfrey-Risko. There is always one fighter among heavyweight fighters who is called the Black Menace. It used to be Wills. Now, as everyone knows, it is George Godfrey, Alabama blackamoor. To be the black menace a fighter must be big. Godfrey weighs 245 pounds when he is thin. The Black Menace must have beaten up a lot of inferior fighters. Godfrey fought 16 times last year, scored 16 knockouts. Above all, to be the Black Menace, it must be rumored that he is: 1) so formidable that the heavyweight champion is afriad of him, and 2) crooked. Godfrey fulfills these conditions. He is very good natured and always smiles kindly and hideously at his opponents. His larded body melts with any exertion, making him hard to hold in clinches. He has enormous strength and like checked neckties, pork chops, going to the zoo, and resting. This week, after much palaver and two postponements because of rain, he climbed into a ring and mauled around with Johnny Risko, baker-boy from Cleveland." - July 2nd, 1928, Time Magazine


Alright, not much, I know, but I'm just hoping to bump up the thread some with hopes that others make a comment(s), whether it be in support of Godfrey...or even one that's made as an attempt to detract from him.

- -Heh, heh, I really miss Yogi.

Maybe he'll check in one day.

Anyway a great story of Big Godrey getting too rambunctious as Dempseys sparmate the reflexed a famous Dempsey body shot that cracked a couple of ribs.

Half blind Sam Langford knocked him out twice quite easily from the short duration of the encounters.

[louis54]

Godfrey did beat some good fighters and was barely ever knocked down....larry gaines said there were only two men he ever bfeared , his bfather and godfrey