"The Way It Was" Joe Louis-Tony Galento (Documentary)

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  • @michaelmooney7341
    @michaelmooney7341 4 роки тому +60

    Tony died three yrs later.. Joe five.. God bless them. Really miss them..

  • @twoton8371
    @twoton8371 4 роки тому +31

    Nice words for mr Louis at the end there.
    Truly a credit to the human race

    • @dougfredricks2017
      @dougfredricks2017 Рік тому +2

      @veganhigler6541 We live in a society of spoiled and ungrateful adults.

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому

      @@dougfredricks2017
      Absolutely...who were raised with an entitled mentality...and it's really showing itself in today's time.
      Easy times...create weak men...

  • @frenchgoldenboyfan
    @frenchgoldenboyfan 6 місяців тому +1

    Those gentlemen’s ! I love this era of boxing.. ❤

  • @timmooney9694
    @timmooney9694 6 років тому +52

    My dad born in 1924 in Jersey City, was really into Louis and the whole boxing scene form this time. In the 40's they went to Galento's bar to see him. Said he was a nice guy, happy to talk boxing. Just a guy running a small neighborhood bar.

    • @oqihouqiop
      @oqihouqiop 6 років тому +7

      Tim Mooney thank you for sharing. I always wondered what Galento was like.

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому +5

      when he wasn't knocking Gleason on his ass!

    • @michaeldelio1870
      @michaeldelio1870 5 років тому +3

      @@teller121 Haha, true. But he took on 2 ton Tony. Even though he didn't know it was him, he still fought the man who dropped Joe Louis

    • @dionvalentine4358
      @dionvalentine4358 4 роки тому +2

      @@teller121 LOL not too many people knows that Galati beat the brakes off of Jackie Gleason props to you brother

    • @travisthechimp7857
      @travisthechimp7857 4 роки тому +2

      @@michaeldelio1870 Nah.. Gleason never actually fought Galento.. he'd only made it outside the club and took one punch and that was all she wrote.

  • @CuttingEdgetools
    @CuttingEdgetools 3 роки тому +18

    Lotta respect for these true warriors from my Grandpas Generation 🇺🇸

  • @MIKE-TYTHON
    @MIKE-TYTHON 3 роки тому +31

    Galento with 114 professionals fights excluding all of the punch’s he took as an amateur and sparring I’m amazed his speech is soo clear

  • @andyfoster250
    @andyfoster250 4 роки тому +56

    What is amazing is how Tony managed to grow a full head of hair back, and not only that, but jet black too!

  • @patty90400
    @patty90400 9 років тому +222

    Galento still kept his physique after all those years

  • @joep8787
    @joep8787 8 років тому +95

    Galento was no bum. By today's standards, he wasn't that fat. He moves fairly well and ducks after throwing a punch. He wasn't easy to hit hard. If I owed money to a loan shark, I certainly wouldn't want Galento knocking at my door to collect.

    • @johncasper8031
      @johncasper8031 8 років тому +19

      Galento went into the Louis fight with a string of 11 KO victories.

    • @gennadyggggolovkin6323
      @gennadyggggolovkin6323 7 років тому +8

      Louis King galento wasn't fat at all! I have seen taller fighters than him who weights the same and look fat as fuck !

    • @brotherdarkness89
      @brotherdarkness89 6 років тому +5

      He was the James toney of time(not skill wise of course hell no lol) I'm talking about as far as height and being kind of a slacker in training at heavyweight but still being able to compete with some fighters

    • @vantheman1238
      @vantheman1238 5 років тому +11

      Chris Warren you’re wrong. He could fight and he was tough. You shouldn’t call a man who got in the ring and fought like that a bum.

    • @sujitsharma4346
      @sujitsharma4346 5 років тому +4

      @Chris Warren Id bet anything he'd smash your teeth in or out the ring.

  • @NikoHL
    @NikoHL 3 роки тому +14

    Galento... "i wasn't no stiff".. What a character!

