Who are your favorite bare knuckled boxers?

[robertzimmerman]

Good stuff, thanks for the links.

No problem.

Try and order Bartley Gorman's autobiography too.

[SouthPawHitman]

Looks like a badass.

The baddest of all asses

[BOXEO _]

[therealpugilist]

Sullivan was an absolute savage.

He's my early pick without putting too much thought about it.

we need my dude therealpugilist and realpugilist in here.

**** John L Sullivan....he was a coward...you cant be world champion when you bar an entire group from fighting you

[therealpugilist]

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

john l sullivan was good but he ducked peter jackson and barred fighting blacks......thats shows a yellow streak.....Corbett was a G...he'd fight anyone and was so innovative to the game.

i cant call any fighter a "world champion" who drew the color line....thats weak AF

[*TonyMontana*]

My fave is Lenny though
Honourable mention to Roy shaw

[LoadedWraps]

**** John L Sullivan....he was a coward...you cant be world champion when you bar an entire group from fighting you

Yea, but all those race and social issues aside, he was still a badass from all accounts i've read.

I mean, I get your point, especially being a fellow minority, but I can't cling to stuff like that all the time, I'm not going to add a disclaimer to every champ out there because he may/may not have faced the best at the time mainly to circumstances out of their control.

Jack Johnson and John Sullivan were both bad mofos in my book, nevermind anything else other than the fact that they were two fighers, tough as nails, courageous.

All I see are fighters, the rest doesn't matter to me.