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Originally posted by DarrylX
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funny thing bout briscoe guys worked as a sanitation worker for most of his career.. picking up trash during day and knocking fools out during night..
another cool guy from philly is george benton... had a pretty good career going but never became champ.. beat giardello among others.. but was shot and had to call it quits.. later became a really sucessfull trainer and was inducted to the hof on those merits...
heres rubin carter fighting george benton...
"Benton's boxing career ended when he was shot in 1970. The shooter, known around the neighborhood as Chinaman, had tried to pick up Benton's sister at a bar and Benton's brother knocked him out. Vowing to kill someone from the Benton family, Chinaman shot Benton in the back as he was walking to work. The bullet is still lodged near his spine."
another cool guy from philly is george benton... had a pretty good career going but never became champ.. beat giardello among others.. but was shot and had to call it quits.. later became a really sucessfull trainer and was inducted to the hof on those merits...
heres rubin carter fighting george benton...
"Benton's boxing career ended when he was shot in 1970. The shooter, known around the neighborhood as Chinaman, had tried to pick up Benton's sister at a bar and Benton's brother knocked him out. Vowing to kill someone from the Benton family, Chinaman shot Benton in the back as he was walking to work. The bullet is still lodged near his spine."
One of my favourite fighters, defensive genuis.
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