ET'S RAMBLINGS: BOXING & STRENGTH HISTORY
ET'S RAMBLINGS: BOXING & STRENGTH HISTORY
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THE REAL STORY BEHIND JERRY QUARRY VS. ERNIE SHAVERS
In the early 1970s, the two heavyweight punchers avoided by almost every fighter were Jerry Quarry and Ernie Shavers. When these two came together in the ring in 1973, few expected the fight to go past round one.
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SONNY LISTON'S INFAMOUS EARLY YEARS & THE MAN WHO SAVED HIM:
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Born on an unidentified date in the early 1930s in a rural Arkansas shack, he migrated to St. Louis in his teens, and then to the Missouri state penitentiary. His trajectory was set to more prison time followed by an early tragic demise. But, a prison chaplain came into his life, and everything changed. Watch to get details.
A CRAZY STANLEY KETCHEL STORY: THE EARLY YEARS
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Before the future middleweight champion ever put on a boxing glove, he was "riding the rails" and sleeping in boxcars, and at age 13, he almost died during his perilous journeys. Watch to get details.
TERRY DANIELS' LIFE WENT SOUTH AFTER HE FOUGHT FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE!
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He came from a more than comfortable family, was a high school honor student, class president and top athlete. As a pro boxer, he was ranked for awhile 9th top heavyweight contender. Then he met the unbeatable world champion Joe Frazier. Everything from then was all downhill for Terry. Watch to get details.
WHY IRANIANS ARE SO STRONG (redux)
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While Americans and other Western nations take pride in individualism, many in the Middle East promote social cohesion that has benefits in developing athletic success. Watch to get details.
THIS FIGHT CHANGED MAX BAER FOREVER!
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One of many "what if" questions is, "Had Max Baer not fought Frankie Campbell, could he have become the greatest fighter of all time?" Answer: Maybe. Watch to get details.
AVOID THIS TO BUILD MUSCLE & LIVE LONG!!! (redux)
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Despite advertising to the contrary, eating overly processed foods have been proven to limit muscle gains and shorten life, but another artificial food is more dangerous!! This video explains the history of this scary food.
TOMMY BURNS WANTED TO FIGHT SAM LANGFORD
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Former heavyweight champion Tommy Burns and the legendary Sam Langford almost met in the ring ... both in or near their respective primes. Who would have won? Hint: Burns, prior to losing to Jack Johnson, had defeated the best ... including one who had beaten Johnson ... in England, Europe, Australia and the U.S. He refused to draw the "color line" ... things that none of the previous heavyweig...
1933 FIGHT OF THE YEAR: MAX BAER VS MAX SCHMELING
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Before the German U.S. rivalry went toxic during the 1936 Olympics, enmity between the two powers went public in 1933 at Madison Square Garden when young underdog Californian Max Baer fought former heavyweight champion Max Schmelling. Watch to get details
5'2" WELTERWEIGHT KO'd THE MAN WHO KO'd JACK JOHNSON
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One of the most bizarre upsets during boxing's early years took place in New York City in 1901. Watch to get details.
O.J. SIMPSON WASN'T THE 1ST: KID McCOY'S TRIAL
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The Real McCoy (Normal Selby) was among the most famous (& infamous) U.S. athletes during the 1st decades of the 20th century. When his dark side emerged and he committed a heinous crime, people around the world followed each day's reporting of his trial and the aftermath. Now, the details are here for you.
WAS GEO. ZOTTMAN AMERICA'S 1ST STRONGMAN??
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George Zottman was among the first to popularize strength and fitness in the U.S. Watch to get details
ENGLAND'S SMART GUYS & MODERN BOXING!
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Back in the 18th century, two of England's most celebrated intellectuals both condoned London's street fights, but sometime participated. Watch to get details
OLYMPIAN, FIGHTER, INVENTOR & HERO: BILL NIEDER (redux)
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If you've ever run on artificial turf (or been incarcerated in a "rubber room") you can thank Nieder. Not only that, he saved the lives of hundreds of airline passengers. Watch to get details of this Olympic gold medalist.
AN EVEN CRAZIER STANLEY KETCHEL STORY!!!
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Middleweight champion Stan Ketchel's temperament could move from gentlemanly courtesy to mercurial fury in a second. It almost led to murder! Watch to find out how.
GREEKS KNEW SECRETS TO STRENGTH & ENDURANCE (redux)
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GREEKS KNEW SECRETS TO STRENGTH & ENDURANCE (redux)
AMERICA'S 1ST WRESTLING SUPERSTAR
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AMERICA'S 1ST WRESTLING SUPERSTAR
A BIZARRE & TRAGIC BOXING EVENT
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A BIZARRE & TRAGIC BOXING EVENT
STANLEY KETCHEL vs HARRY GREB: WHO WINS?
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STANLEY KETCHEL vs HARRY GREB: WHO WINS?
TO BUILD OVERALL HEALTH, ENDURANCE & STRENGTH, WATCH THIS VIDEO! (redux)
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TO BUILD OVERALL HEALTH, ENDURANCE & STRENGTH, WATCH THIS VIDEO! (redux)
WHAT IF JACK JOHNSON HAD FOUGHT A FIT JAMES J. JEFFRIES
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WHAT IF JACK JOHNSON HAD FOUGHT A FIT JAMES J. JEFFRIES
1950s STRONGEST SMALL MAN: ROY HILLIGENN
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1950s STRONGEST SMALL MAN: ROY HILLIGENN
LONGEST FIGHT IN OFFICIAL BOXING HISTORY
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LONGEST FIGHT IN OFFICIAL BOXING HISTORY
WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CARL WEATHERS' APOLLO CREED
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WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CARL WEATHERS' APOLLO CREED
OLD SCHOOL TRAINING & DIET: YANKEE SULLIVAN & TOM HEYER
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OLD SCHOOL TRAINING & DIET: YANKEE SULLIVAN & TOM HEYER
THE RUSHED CAREER & SHORT LIFE OF BOXER YOUNG STRIBLING
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THE RUSHED CAREER & SHORT LIFE OF BOXER YOUNG STRIBLING
THE 1ST JACK DEMPSEY
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THE 1ST JACK DEMPSEY
INGEMAR JOHANSSON POISONED BEFORE PATTERSON II???
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INGEMAR JOHANSSON POISONED BEFORE PATTERSON II???
YOUNG FIRPO: UNCROWNED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP!!
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YOUNG FIRPO: UNCROWNED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP!!
WHY OLD-TIME BOXING WAS BETTER
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WHY OLD-TIME BOXING WAS BETTER

