I was going to guess a member of the bum of the month club when I first clicked the thread. No idea who it would be as far as a name. Or at least I didn’t until your post. I love boxing history.
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Yeah? That’s cool.
OK, here’s one for you. Without the aid of the internet, can you name “the Toronto Five”?
They’re the fighters that George Foreman fought in five scheduled three-round bouts in 1975.
Bonus points if you can name the two fighters who were originally scheduled to be a part of it, but dropped out at the last minute & were replaced.
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I loved watching joe Lewis fights, him vs two tonne was on of my favourite fights an lead up, ol tony was a horrible person but was tough as fuck, very satisfying beat down
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I have Joe Frazier’s autograph on a glove and a personalized one on a card.
Also have David Reid’s on a glove.
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I’m definitely that much of a historian. My level would be “I know about Joe Louis’ career and that he had a bum of the month club where he fought 12 or 13 guys in just over two years. The only two names I remember from those fights were two-ton Tony Galento (which I might be making up in my head but I thought that Gus Ferrozzo looked like him Hahahaha) and Godoy (because I’m a big Tommy Loughran fan at LHW and I was salty when I read about him losing to a journeyman like Godoy).
So to put the Foreman five fight night debacle into the same light. I knew it happened and I knew they were scheduled for three rounds (didn’t know it was in Toronto) but can’t name any of the guys who backed out or actually fought George that night.
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“Two Ton” Tony Galento?
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Hey, that’s still very cool. I respect your knowledge, dude.
As for “the Toronto Five”, the original line up consisted of Mac Foster, Pedro Agosto, Jerry Judge, Terry Daniels & Boone Kirkman. But Foster & Agosto fell out for some reason & they were replaced by Alonzo Johnson & Charlie Polite.
So, the fights went as follows: Foreman KO1 Johnson, Foreman KO2 Daniels, Foreman KO2 Judge, Foreman W3 Polite & Foreman W3 Kirkman.
And yes, I know details like that off the top of my head because I’m a bit autistic when it comes to boxing. Lol.
Wow. You got the knowledge bruh! Impressive.
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Thanks, bro.
You know who plays a damn good fighter?
Tom Berenger.
Who can tell me the two films in which he played a pro boxer?
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