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George 'Elbows' McFadden
A boxer nicknamed after his fouling tactics is pretty weird.
The moniker of Elbows was bestowed upon McFadden for two reasons:
1.he used his knobby joints to defend himself with the efficiency of a stone wall;
2.if he could not hit an opponent with his gloved fist, he did it with his elbows
McFadden***8217;s favourite trick was to start a roundhouse with either hand towards the jaw, ostensibly missing as his glove swished harmlessly past his opponent***8217;s chin. His elbow, however, did not miss. It would crack flush onto the mouth with a squishing of lips and a smashing of teeth. This set up the poor innocent for a follow up punch with the other glove ***8211; and this was the punch that often ended the fight. So crafty was McFadden in employing this manoeuvre that referees often missed seeing it, or couldn***8217;t prove it if they did.
In his latter years, before he died, McFadden freely admitted using the tactic.
***8220;It won me,***8221; smiled the aging McFadden genially, ***8220;a lot of fights***8221;.
New York Journal sportswriter and cartoonist Thomas A. Dorgan agreed.
***8220;McFadden should use four gloves in the ring,***8221; he said, ***8220;One on each fist and one on each elbow!***8221;
Another favourite tactic of McFadden, who was certainly not afraid of fouling, was to heel an opponent with the open glove.
1.he used his knobby joints to defend himself with the efficiency of a stone wall;
2.if he could not hit an opponent with his gloved fist, he did it with his elbows
McFadden***8217;s favourite trick was to start a roundhouse with either hand towards the jaw, ostensibly missing as his glove swished harmlessly past his opponent***8217;s chin. His elbow, however, did not miss. It would crack flush onto the mouth with a squishing of lips and a smashing of teeth. This set up the poor innocent for a follow up punch with the other glove ***8211; and this was the punch that often ended the fight. So crafty was McFadden in employing this manoeuvre that referees often missed seeing it, or couldn***8217;t prove it if they did.
In his latter years, before he died, McFadden freely admitted using the tactic.
***8220;It won me,***8221; smiled the aging McFadden genially, ***8220;a lot of fights***8221;.
New York Journal sportswriter and cartoonist Thomas A. Dorgan agreed.
***8220;McFadden should use four gloves in the ring,***8221; he said, ***8220;One on each fist and one on each elbow!***8221;
Another favourite tactic of McFadden, who was certainly not afraid of fouling, was to heel an opponent with the open glove.
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