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Originally posted by hugh grant View Post
Yes I think the wins are a bit misleading. For every fighter with 100 wins back then I think there were fighters with 50 losses. Everyone fought a lot back then
You get good at something when you do it over and over again.
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Very cool! I'm looking forward to this. Willo the Wisp was incredible. I bet it ends with the Saddler rematch.
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BodyBagz He beat Chalky Wright 3x, including for the Featherweight title in '42. At age 20, was youngest featherweight champ ever. Beat Saddler in '49 - becoming first featherweight to EVER regain a lost title. Won his first 54 fights - a record to start a career before JC Chavez topped it. Terranova, Bartolo, Allie Stoltz, Willie Joyce, Ortiz, Jackie Graves, Jock Leslie, H Sierra, none of them slouches, top Feathers of their time, all thought they had Pep beat.
Story takes place in '65, more of a "what happens to great fighters after the lights go down" than a classic and cliched rags to riches. More so rags to riches to rags...we catch Pep on the late rags. You don't see that a lot in boxing movies.Last edited by HartfordTormado; 10-03-2021, 07:52 AM.
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Originally posted by HartfordTormado View PostBodyBagz He beat Chalky Wright 3x, including for the Featherweight title in '42. At age 20, was youngest featherweight champ ever. Beat Saddler in '49 - becoming first featherweight to EVER regain a lost title. Won his first 54 fights - a record to start a career before JC Chavez topped it. Terranova, Bartolo, Allie Stoltz, Willie Joyce, Ortiz, Jackie Graves, Jock Leslie, H Sierra, none of them slouches, top Feathers of their time, all thought they had Pep beat.
Story takes place in '65, more of a "what happens to great fighters after the lights go down" than a classic and cliched rags to riches. More so rags to riches to rags...we catch Pep on the late rags. You don't see that a lot in boxing movies.
I turn my nose up at guys from that era
Too sloppy and too many ''20 w-15 d- 35 l'' resumes for my tastes
That's a different angle on the boxing bio pic.
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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View Post
The fact that they fought so often tells you why they were masters of their craft back then.
You get good at something when you do it over and over again.
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