  • @Stellar77x
    @Stellar77x 3 роки тому +16

    What is most impressive is how Galento speaks so well despite competing at higher weight class for a long time with hardheaded approach at that.

  • @barryobee1544
    @barryobee1544 10 місяців тому +1

    What a pleasure to watch this video!

  • @milowagon
    @milowagon 8 років тому +18

    I have never seen Tony in action. I was under the impression he was a novelty brawler of that time. He was hard as nails and could strike quick and hard with a chin of iron. Great posting! Thanks!

    • @RobD-jq7ry
      @RobD-jq7ry 3 роки тому +7

      He doesn't get the respect he deserves. He was one tough SOB!!

    • @B25gunship
      @B25gunship 2 роки тому +1

      Tony took some brutal hits in the 4th round. I remember my Dad telling me when I was a kid in the 50-60s what a great finisher Louis was if he had you in trouble. Two ton seemed to dispel that thought....at least for this fight. I also remember him telling me how tough Galento was. I had never seen either fight at that time. Imagine if Tony had been in shape and really learned to box instead of brawl he would have been a considerable force in the heavyweight division.

    • @B25gunship
      @B25gunship 2 роки тому

      Dunphy was totally correct to ask Galento why he didn't have a right. His best punch was his leaping left thrown out of the crouch. He caught Joe pretty good with it. Tony's arms were too short for a powerhouse swinging right. Dunphy knew his stuff and his knowledge of the fight game and skills at the microphone make Howard Cosell look like exactly what he was....a bum.

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy Рік тому

      One shot to that size 65 gut.....over

  • @zayacz123
    @zayacz123 4 роки тому +24

    My dad worked in a bar in the 50’s. Tony Galento came in one day and said “where’s Manley, I’m going to kick his ass”! George Manley owned the bar and had been a pro boxer in the 30’s. My dad went to get him and told him what Tony said. He came out, removing his apron, ready to fight. Tony laughed and said, “I was kidding, George. I just wanted to say hi and buy you a drink”. It would have been quite a sight, 2 old guys fighting.

    • @JABARDELLI
      @JABARDELLI 3 роки тому +3

      Did you know George Manley?

    • @zayacz123
      @zayacz123 3 роки тому +6

      @@JABARDELLI I only remember seeing him once. I looked it up and see he died in 1968. I was 8.
      My dad worked for him for a few years, before I was born. Even after he went to work at Gates Rubber Company he would get off at 11pm and tend bar till closing. He taught my dad how to box. He was good enough to win a couple fights in smokers held by Gates. He was also a tough bouncer. I never messed with my dad. 😀
      George was shot to death by his x wife and her boyfriend.
      My dad once took me to the Blue Bonnet which has become a fairly famous place for Mexican food. It was then owned by George’s daughter, Mary Ann, and was your basic bar. This would not have been memorable except her husband was talking to us about being shot in the jaw by an angry patron. Years later my wife and I went golfing and we’re paired up with another couple. The man had a scar. I told him we had probably met before. Sure enough! The lady was his new wife, not Mary Ann.

    • @JABARDELLI
      @JABARDELLI 3 роки тому +2

      @@zayacz123 Check out the fights between George Manley and Young Firpo.

  • @jinron24
    @jinron24 3 роки тому +10

    They both show what professionals look like, to look back and show respect for each other and Joe Louis is such a class act to perform at the level he did during that era, wow!

  • @MoManny
    @MoManny 9 років тому +50

    Fight took place on June 28, 1939. This broadcast was from January 29, 1976. Thanks for posting.

    • @RuleofFive
      @RuleofFive 4 роки тому +8

      Thanks for giving the broadcast date of this show. I was wondering when this was taped.

    • @principalmcvicker6530
      @principalmcvicker6530 3 роки тому

      I wonder when in the 90s this was taped, you can see the brief commercial clip and it says at the bottom at one point the announcer was inducted into the boxing HOF in '93

    • @marcspardello1254
      @marcspardello1254 3 роки тому

      @@principalmcvicker6530 that had to be edited in afterwards. This is the 1970s

    • @jrekdal
      @jrekdal 3 роки тому +2

      @@principalmcvicker6530
      They were both dead in the 90's.

