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  • Who are your favorite bare knuckled boxers?

    My friend LoadsofWraps inspired me to make this thread after seeing his about Jefferies and then I started thinking of John L Sullivan and it snowballed. So thanks for that. Alright who are your favorite old school bare knuckled boxers? That bare knuckled John L Sullivan led era is my favorite in boxing history. Along with John L Sullivan here's some of my other favorites.

    John L. Sullivan

    James J. Corbett

    Peter Jackson

    Jack Dempsey

  • #2
    Kimbo Slice was pretty good. (RIP)

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    • #3
      You pick some tough guys.
      I will add:
      Stanley Ketchel: Caught boxing because he was a great street fighter, people said that he was an animal in and outside the ring, probably mental issues.
      Chuck Wiggins: Jack Dempsey called him the toughest street fighter he ever saw, was arrested because he cleaned a bar, then he beat 5 police officers then he beat everyone in his cell, they took him to solitary confinement.
      Jimmy Wilde: Used to beat guys literally twice his size in the coal mines.
      Roberto Duran: It's been said that in the streets of Panama, Duran hospitalized 3 guys that said something to his girl, i also heard the he once went crazy and started beating up everyone in the gym.
      Edwin Valero: It's been said that he used to fight adults as a 15 year old in the streets of Venezuela.
      You can't teach toughness.

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      • #4
        This guy is pretty popular in the bare knuckled scene (12-0):

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        • #5
          Railyard Paulie O'Mally
          Vinny The Vagabond Cusano
          Isaiah Ron Butterfly
          Boxcar Benzenberg
          JP Morgan

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          • #6


            probably this guy

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Willy Wanker View Post
              Kimbo Slice was pretty good. (RIP)
              People too often forget how big of a pop culture icon Kimbo was. There was a time when just about everyone had seen those videos on YouTube.

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              • #8
                Jem Mace

                Choyinsky

                Two guys who were technicians.

                Daniel Mendoza another technician who was able to fight much bigger guys

                James Figg deserves credit for creating a way for individuals to settle a matter with no swords. Boxing, as much as it gave individuals fat lips and broken hands, was better than a fatal wound. Unfortunately, unlike Samurai arts which devised a system of wooden swords and of demonstrating superiority without having to resort to blood shed, the fencing schools were stabbers...a stab cannot be a half hearted attack and many people died in duels over ****** matters. The Marquis De queensbury did the rest!

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                • #9
                  Lenny 'guv'nor' McLean
                  (Based on his books and what other people said about him)

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Willy Wanker View Post
                    Kimbo Slice was pretty good. (RIP)
                    I can't believe I forgot Kimbo. He's a true legend and one of the greatest warriors that has ever came from the Ba*****
                    Originally posted by paulf View Post
                    Railyard Paulie O'Mally
                    Vinny The Vagabond Cusano
                    Isaiah Ron Butterfly
                    Boxcar Benzenberg
                    JP Morgan
                    Great picks. All those guys are legends.

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