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @johngerard3218
    @johngerard3218 День тому

    Buddy Bear, Max's brother said that he and Max were brought up Roman Catholic. Max just made up all that stuff about him being Jewish to build up the gate.

  • @GodCarnage
    @GodCarnage 2 дні тому

    6:53 so that’s why boxing is full of man fans instead of actually fans of the technical sports

  • @mrmoon1482
    @mrmoon1482 2 дні тому

    Shavers was a glass canon,

  • @frankramos3640
    @frankramos3640 3 дні тому

    JERRY QUARY WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOXERS DURING THE 60S AND 70S ERA. HE WAS A WELL-SCHOOLED AND TALENTED BOXER. UNFORTUNATLEY, HE MADE SOME COSTLY PUGILISTIC MISTAKES IN THE RING AND HE WASN'T ALWAYS IN THE BEST OF SHAPE FOR SOME OF HIS MATCHES. NONETHELESS, HE DID MAKE HIS PRESENCE IN PROFESSIONAL BOXING BOTH MEMORABLE AND EXCITING. THANK YOU FOR THIS INTERESTING WALK DOWN THE PUGILISTIC "MEMORY LANE".

    • @richardadamsonii4506
      @richardadamsonii4506 2 дні тому

      If Quarry was around today he would have been a champion easily

    • @frankramos3640
      @frankramos3640 2 дні тому

      @@richardadamsonii4506 Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @EvanBarr-uk3vk
    @EvanBarr-uk3vk 3 дні тому

    Jerry was hell for the big slower sluggers like Lyle ,Shavers ,Foster. Amazing chin ,great counter puncher.fought at 188lbs against 220lbs.guys

  • @acornsucks2111
    @acornsucks2111 3 дні тому

    It looked like Jerry took a dive in his third loss.

