Strangest career of all time

[Slotff]

Curly Watson

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...boxer&pageID=1

just down right weird. Fought about 50 men named Seaman, fought a guy named ******, and lost all of his last fights. Just strange.

Also, most of his fights took place in Wonderland.

[oovavu]

lol seaman as in the royal navy, im guessing wonderland was either a boat or diggs, boxing was big in the navy aswell as some over activities

[Yogi]

I don't know if this is the strangest or not, but I would have gotten a kick out of watching this guy "fight";

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...0894&cat=boxer

Of note, that's not the only "fight" he was said to have had, as I've seen contemporary descriptions (from the Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, the Associated Press, etc.) of a couple of other fights he had down in St. Petersburg, Florida which took place on Jan 20, 1934, that also resulted in four round draws, and were against a couple of younger guys named Dr. MS Emory (aka The Havana Thunderbolt), and Dynamite Charlie Young, who were 78 and 79 respectively at the time of those meetings.

[The Troll]

Jim Braddock. He lost like 20 some fights in a row before coming back and beating the top contenders and then winning the championship.

[eazy_mas]

I don't know if this is the strangest or not, but I would have gotten a kick out of watching this guy "fight";

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...0894&cat=boxer

Of note, that's not the only "fight" he was said to have had, as I've seen contemporary descriptions (from the Washington Post, Salt Lake Tribune, the Associated Press, etc.) of a couple of other fights he had down in St. Petersburg, Florida which took place on Jan 20, 1934, that also resulted in four round draws, and were against a couple of younger guys named Dr. MS Emory (aka The Havana Thunderbolt), and Dynamite Charlie Young, who were 78 and 79 respectively at the time of those meetings.

double KO that is rarely happen in boxing

[Yogi]

Jim Braddock. He lost like 20 some fights in a row before coming back and beating the top contenders and then winning the championship.

Don't know if you've read it or not, McKay, or even if you're into reading boxing bios, but Jeremy Schaap's recent book on Braddock is very well researched and is certainly a quality read if looking for the scoop on Braddock.

I haven't read this following one yet, but Mike Delisa also put out a recent bio on Braddock that, once again, is supposed to be quite a good read.

[jack_the_rippuh]

How many Filipino fighters go by the name 3k battery?

[The Troll]

Don't know if you've read it or not, McKay, or even if you're into reading boxing bios, but Jeremy Schaap's recent book on Braddock is very well researched and is certainly a quality read if looking for the scoop on Braddock.

I haven't read this following one yet, but Mike Delisa also put out a recent bio on Braddock that, once again, is supposed to be quite a good read.

I'll look for it at the library, thanks for the reccomendation because I never know what to look for.

[American_Ninja]

Curly Watson

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...boxer&pageID=1

just down right weird. Fought about 50 men named Seaman, fought a guy named ******, and lost all of his last fights. Just strange.

Also, most of his fights took place in Wonderland.

He was in the military for most of his fights. The Armed forces have tournaments against each other. Most likely they considered them pro fights back in the early 1900's. 174 is a big number of fights.

[Famoso Matador]

In one of his fights both fighters were disqualified for not trying