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  • travestyny
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    #171
    Originally posted by Marchegiano
    Came right up for me....I suspect ****ery on their part.
    I posted the picture of the page so I'm not sure why he even mentioned that, unless the picture isn't showing...?

    Also, not sure what it even had to do with Queenie. He's just being his usual ornery self, I suppose. Looking to ramble his unique blend of unintelligible insults at someone just because.

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    • Rusty Tromboni
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      #172
      Originally posted by billeau2
      You do know that there were many colonizers in Africa right? And those individuals had folk traditions involving fighting, yes they did...Zulu stick fighting, Forms of boxing. We know they existed because we see the forms depicted. No, we cannot teach an antiquated form of Egyptian, or African boxing...That is something that gets misappropriated in a big way.

      But these forms of fighting were recorded. Boxing is depicted in Egyptian reliefs and there are accounts of it in the Middle Kingdom writings of soldgers coming back from wars against the Nubian empires. This is common knowledge.

      Your contention that the Brits brought fist fighting to Nigeria is laughable. And your chauvanism about Britian is amusing. Your also talking about a much later period of history. Do you think all these places that the colonial empire went, did not have things? Are you aware of all the Indian Martial Arts traditions? some of which can actually be taught today? Or did the good ole Brits bring combat to those savages as well?

      I do you a favor, whether you are too ****** to realize it, or not, when I assume your perspective is born of a rash lack of understanding... God help you if it is not.

      You fly in here and make these assertions lol. Africa is a complex tribal entity...Tribal iden****** that all had fighting traditions because they fought with each other. Those fighting forms may have been institutionalized in a different way, and they may not be able to be taught as an art anymore, because the specific knowledge has not been passed down, and this is where the casuals make the error... It does not mean they did not exist and that their history is not known.
      Who needs a travel agent when you get a trip around for free with Brother Billeau.

      When everyone is sitting terrified of COVID, COVID is terrified of Billeau.

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      • Rusty Tromboni
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        #173
        Originally posted by travestyny
        Oh really? Care to read up on it




        Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular appeal during this transitional period contributed greatly to making boxing a nationally popular, "legitimate" sport. Sullivan became boxing's first superstar and arguably the first of any sport. From his first match in the late 1870s through his final championship fight in 1892, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, the decade during which Sullivan came to prominence, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents and fights in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event. Beginning with a discussion of early boxing practices, the sport itself is placed within sociological, legal and historical contexts including anti-prize fighting laws and the so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included.




        I wonder why they were calling Sully a coward. Hmmm.
        I suspect it had nothing to do with a hobunk territory at the ass-crack of the world, with nothing other to speak of than bizarro animals, making a desperate attempt to goad the king of the world to step down from his throne, to reduce himself, to fight an unworthy challenger. Nothing at all. Not even a little bit. That totally hasn't been the same gag used by every publication and promoter in every generation of fighters.

        LOL, were they calling Jackson a coward for not resolving his series with Godfrey? What about when he quit against Corbett, who was still as GREEN as his parents' native land?

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