  • @NickPenlee
    @NickPenlee 3 дні тому

    what a pile of you know what! All sports is all under the control of you know who! What a pile of lies.

  • @justthink5854
    @justthink5854 3 дні тому

    thanks so much. check out Buddy Baer's autobio. great read about him. Max, and the life and times.

  • @NickPenlee
    @NickPenlee 5 днів тому

    Sam would surely have beaten Tommy; but even if Tommy had won the fight and earned another crack at Johnson, there's not a chance in hell that Burns would have been the victor! Not a chance! Tommy would have lost to Jeffries and Fitzsimmons also imo.

  • @dfcvda
    @dfcvda 6 днів тому

    love to see him fight Tyson Fury similar heights etc

  • @davidreed372
    @davidreed372 8 днів тому

    Dempsey would have ko both !

  • @pfitzger2e1
    @pfitzger2e1 9 днів тому

    Liston one of my favorites . Father Stevens definitely changed Liston life for the better that's for sure . Only wish Liston could of fought Marciano though , great story ET.

  • @davidharrison3399
    @davidharrison3399 10 днів тому

    RIP Sonny, shame he just came after the Marciano era. I think he would of had the better of Marciano, maybe one of the reasons Rocky retired when he did .

    • @johngerard3218
      @johngerard3218 2 дні тому

      Totally wrong. Liston did not enter the top ten until THREE YEARS after Marciano retired. At the time of Marciano's retirement Liston had a little more than a dozen pro fights and had just got whipped by former middleweight Marty Marshall. I doubt Marciano ever heard of Liston at the time of his retirement.

  • @Boxhistorian
    @Boxhistorian 10 днів тому

    what a brilliant story

  • @ramblingamblin3829
    @ramblingamblin3829 10 днів тому

    Liston was so underrated by many boxing historians. He was quite possibly the hardest hitting heavyweight champion of all time.

    • @BruceAChristie
      @BruceAChristie 10 днів тому

      George Foreman’s brother said Sonny was the hardest hitting boxer ever. I love hearing stories about him and am intrigued by his phenomenal memory.

  • @justthink5854
    @justthink5854 10 днів тому

    great story. seems he needlessly dropped wt. reminds me of when Too Tall Jones tried boxing. he quickly got back to his hall of fame Dallas Cowboys career.

  • @mhschmidt01
    @mhschmidt01 10 днів тому

    Excellent story of RC Father to Sonny on Father’s Day. Thank you

  • @jesusbetancourt6612
    @jesusbetancourt6612 11 днів тому

    on any given day even the best get caught!!!!

  • @jesusbetancourt6612
    @jesusbetancourt6612 12 днів тому

    at 5'7 langford wouldnt stand a chance with todays heavyweights

  • @RobinHood-fi4vp
    @RobinHood-fi4vp 12 днів тому

    RUSSIANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONGEST.. THEY ARE IGNORED BY JEALOUS U.S.A. 🇷🇺 🪆 🇷🇺 GO MIGHTY 🇷🇺 RUSSIA🎉🎉

  • @TheSnoopindaweb
    @TheSnoopindaweb 12 днів тому

    🤨💬 I have heard of plaster being used too 🤠 Yup ❗ G~G. ✏ 🗳 🇺🇸.

  • @TheSnoopindaweb
    @TheSnoopindaweb 12 днів тому

    😃💬 Amazing what comes out of this thing 🤠 Yup ❗ G~G. ✏ 🇺🇸. ☑

  • @TheSnoopindaweb
    @TheSnoopindaweb 12 днів тому

    😢💬 It seems worse when so many people think a lot of Da' Champ 🤠 Yup❕ G~G. ✏ 🗳 ☑ 🇺🇸.

  • @user-bq9ii9vz8e
    @user-bq9ii9vz8e 13 днів тому

    We all saw the damn fight. Williard couldn't do anything. Stop with the silliness.

  • @michaelkearney5562
    @michaelkearney5562 13 днів тому

    1:02 Correction; Dempsey was champion until September 1926 not 1927. The heading is complete rubbish. Dempsey gave Willard the mother and father of a hiding.

  • @slender4
    @slender4 14 днів тому

    How about Mickey Walker vs Ketchel?

