Johnsons voice

[butterfly1964]

anyone watched legends of the ring on sunday night? it was a two-hour documentary on jack johnson, jack dempsey, joe louis, and muhammad ali.

[QueensburyRules]

** No doubt he speaks better than you and is more articulate.

Johnson was a very intelligent man, but he didn't develop that accent as a young Texas school boy in segregated Galveston, Texas. There are various audio recordings of him throughout his life. Ken Burns chose not to include any of those recordings because to do so might destroy the politically correct stance that Johnson is always carefully portrayed with. I suggest you study up. There is considerably more to Johnson than one audio recording taken of him as an old man before his death.

- -Dunno why Burns didn't include audio of JJ, but JJ voice for that doc had him in familiar southern dialect.

Oh, and Dempsey spoke in a normal tone, not like Tyson.

[Marchegiano]

Hey, i've never heard Marciano speak either. Do you have a video man?

I can't recall who but I'm pretty sure it was an actor, anyway, someone claimed Marciano is actually deepening his voice quite a bit and only people who knew him ever heard his natural voice. I dunno how true it is, but, it's funny to think that's Rocco's deep voice.

[BKM-]

I can't recall who but I'm pretty sure it was an actor, anyway, someone claimed Marciano is actually deepening his voice quite a bit and only people who knew him ever heard his natural voice. I dunno how true it is, but, it's funny to think that's Rocco's deep voice.

Lol that's a post from 2006 that you're quoting but I appriciate it anyway. Rocky was all class, in and out of the ring. Well maybe not always in the ring, he could be quite rough and even dirty at times.

[Marchegiano]

Lol that's a post from 2006 that you're quoting but I appriciate it anyway. Rocky was all class, in and out of the ring. Well maybe not always in the ring, he could be quite rough and even dirty at times.

Well...****.

[DeeMoney]

Always love to see these super old posts brought back.

It has nothing to do with real life, but when I was a kid (about 20 years ago) there was a video game called "Greatest Heavyweights". At the end of each fight the winning fighter had a catch phrase they would deliver in a unique voice.

If I remember correctly, they gave Dempsey a very rough and gravelly voice while Marciano had a squeaky, higher pitched voice (think comedian Dom Irrera). Unfortunately, no Jack Johnson.

It may not be anything accurate, but those will always be their voices in my mind.

(Side note, please read this as tongue in cheek, which it is).