    • @principalmcvicker6530
      @principalmcvicker6530 3 роки тому

      @@marcspardello1254 i know, i said i wonder when it was taped, not when the game was played

  • @tehutibrim594
    @tehutibrim594 5 років тому +14

    It's vids like this that have me loving you tube

  • @badgerbhoy9534
    @badgerbhoy9534 4 роки тому +9

    Man this is wat UA-cam is all about!!! How much greatness in this one episode spins my head

  • @happyuk06
    @happyuk06 8 років тому +33

    Love the way Galento donned a wig for this interview.

    • @AustinCasey
      @AustinCasey 7 років тому +19

      The 70s was a hot time for mens wigs and plaid sport coats. Lol

    • @BIGMOUTHLOUIS
      @BIGMOUTHLOUIS 4 роки тому

      he borrowed one from Hank S.

    • @Mr.56Goldtop
      @Mr.56Goldtop 4 роки тому +2

      He forgot his at home so he borrowed this one from Howard Cosell.

    • @Betrayerslayer
      @Betrayerslayer 3 роки тому

      I too wear one. But on my pubez.

    • @robertjones8598
      @robertjones8598 3 роки тому +1

      that rug is a beauty. Love it.

  • @BruceAChristie
    @BruceAChristie 3 роки тому +2

    What a fantastic show and crew. Thanks so much!

  • @jammyjam353
    @jammyjam353 4 роки тому +15

    “I thought the referee was hittin me.”
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @BrownBomber92181
    @BrownBomber92181 6 років тому +20

    Greatest nickname in boxing, Two Ton Tony! 😂😂😂

  • @JABARDELLI
    @JABARDELLI 3 роки тому +11

    In this footage, Louis says Tony Galento was the toughest fighter he ever fought! 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊

    • @marcspardello1254
      @marcspardello1254 3 роки тому +4

      I see the last name and perhaps Two Ton Tony is from your area, and I can relate to the pride you must have in him. But, and this is a big B-U-T, most likely Louis was being a bit generous or meant it in another way than how it came out. Tony Galento took a thorough a beating and the fight did not even make it to the middle rounds. Hey, maybe the guy was the toughest he ever fought - it was said. It really seems like Louis got a little caught up in the moment, who knows. Either way, I love learning about Italian-American fighters and it is enjoyable learning about Triple T (a more modern take on Galento's nickname).
      Are you from Orange, NJ area?

    • @JABARDELLI
      @JABARDELLI 3 роки тому +3

      @@marcspardello1254 … Thanks for reading what I wrote, Marc. My comment wasn’t based on heritage nor any relationship to Tony Galento. Here’s an Italian to add to your database … Young Firpo, “The Wild Bull of Burke.” His name was Guido Bardelli. Young Firpo was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Good Luck and be Safe!!

  • @CUNDUNDO
    @CUNDUNDO 4 роки тому +39

    Wow I am impressed Galento managed to get all his hair back after the fight,I believe the punches he took to the head helped to increase blood circulation in the scalp.

  • @japsley6172
    @japsley6172 4 роки тому +9

    I’ve watched Tony Galento in a couple of fights now on you tube. He really was an awkward, tough, brawler! A top level fighter.
    Coming from the UK, all I’d ever heard was negatives about him. That may have been in reaction to his abrasivness and “trash” talking, which certainly was not really an acceptable way to behave in those days!

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 роки тому +4

      Is everyone blind. Have a look at Galento's dirty antics and then ask why he was disliked. Sorry, no disrespect to you sir I just get so mad at dirty fighters.

    • @Mr.Schitzengigglez
      @Mr.Schitzengigglez 2 роки тому +2

      His style was alot like Marciano's.
      They both turned their shorter stature into an advantage, in the way that they crouched to control distance, and used that stance, to generate crushing levels of power.

