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Cap · 01-12-2008, 03:41 PM

Sometimes I think the game has a twisted streak the way it'll throw you a curve, having your sure-thing stumble over some washed-up pug.

About Battling Levinsky. I've been doing some reading, and there was an amazing guy. Rarely weighing more than 175, he took on hulking heavyweights and gave them a serious boxing lesson. In 1916, light-heavy Jack Dillon caused a sensation by beating Frank Moran, cutting him up badly, even though Moran, then a top heavyweight contender, outweighed him by about 40 pounds! Shortly after, Dillon boxed Levinsky over 12 and took an awful shellackin' from the New Yorker. Levinsky took every round but one, and that was called even.

Cap

01-12-2008, 03:41 PM	#71 (permalink)
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 4,600 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 22 Thanked 81x in 60 posts	Sometimes I think the game has a twisted streak the way it'll throw you a curve, having your sure-thing stumble over some washed-up pug. About Battling Levinsky. I've been doing some reading, and there was an amazing guy. Rarely weighing more than 175, he took on hulking heavyweights and gave them a serious boxing lesson. In 1916, light-heavy Jack Dillon caused a sensation by beating Frank Moran, cutting him up badly, even though Moran, then a top heavyweight contender, outweighed him by about 40 pounds! Shortly after, Dillon boxed Levinsky over 12 and took an awful shellackin' from the New Yorker. Levinsky took every round but one, and that was called even. Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 01-12-2008 at 03:42 PM.