New Posts For Thread: Tommy toeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toesI know your interested in boxing history.Did you know that legendary heavyweight Joe Louis once signed for,and did a training session with Liverpool f c? OK only a publicity exercise, but i cant believe i didn't even know until recently.Iirc, Ernie Shavers already works in Liverpool. He's a 'greeter' on the door at a nightclub.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539907721#539907721Iirc, Ernie Shavers already works in Liverpool. He's a 'greeter' on the door at a nightclub.Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:57:12 -0500At least there would be plenty of action....and numerous red cards!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539899823#539899823At least there would be plenty of action....and numerous red cards!!Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:10:20 -0500so we have la motta, robinson, hagler, leonard, duran, benitez, ali, armstrong, marciano, and joe louis all signing for liverpool, very good!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539899631#539899631so we have la motta, robinson, hagler, leonard, duran, benitez, ali, armstrong, marciano, and joe louis all signing for liverpool, very good!Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:00:15 -0500Robinson went something like 114 bouts with only one defeat (LA Motta) He went on to retain the middleweight division FIVE times. Now I'm well aware that he had to lose it four times to achieve this but he did like the high life and had an extraordinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539899265#539899265Robinson went something like 114 bouts with only one defeat (LA Motta) He went on to retain the middleweight division FIVE times. Now I'm well aware that he had to lose it four times to achieve this but he did like the high life and had an extraordinThu, 12 Jun 2014 09:42:19 -0500Just skimmed through a DVD of 3 of Armstrong fights from 1938. No 'stick and move' from him, he buried his head on his opponents shoulder, which made him hard to hit, and slugged it out from there. Non-stop action, I got tired just watching him.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539896985#539896985Just skimmed through a DVD of 3 of Armstrong fights from 1938. No 'stick and move' from him, he buried his head on his opponents shoulder, which made him hard to hit, and slugged it out from there. Non-stop action, I got tired just watching him.Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:29:42 -0500ken buchanan didnt want to box any more after fighting duran, wonder why?perhaps it was the low punch.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539896783#539896783ken buchanan didnt want to box any more after fighting duran, wonder why?perhaps it was the low punch.Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:09:18 -0500I think there was too much fixing going on in those days, though. Pretty certain quite a few of robinsons fights were 'organised' by the mafia, else i doubt hed have lost any!My dad always reckoned the best boxer of all time was Henry Armstrong, buthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539896761#539896761I think there was too much fixing going on in those days, though. Pretty certain quite a few of robinsons fights were 'organised' by the mafia, else i doubt hed have lost any!My dad always reckoned the best boxer of all time was Henry Armstrong, butThu, 12 Jun 2014 07:07:25 -0500Impossible to compare eras, but that is especially true among the heavyweights.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539896487#539896487Impossible to compare eras, but that is especially true among the heavyweights.Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:50:27 -0500Same here stewarty, and not many got into the ring with a 'spare tyre' round their gut. They were there to fight, and carrying over two stones of blubber had you knackered long before the final few rounds, especially when facing a really aggressivehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539896399#539896399Same here stewarty, and not many got into the ring with a 'spare tyre' round their gut. They were there to fight, and carrying over two stones of blubber had you knackered long before the final few rounds, especially when facing a really aggressiveThu, 12 Jun 2014 06:45:43 -0500Strangely enough I prefer the 'old school' boxing days. ie: Ali and beforehand. I especially liked the La Motta v Robinson fight on St Valentines day in 1949??That's when boxing was boxing. (IMHO) None of this twelve rounds malarkey, the full fifteenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30283353/tommy-toes?post_id=539895917#539895917Strangely enough I prefer the 'old school' boxing days. ie: Ali and beforehand. I especially liked the La Motta v Robinson fight on St Valentines day in 1949??That's when boxing was boxing. (IMHO) None of this twelve rounds malarkey, the full fifteenThu, 12 Jun 2014 06:17:53 -0500