  • @michaelcrockette8694
    @michaelcrockette8694 Рік тому +1

    THE Yankee Stadium. I love it.♥️

  • @unclealice
    @unclealice 8 років тому +62

    Galento did the pre-fight psych long before Ali

    • @Philotheist777
      @Philotheist777 4 роки тому +2

      He just sucked

    • @brianfergus839
      @brianfergus839 3 роки тому +5

      @@Philotheist777 he wasn’t in JL’s class, but he knocked Joe Louis down in his prime, so, hell no he did NOT suck

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 6 років тому +14

    I sure love those 1970s polyester sports jackets, retrocool!

    • @1bigreddog1
      @1bigreddog1 6 років тому

      Red Coat yes, and plaid was they style, too!!

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому

      retro something!

  • @myronsmith2114
    @myronsmith2114 8 років тому +50

    They put the gloves on in the ring back then.We need to bring that back with all the cheating going on

    • @joshuatree5620
      @joshuatree5620 4 роки тому +3

      @GustavusAdolphus1 Antonio Margarito loaded his gloves with plaster.Billy Collins Died because his opponent also did the same thing.do your research and you wont sound so stupid.

    • @francoherrera1265
      @francoherrera1265 4 роки тому +3

      Did you said cheating?,must be talking about the demoCraps

  • @kenmorgan2507
    @kenmorgan2507 6 років тому +15

    Just watched Tony Galento in film " On The Waterfront"

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому +2

      my late dad loved him in that one.

    • @dnhy7951
      @dnhy7951 4 роки тому +3

      Just saw it today.Pretty minor role but a great movie.

    • @therealc.t.7085
      @therealc.t.7085 4 роки тому +2

      Outstanding film.

  • @toledojack88
    @toledojack88 9 років тому +42

    15:34 jeez, galento has some chin...

  • @chrisevans5259
    @chrisevans5259 6 років тому +38

    Galento once knocked out the actor Jackie Gleason out cold, outside a nightclub, after Gleason challenged him to a fight after galento heckled him during a show.

    • @louisj.marciano2562
      @louisj.marciano2562 4 роки тому +7

      Google Rocky Marciano Main event with guest Jacki Gleason and you’ll here Jackie tell that story...the club they were in was referred to as “The Bucket of Blood”

    • @Ditka-89
      @Ditka-89 Рік тому

      Gleason had good reason to think he could take him. He was, after all, a short bald fat guy 😂. Don’t ever judge a book by its cover

  • @larrywest538
    @larrywest538 4 роки тому +4

    Gallento now has more hair...its a Christmas Miracle...!!!

  • @andyaim4764
    @andyaim4764 4 роки тому +10

    Tony must have borrowed Howard Cossells wig 🤣

    • @demef758
      @demef758 3 роки тому +1

      You mean he didn't grow that head of hair between 1939 and 1976? I am SHOCKED!

  • @123reivax123
    @123reivax123 3 роки тому +1

    MUCH better than his nick name would suggest... Respect to Tony.

  • @420JackG
    @420JackG 6 років тому +2

    Fuckin A man, bring this show back.

  • @PureGreggy
    @PureGreggy 3 роки тому +6

    The format is funny: Here are two great fighters reunited. Now let's have some other guy talk about what happened while they sit and watch.

  • @trollymctrollus1408
    @trollymctrollus1408 4 роки тому +6

    God the 30s seems so long ago but god damn did they live well with what they had and carried themselves well.

  • @williamfinamore4623
    @williamfinamore4623 4 роки тому +2

    Classic fight from two class fighters .

  • @ezsmith3765
    @ezsmith3765 Рік тому +3

    That right at 15:36 looked painful.
    That was the beginning of the end. Joe landed a few more a few seconds later that were like 💣 💥💣💥💣💥😳😳😳

  • @oldschoolmuscle4436
    @oldschoolmuscle4436 7 років тому +21

    Man do I miss Curt Gowdy.

