Bear’s 4-Fs (Fictional Fighters of Film and Fiction)

[bear]

Originally Posted by Austin

Bear,

In the short story The Croxley Master by A. Conan Doyle, Silas Craggs fights the who's who of English boxing. He wins most of these bouts, as a result I gave him a 6 rating. If the author says his main character is a wonderful fighter and fails to support it he's not getting a 10 rating from me! The Croxley Master was an excellent short story by the way!!

Austin

Austin
It's one of my favorite short sories too. A good addition to this thread.

Bear

[Austin]

From the short story Twenty-Five Bucks by James T. Farrell

It is Kid Turner’s sad fate to be fighting for peanuts and enduring life at the bottom.

Author Farrell fails to mention what weight division the fighters are, so I listed them as Featherweights.

Austin

[Austin]

From the short story A Piece Of Steak by Jack London--Part I

Tom King, an ageing fighter, faces New Zealand import Dick Sandel. Once King had been a young stud making a reputation at the expense of old fighters, now he is the old pug.

[Austin]

From the short story A Piece Of Steak by Jack London--Part II

Tom King, an ageing fighter, faces New Zealand import Dick Sandel. Once King had been a young stud making a reputation at the expense of old fighters, now he is the old pug.

[Austin]

From the short story Return To Kansas City by Irwin Shaw

A young boxer is being pressured by his wife and promoter to accept a bout with a more experienced opponent.

No weight division was given, so I placed them at LHW.

[Austin]

From the short story The Last Blow by Octavus Roy Cohen

Eddie is a tough boy with a kick like a mule. He's a crude fighter, with a killing right hand who swings wide.

The Kid was handsome and young and unspoiled. He had everything: aggressiveness, poise, speed and deadly accuracy. The kid got to thinking he was fighting his own fights.

[Austin]

From the short story Thicker Than Water by Paul Gallico

Fought in the shadow of his older brother, who was killed in the war. He had a reputation for having no hart. He was a tall skinny boy with light brown hair and dark eyes and a pale, serious face. His long arms and smooth shoulders were deceptive because they packed an awful wallop any time he stayed on the ground long enough to get set. White is matched with Marino with an opportunity to redeem himself.

[Austin]

From the short story Bred For Battle by Damon Runyon

A fight manager decides that the best way to find the heavyweight champion is based on the parents blood lines and not on the size of the boxer.

[Austin]

From the short story Death of a Prize Fighter by Robert Switzer

Tall for a welterweight, Tony Casino diden't take a good punch. He had a whole lot of guts and won his share of fights.

[Austin]

From the short story The Debut of Battling Billson by P. G. Wodehouse

A story about Battling Billson, young middleweight who appears to have a lot of promise.

[Austin]

From the short story He Swung and He Missed by Nelson Algren

An ageing fighter is expected to do business when he fights a rising star.

[CONN CHRIS]

Thanks Austin - I may have to pick a few of these oldies up for my vacation reading pile.

By the way, you have been reborn in my universe:

Austin Killeen
Mass. MW

Record 9(3)-0-1

Word on the street is that you may be challenging for Carmen Barth's Maritime Belt after a few more fights.

[Austin]

Conn Chris,

You better recheck your universe; I think my record is probably more like 0-9-1. As for my challenging for Carmen Barth's Maritime Belt after a few more fights, I think I can beat him blindfolded. Do you think Carmen will be willing to put on the blindfold?

Austin

[CONN CHRIS]

Originally Posted by Austin

Conn Chris,

You better recheck your universe; I think my record is probably more like 0-9-1. As for my challenging for Carmen Barth's Maritime Belt after a few more fights, I think I can beat him blindfolded. Do you think Carmen will be willing to put on the blindfold?

Austin

Barth you can beat with an icy stare. It's fellows with names like Pender, Apostoli, LaMotta and the like that have me worried about your future in my little universe.

Christopher

Edit: Here's the link to the brief write-up for you this past month.

[Austin]

From the short story Everything In The Fifth by Maxence Van Der Meersch

A French fighter faces a big contest, one that if he wins can mean a trip to America, fortune, and fame. There is also a love triangle between the fighter, his wife, and his girlfriend.

[Austin]

From the short story One-Thirty-Three--Ringside by Charles E. Van Loan

Can Young Sullivan make weight for his LW title bout with Champ Biddy Cline?

[Austin]

From the short story A Boxer: Old by Harry Sylvester

A courageous aging fighter who is trying to hold off the ravages of time. A boxer who has had a decent career and is a ranked contender. The story discribes the 4th and 5th matches between Coburn and Machter.

The story fails to mention a weight class or 1st name for either Coburn or Machter. As a result I took the liberty of doing it myself.

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Correction: Tearing Terry Mulroonney was from the short story Bred For Battle by Damon Runyon

[Austin]

From the short story The Chickasha Bone Crusher by H. C. Witwer

Kid Roberts, the newly crowned HW Champ, Puts the title in moth balls while he travels with a circus for a year. The champ offers to fight one challenger each night for 3 rounds of boxing. If the individual recruited from the audience can put Roberts off his feet, he’ll be paid $5,000 in cash. The champ is obsessively pursued on the tour by the inimitable Joe "Bone Crusher" Kenney.

[Austin]

From the short story Champion by Ring Lander I

There is a deep undercurrent of sadness and satire in this tale of Midge Kelly, a louse who punches his way to the welterweight title. This short story lead to one of the best boxing movies ever made. In the 1949 film Champion, Kirk Douglas portrayed Midge Kelly in what was his first great success as an actor.

[Austin]

From the short story Champion by Ring Lander--II

There is a deep undercurrent of sadness and satire in this tale of Midge Kelly, a louse who punches his way to the welterweight title. This short story lead to one of the best boxing movies ever made. In the 1949 film Champion, Kirk Douglas portrayed Midge Kelly in what was his first great success as an actor.