Missing Fights

[GJC]

The 15 fights you wish you could see before you die?

I'll go first:

Langford Beating Wills by 14th round ko in 1914
( Need to be a little precise with these 2!)
Langford v Gans
Burley v Archie Moore
Langford v Ketchell
La Motta v Robinson 1-5
Zale v Graziano 1 & 2
Greb v Walker
Greb v Tunney 1 & 2
Greb v Loughran 3 (In fact Greb v anyone!)

Looking forward to other posts I'm bound to have forgotten some!

[portuge puncher]

sugar ray robinson vs. tommy bell

the news around that time said it was a war, that robinson got dropped, i would have loved to see it.

[StarshipTrooper]

Bob Fitzsimmons - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jim Corbett - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jack Johnson - Sam Langford
Jim Corbett - John L. Sullivan
Ray Robinson - Jake LaMotta I through V
Ray Robinson - Henry Armstrong
Rocky Marciano - Roland LaStarza I
Joe Gans - Anybody
Jack Johnson - Anybody
Charley Burley - Anybody
Stanley Ketchal - Anbody
Sam Langford - Anybody
Harry Wills - Anbody
Tyson - Sims (The only one I don't have!)

Poet

[Southpaw16BF]

Bob Fitzsimmons - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jim Corbett - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jack Johnson - Sam Langford
Jim Corbett - John L. Sullivan
Ray Robinson - Jake LaMotta I through V
Ray Robinson - Henry Armstrong
Rocky Marciano - Roland LaStarza I
Joe Gans - Anybody
Jack Johnson - Anybody
Charley Burley - Anybody
Stanley Ketchal - Anbody
Sam Langford - Anybody
Harry Wills - Anbody
Tyson - Sims (The only one I don't have!)

Poet

There isn't lots of them but there is footage of Charley Burley, Joe Gans Stanley Ketchel, and Sam Langford around as I have all in my libary. There is also a rather decent amount of footage of Jack Johnson.

I have all these fighters known footage in my libary and I continue to search. I also have Rocky Marciano vs Roland LaStarza I, but it isn't the best of quality to be honest.......

[StarshipTrooper]

There isn't lots of them but there is footage of Charley Burley, Joe Gans Stanley Ketchel, and Sam Langford around as I have all in my libary. There is also a rather decent amount of footage of Jack Johnson.

I have all these fighters known footage in my libary and I continue to search. I also have Rocky Marciano vs Roland LaStarza I, but it isn't the best of quality to be honest.......

I've got a good chunk of what little is out there. Marciano - LaStarza I is elusive: I always see the rematch but never the first encounter.

Poet

[GJC]

Bob Fitzsimmons - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jim Corbett - Jim Jeffries I and II
Jack Johnson - Sam Langford
Jim Corbett - John L. Sullivan
Ray Robinson - Jake LaMotta I through V
Ray Robinson - Henry Armstrong
Rocky Marciano - Roland LaStarza I
Joe Gans - Anybody
Jack Johnson - Anybody
Charley Burley - Anybody
Stanley Ketchal - Anbody
Sam Langford - Anybody
Harry Wills - Anbody
Tyson - Sims (The only one I don't have!)

Poet

No Greb????
Yes Armstrong v Robinson would be interesting though maybe a little sad.

[GJC]

By the way this is a fantasy wish list they don't have to be attainable just your wet dream

[StarshipTrooper]

There's a couple of reasons for the lack of these classic fights:

1. Early in the 20th century they outlawed the trafficking of fight films (not that it didn't happen it just made it less frequent).

2. WWII. Many of the classic fights WERE filmed on that old silver nitrate film but because silver nitrate was valuable to the war effort many fight films wound up sacrificed.

Poet

[StarshipTrooper]

No Greb????
Yes Armstrong v Robinson would be interesting though maybe a little sad.

You already covered Greb lol! Yeah, Armstrong - Robinson would be a bit sad but I just want to see those two greats in the ring together.

Poet

[GJC]

2. WWII. Many of the classic fights WERE filmed on that old silver nitrate film but because silver nitrate was valuable to the war effort many fight films wound up sacrificed.
Poet

It does make you re-evaluate whether Hitler and the Japs were that bad doesn't it?