    • @dannyv2468va2
      @dannyv2468va2 Рік тому

      Why he was semi-senile by the 70's Long rambling stories about Jack Demsey and Babe Ruth. Remember the NCAA finals when he couldn't never pronounce the Duke players names. NFL broadcasts with him were horrible. A lesson now that you should not hang around to long.

  • @Hugh_Morris
    @Hugh_Morris 8 років тому +22

    Galento has lego on his head

  • @johnnolan4312
    @johnnolan4312 4 роки тому +3

    Tony trained on Beer,wine, several whole chickens in one sitting! Also are 52 hot dogs on a bet just before a fight, knocking the guy out in the 4rth, said he would have knocked him out earlier but was feeling "sluggish " for the first 3 rounds! Pretty cool

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 6 років тому +13

    Maybe Galento was the Butterbean of those days? It took a lot to make Gentleman Joe Louis really mad but Galento did it. I guess Joe left his signature calling card on Galentos face.

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому +1

      Galento way more threat than Butter.

    • @RobD-jq7ry
      @RobD-jq7ry 3 роки тому

      Butterbean is a bum and galento wouldve destroyed him. People act like galento was so fat. He weighed 233lbs in this fight. People don't give him his respect.

    • @RedcoatsReturn
      @RedcoatsReturn 3 роки тому +1

      @@RobD-jq7ry I saw the Max Baier fight against Galento, it took Max some rounds to force Galento to throw the towel in, so of course I have respect for Galento, a fighter doesn‘t have to be pretty….he needs combinations, power and courage.

  • @joep8787
    @joep8787 5 років тому +12

    Galento must've been very deceptive out of the ring. Short, fat, bald, you wouldn't think much of him if you met him in a bar. Yet he was a tough tough dude. Very dangerous to have shown him disrespect.

  • @getredytagetredy
    @getredytagetredy 6 років тому +7

    Joe Loius was a Boxing Artist.

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому

      Boxing's Ring Magazine has Joe Louis as the most technically correct boxer in History.
      ;)

  • @olive6405
    @olive6405 5 років тому +4

    Tony Galento, the Andy Ruiz of his generation.

  • @tomster1414
    @tomster1414 3 роки тому +3

    Glad to see Tony grew some hair after the fight

  • @AceInfinite8
    @AceInfinite8 4 роки тому +4

    His hair got better 40 years later

  • @blacksabbath1022
    @blacksabbath1022 8 років тому +21

    14:47
    what a beautiful punch that would have ko'd most HW's.

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 7 років тому +10

    funny how tony had more hair late in life, i'm surprised they didn't ask him what his secret was, but he had 59 knockouts, the guy could "moider" you. joe louis defended his championship more than any champion, didn't shy away from anyone, makes him one of the two greatest of all time.

  • @Kelly14UK
    @Kelly14UK 9 років тому +25

    Joe Louis donated the purse from his two fights in 1942 to the American war effort.

    • @stikndip
      @stikndip 9 років тому +15

      +Kelly14UK But because he personally endorsed the cheques, the IRS viewed them as earnings. They hounded Joe to the grave and it affected his mental health. He would think people were after him and trying to gas him. Shameful.

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK 9 років тому +5

      I can't believe a guy like him would end up consuming a filthy drug like coke and as late in life as he did. And i believe the IRS knew they were being swine. Todd O'Brien

    • @stikndip
      @stikndip 9 років тому +11

      +Kelly14UK It's terrible. Joe was a simple guy and a gentleman. Like most great boxers, he made a lot of money for a lot of people but no for himself. Last year I had my photo taken with his bronze statue in Caesar's Palace. 😊

    • @Kelly14UK
      @Kelly14UK 9 років тому +2

      I'd say my favourites are Patterson, Louis and Frazier. By a remarkable coincidence, they were all nice guys.Todd O'Brien

    • @1969JohnnyM
      @1969JohnnyM 8 років тому +2

      +Kelly14UK Yeah and ironically he was taxed on those two donations and they were part of the tax debt that stopped Louis from retiring and having to do demeaning shit to try and pay off his tax bill. Louis's manager Mike Jacobs and Jacobs personal accountant ripped Louis well off .