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      Thanks for the idea. Here's a link to a vid on Walker: ua-cam.com/video/hxarLUdsFHA/v-deo.html

  • @johnpoulter
    @johnpoulter 16 днів тому

    Nice job, enjoyed that look into other aspects of Jack Dempsey's life. Thank you👍

  • @frankramos3640
    @frankramos3640 16 днів тому

    A Great Story!!!!! Thank You!

  • @michaeljoyner6470
    @michaeljoyner6470 17 днів тому

    Believe something going on with Dempsey and that fight !

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      There are several reasons to suspect something, but no 100% reliable account has come up yet to prove Dempsey's gloves were "loaded".

  • @rokmin8550
    @rokmin8550 17 днів тому

    with all due respect, fighters with "loaded" gloves are as old as the hills and still persist today. Willard indeed may have been very strong (as was Primo Carnero and we saw what Louis did to him) but that doesn't always translate to a big punch. Personally I think a prime George Foreman would have put Willard away in the first round.

  • @BruceAChristie
    @BruceAChristie 17 днів тому

    Outstanding story and pictures. I had no idea how short a life he lived, measured by time. He certainly made the most of his sojourn here.

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      Thanks, Bruce. Journalist Ring Gardner wrote this: “Stanley Ketchel was 24 years old when he was fatally shot in the back by the common-law husband of the lady who was cooking his breakfast.”

  • @Americaone1
    @Americaone1 17 днів тому

    Ketchel made a deal with Heavyweight champ Jack Johnson to just fight an exhibition but Ketchel tried to knock Johnson out knocked Johnson down Johnson got up and hit Ketchel so hard it knocked Ketchel out cold and Ketchels front teeth stuck in Johnsons glove...Ketchel killed by a jealous husband 😮

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      The fight was legitimate in that the title was on the line, but Johnson & Ketchel did have an "understanding" that it wouldn't get too rough. Ketchel was friends with Johnson, but his impulsive behavior (in and out of the ring) got the best of him, and Johnson (as you point out) made him pay dearly for it.

    • @Bruins-vq5ey
      @Bruins-vq5ey 10 днів тому

      Teeth in glove is a myth

  • @johnwilliams4541
    @johnwilliams4541 17 днів тому

    I'll tell you, yes Jack destroyed Willard. But the man kept getting back up.

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      Good point, John! Willard was very durable, and Dempsey would have had trouble maintaining that pace had the fight gone on for many rounds. On the other hand, Willard was already severely damaged, and more beating could have proved fatal if the fight continued.

  • @pugil1st
    @pugil1st 17 днів тому

    Hi ET, this is Chris LaForce. Thanks for sharing this emotional tale from Ketchel's early years. I read about it long ago in Fleischer's book, but your version nearly had me in tears. I want to add that one story Nat (and Mr. Mora) told about Stanley is evidently NOT true. This was the supposed exhibition between Ketchel (then called "Kid" Ketchell) and Tommy Ryan in Butte, Montana in 1906. Ryan was also briefly in Montana in 1903. While working on my upcoming biography of Tommy Ryan, I pored through every page of every Butte and nearby paper from that time, and found no account of a Ryan-Ketchel match. It was actually scheduled at one time in early 1906, however. I love your channel, keep it going!

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 17 днів тому

      Thanks, Chris! And, thanks for the info regarding "Kid" Ketchell and Tommy Ryan. Your own book, the Choynski Chronicles, covers the turn of the 20th century boxing scene, and employ a very rare combination of encyclopedic level information wrapped up in understandable (and exciting) prose. Please let me and viewers of this channel know when that Ryan book appears!!

  • @mrmoon1482
    @mrmoon1482 17 днів тому

    Brilliant, thanks for this story,

  • @justthink5854
    @justthink5854 17 днів тому

    thanks! great story

  • @carlcarlson1369
    @carlcarlson1369 17 днів тому

    3 Doors Down on 54th between 2nd and 3rd Bay Ridge Brooklyn Maddie Matthews what's the welterweight champ of the world?😅❤😊

  • @carlcarlson1369
    @carlcarlson1369 17 днів тому

    Great video sir keep it up❤

  • @BladeRunnerBear
    @BladeRunnerBear 18 днів тому

    It had been said by Willard, that Dempsey had an iron bolt in one of his gloved fists that broke many bones in Willard's face. It could be true given Doc Kearns, Dempsey's manager was not a man to be trusted and could have been behind this.

