Learning About Old-Skool Fighters

[andrewcuff]

Fighter back in the day always get rated highly in the ATG lists, so I was wondering where is the best place to learn about them since footage of fights is sketchy at best. Are there are particular:

-Websites?
-Documentaries?
-Books?

Cheers

[Southpaw16BF]

You will just learn over a period of time and a number of years. And the best thing is to do is read up on the web as much you can, watch old fight tapes and documentries, and especailly read alot of books about them, and study!

And you will evantually start learning more and more.

[andrewcuff]

You will just learn of a period of time and a number of years. And the best thing is to do is read up on the web as much you can, watch old fight tapes and documentries, and especailly read alot of books about them.

And you will evantually start learning more and more.

I think I've got some decent knowledge back to maybe the 60s, but before then I'm quite sketchy. Everytime you see the ATG lists though, names like Greb, Langford, Ketchel, Pep, Armstrong, B.Leonard etc pop up and my knowledge of these is not what you'd call "extensive".

Are there any particular websites/documentaries out there?

[TheGreatA]

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/ketchel.html
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/langford.html

[andrewcuff]

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/ketchel.html
http://coxscorner.tripod.com/langford.html

Thank you very much!

[Southpaw16BF]

Well here's a couple of articles on a few old schools's.

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html
Harry Greb

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/ketchel.html
Stanley Ketchel

http://www.franklyncards.com/one/ddec98.htm
Archie Moore

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/langford.html
Sam Langford

Here's rating The Ring Magazine have done over the years in there Magazine, and all the fighters will be highlied, if you click on them BoxRec should give you a little bio on them.
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.ph...rs_of_All-Time

Not lots, but you should learn alot, form the things i have posted!

[andrewcuff]

Well here's a couple of articles on a few old schools's.

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html
Harry Greb

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/ketchel.html
Stanley Ketchel

http://www.franklyncards.com/one/ddec98.htm
Archie Moore

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/langford.html
Sam Langford

Here's rating The Ring Magazine have done over the years in there Magazine, and all the fighters will be highlied, if you click on them BoxRec should give you a little bio on them.
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.ph...rs_of_All-Time

Not lots, but you should learn alot, form the things i have posted!

Cheers mate!

[StarshipTrooper]

There's a lot more out there than people might think. Pop over to my download thread I have TONS of old fight videos and documentaries there.

Poet

[MarkScott]

A lot of the early 1900's newspapers are being put online. The old time sports writers were very gifted at covering the bouts.

[MarkScott]

A lot of the early 1900's newspapers are being put online. The writers back then covered the fights very effectively.