  • @lusianaratna4366
    @lusianaratna4366 2 роки тому

    Incredible journey from galento

  • @COLEEN322
    @COLEEN322 9 років тому +18

    Total fights 112
    Wins 80
    Wins by KO 57
    Losses 26
    Draws 5
    No contests 1
    Galento's record

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому

      too many fights.

    • @michaeldelio1870
      @michaeldelio1870 5 років тому +4

      @@teller121 If you look on Boxrec. Some of those fighters with 150 or more fights fought every couple of weeks!

    • @ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet
      @ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet 5 років тому +1

      @@teller121 You should see Len Wickwar's record then.
      470 fights
      340 wins
      93 by KO
      87 losses
      42 draws
      1 NC

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому

      I have one name to add that should be looked up...Archie Moore.
      ;)
      Phenomenal human being.

  • @djangoohara1907
    @djangoohara1907 2 роки тому +1

    2 Tonn Tony had never been knocked down B 4 he met Louis! Galento- easily top 10 toughest humans of the boxing world of all time! SO- How -GREAT- is Joe Louis?? THE GREATEST!!!!!

  • @rogermckamey8299
    @rogermckamey8299 4 роки тому +7

    Tony was asked about knocking Louis down and he said that he thought it was going well but something went wrong. When he was asked what happened he said "he got up".

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 роки тому +1

      That's great! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @yourroyalhighness7662
    @yourroyalhighness7662 2 роки тому +2

    The Brown Bomber at his best was an awesome fighting machine. Very possibly the greatest heavyweight champion ever.
    A fight between he and Ali in his prime would have been extraordinary to witness.
    The Ali that carpet bombed a game Cleveland Williams vs the Bomber who rained hell fire upon Max Schmeling in their second fight.
    Just the thought of a matchup between these two makes a boxing fan fan salivate to the point that they need a drool bucket 🪣 to collect the salivic discharge.

  • @rsuriyop
    @rsuriyop 3 роки тому +1

    I like how the the title of the show is presented directly in the middle of the screen using Lite-Brite pegs.. Lol

  • @garychynne1377
    @garychynne1377 7 років тому +1

    good show.thanks

  • @henrybyrd5402
    @henrybyrd5402 5 років тому +7

    Tony was bald when he fought Louis. That was obviously before Velcro!

  • @projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762
    @projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762 3 роки тому +1

    The "way it was" about the way it was the way we used to see it then in the late 70s (I believe).

  • @hotwheel6663
    @hotwheel6663 6 років тому +2

    Galento No joke!

  • @homan2329
    @homan2329 4 роки тому +1

    I love Galento’s wig .

  • @russellcampbell9198
    @russellcampbell9198 5 років тому +7

    Is there anything more poignant than old fighters watching themselves as they once were?

  • @muffdiver240
    @muffdiver240 4 роки тому +6

    @5:52: Gotta give a shout-out to Galento's ultra-realistic toupee`.
    Seriously though, why were the men of yesteryear so embarrassed to sport their chrome-domes?

  • @fl3162
    @fl3162 4 роки тому +7

    Almost did kill him in that last round

  • @BrotherPatriot
    @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому +1

    I didn't cruise all the comments but one thing I've noticed NOT mentioned about Two Ton...was how he wouldn't shower before fights.
    LoL
    He did this to mess with his opponent...as apparently, he really smelled BAD.

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому +1

      P.S. What a pleasure it is to see this video...thank you for that.
      Absolutely LOVE Joe Louis and wish I could back in time to tell him to ensure they TOOK the TAXES out of his donations before he gave the rest away...!
      (This alone would have ensured Joe had wonderful golden years...!)

  • @jonbathurst953
    @jonbathurst953 Рік тому +1

    galento would swear on Tv even back then.

  • @hotwheel6663
    @hotwheel6663 6 років тому +3

    That Guy had nerve to say Galento had No right hand. He could kick His Ass now.