  • @vestibulate
    @vestibulate 18 днів тому

    Dempsey lost the title in 1926, not the following year. As for the headline, "Willard could have killed Jack Dempsey!", it seems to me that barring the introduction of firearms, Jess would have had a hard time living up to that billing.

  • @davidabney7700
    @davidabney7700 18 днів тому

    No plaster of Paris on Dempsey's fists, just tape, hard knuckles, and a "tiger's" instinct for battle! That story was really noticed the first time coming from an embittered ex-manager, Doc Kearns. Doc was a great trainer/manager of fighters.After Dempsey and Kearns split up their manager/boxer contract, Kearns would sue Dempsey numerous times out of our spite and hard feelings. He wrote his autobiography long after he retired. He stated that Dempsey had plaster of Paris on his fist that was put on right prior to the Willard fight. Williard's manager was present at Dempsey's taping of his hands, as one of Dempsey's reps was present when Willard had his hands taped. Jack did not have to cheat to win. Kearns would cheat, but not Jack. Kearns story had no witnesses, other than himself, and no one mentioned this until years after the fact. Just a leisurely investigation can turned the Kearns plaster of Paris accusation.

    • @martytdd1606
      @martytdd1606 16 днів тому

      A 'lion's instinct would be more accurate, as tigers don' t naturally like battles and try and avoid them if they can. Male lions on the other hand fight on a regular basis, fighting being their primary role, their bodies are 'engineered' by nature for this.

  • @ThouSwell-zx3fd
    @ThouSwell-zx3fd 19 днів тому

    I think Cyr was the strongest human ever. He was certainly the most dominant. Detracters need to read Ben Weider's excellent Louis Cyr bio.

  • @EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ
    @EXPOSEDBYGABRIELPEREZ 20 днів тому

    Can't compare fighters from different eras. Nutrition. Etc

  • @unc1589
    @unc1589 21 день тому

    Nobody was beating Smokin Joe in 71. Terry had no way of knowing that. Hey he gave it a shot.

  • @BruceJackson-lx2dw
    @BruceJackson-lx2dw 21 день тому

    What on earth was Ingo doing eating @ a restaurant so soon before the fight? He may have eaten something which "disagreed" with him : this may have been due to some dirt in the kitchen or some ingested herb Ingo reacted with: I suspect it is all conjecture, BUT his pre-fight preparation seems to have been too relaxed, to put it mildly...compared with [say] Usyk. Anyhow Ingo, you are remembered with affection: RIP amigo.

  • @BruceJackson-lx2dw
    @BruceJackson-lx2dw 21 день тому

    They shared happiness and respect, which transcended race barriers: very sad about their mental decline, BUT to be expected. Compare with professional football [soccer] players who played with the old leather balls-when the ball was damp & muddy, it must have been like being punched by Ingo as they headed it. Anyhow, two really nice guts: a sad decline for each.

  • @Scrooks1
    @Scrooks1 21 день тому

    Jess Willard was not a serious match for Dempsey. He was beaten around the ring like a bag of dirt. Had Willard fought Jack Johnson in his prime years, he would have been KO’d.

  • @user-et4qw2nd7w
    @user-et4qw2nd7w 21 день тому

    Sam Langford is pound for pound the greatest fighter of all time ever 100%.

  • @MyRobertallen
    @MyRobertallen 21 день тому

    The other thing is, Toledo is basically a swamp. I spent many a (pleasant) hot summer day there at softball tournaments. The last thing any man in his right mind wants to do under such circumstances is leave the shade, let along fight.

    • @ET-RAMBLINGS
      @ET-RAMBLINGS 13 днів тому

      Many in attendance noted the severity of the heat in Toledo. Several people reported on Willard's lackadaisical training. He appears to have not taken the yet well known Dempsey seriously.

  • @steveadams5190
    @steveadams5190 21 день тому

    Max was a true gentleman. After the Campbell fight, he wasn't the same for the rest of his life.