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому

      That "guy" knows boxing...sooo...
      ;)

  • @JWileman92
    @JWileman92 8 років тому +1

    Talk sport brought me here

  • @wileycousins9698
    @wileycousins9698 5 років тому +1

    Galento was a throwback, back to a time before Black men revolutionized sport. We can say the same things about basketball and the "two Handed Set Shot", or football with "Three Yards and A Cloud of Dust"....or music, with the stodgy rhythms of pre-Scott Joplin American music. Joe Louis was an artist. Willie Mays was an artist. Archie Moore was an artist. Duke Ellington was an artist. Oscar Robertson was an artist. These artists wanted to win, but only if they could do it with style and artistic flair. How could they not have disdain for what they considered crude? Boxing is an art form when people like Joe Louis, Archie Moore, or Sugar Ray Robinson do it. It really is beautiful.

    • @teller121
      @teller121 5 років тому +1

      on football, let's be clear: football was back in old days mainly a northern game played late in year where it was cold and muddy. Also, the rules back then (and up until about 1980) heavily favored rushing. OL couldn't use their hands at all, pass int was rarely called, grounding was all over the field, you could take two full steps and unload on QB after ball released and it was okay. That had a lot to do with heavy rushing game in all white era. I guess this means Marciano was a "throwback," as well?

    • @kingofnewyork7765
      @kingofnewyork7765 2 роки тому

      Wiley cousins he knocked out/beat quite a few African American men though.

  • @chucknchar
    @chucknchar 6 років тому +3

    Tony comes in low, always wondered how Marciano(who came in low) would have done with a young Joe Louis?Tony gave Joe a good fight, a tough man.

    • @louisj.marciano2562
      @louisj.marciano2562 4 роки тому

      chucknchar T Joe answered your question at dinner with others in attendance in Cesars Place on many occasions..... here’s Joe’s answer to a sportswriter.......
      “I had a bad weakness I kept hid throughout my career,” said Joe Louis. “I didn’t like to be crowded, and Marciano always crowded his opponents. That’s why I say I could never have beaten him.”

    • @bossplayermfs5972
      @bossplayermfs5972 4 роки тому +1

      Louis J. Marciano lmao foh with made up bullshit.

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому +1

      Prime Joe wouldn't lose against anyone...imho.

  • @Twizzledoc187
    @Twizzledoc187 2 роки тому +2

    I remembered reading about how Jack Dempsey beat the crap out of him during a unscheduled sparring match in 1931.

  • @williamfinamore4623
    @williamfinamore4623 4 роки тому +2

    Thank god Hairpieces are are better today

    • @robertjones8598
      @robertjones8598 3 роки тому

      It was way more fun for me when they were really bad. I can still usually spot one that others can’t. For instance, Fredo Cuomo wears one.

  • @MrEvrenium
    @MrEvrenium 8 років тому +10

    Amazing! Galento had 112 fights and must have been in his 60's here and he hasn't one gray hair!

    • @MacLeodRoy
      @MacLeodRoy 7 років тому +2

      It's a toupee but still, he has his faculties.

    • @jimlaguardia8185
      @jimlaguardia8185 7 років тому +1

      MrEvrenium Toupee.

  • @boons32
    @boons32 3 роки тому

    Couple real pros! 🥊🥊

  • @tweezee
    @tweezee 7 років тому +3

    Funny. Louis and Galento look like they could be related LMFAO

  • @1bigreddog1
    @1bigreddog1 6 років тому +1

    Nice rug, Tony!

  • @chrisevans5259
    @chrisevans5259 6 років тому +1

    Galento the only fighter i know who's in better shape as a o.a.p then he was when he fought.

  • @julies1ify
    @julies1ify 5 років тому +2

    Galento grew more hair after the fight ! I need to go out & get my azz kicked more often

  • @MrJchill67
    @MrJchill67 Рік тому

    Galento was surprisingly light on his feet and had a quick left hook. He struck like a cobra.

  • @glenschunk3995
    @glenschunk3995 7 років тому +1

    look, ya can have it his way or our way but ya can`t have it both ways ....aint i right Truck? "definitely".

  • @humanforfreedom9583
    @humanforfreedom9583 6 років тому +2

    galentos a amazing guy and tremendous fighter could beat anyone, just ask him.

    • @dnhy7951
      @dnhy7951 4 роки тому +1

      Well he couldn't beat J Louis.

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 4 роки тому +1

      Don't be stupid. I respect Galento, he was a warrior but he was a decent fighter at best.

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 роки тому +1

      Well said. Galento was a hero in his own mind.

  • @ArkyMalarkey
    @ArkyMalarkey 5 років тому +3

    Toupee or not toupee; that is the question...

  • @francescoinnocenti9709
    @francescoinnocenti9709 4 роки тому

    are 2 extraordinary boxers, joe was a true champion, galento was galento..but in the end the lives of the boxers always end up the same

  • @kinginblack3321
    @kinginblack3321 3 роки тому +2

    Two ton Tony with the wig on

  • @glennmorris371
    @glennmorris371 3 роки тому

    They once asked Tony what he thought of Shakespeare.. His reply... A British heavyweight... I'll moider the bum.... Legend.

  • @deacontheseer4804
    @deacontheseer4804 3 роки тому

    I have my own fight plan I'm the one getting hit. Words of wisdom .

  • @jacksmith5692
    @jacksmith5692 6 років тому +3

    Art Donovan's Dad was the referee.

  • @1969JohnnyM
    @1969JohnnyM 8 років тому +2

    The wig on Galento's head is something else. Still he came close-ish to winning the greatest title in sport the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world.

    • @kelvinhouston4287
      @kelvinhouston4287 8 років тому +1

      I thought Galento look rather dashing in that wig! Bet he picked up a lot of girls with it!....Lol

    • @Bestroblozianxxx
      @Bestroblozianxxx 8 років тому

      No he didn't really come that close,The knock down he scored was basically a flash knock down Lewis is right up and proceeded to beat the hell out of him in the next round and a half

    • @gennadyggggolovkin6323
      @gennadyggggolovkin6323 8 років тому +2

      Louis was on his ass! also galento trained for this fight to knock with a single punch that was his mistake ! if galento would have prepared different Louis would have lost him Joe Louis was lucky

    • @kelvinhouston4287
      @kelvinhouston4287 8 років тому

      the rapist creature
      Yeah , your right. Joe Louis was lucky. Lucky he didn't kill Galento! Because back in those days who knows what would have happened if he did kill him, He might have been charged with murder just so they could get the title back and keep it lily white again!

    • @gennadyggggolovkin6323
      @gennadyggggolovkin6323 8 років тому

      Galento almost killed Louis a prime louis galento and older than him! Marciano would make Louis his little bitch

  • @Chestercopperpot06
    @Chestercopperpot06 3 роки тому

    What year was this TV show filmed in? 🎥

  • @albanyorganics3030
    @albanyorganics3030 4 роки тому

    Galento came out swinging and landed a few good first round shots but he took a couple in the second that slowed him down from there on. Two Ton Tony didn't have the conditioning to go the distance with a champion.

  • @daniekdn663
    @daniekdn663 7 років тому +1

    sum jacket tony

  • @knuckandfenn
    @knuckandfenn 4 роки тому

    Two ton had great handspeed shades of Ruiz.

    • @therealc.t.7085
      @therealc.t.7085 4 роки тому

      Outside of his overhand and leap left hook, dude was slow was molasses. Ruiz has much quicker hands.

  • @robbie8142
    @robbie8142 3 роки тому +1

    I still have trouble understanding how Galento got a shot at Joe. I know he won 7 straight before Joe but again I say How? He head butts, he holds and hits with elbow and after 80 years nobody says boo!

    • @mbsnyderc
      @mbsnyderc 3 роки тому +2

      He punched like a mule kicking you that's how he won.

    • @robbie8142
      @robbie8142 3 роки тому

      @@mbsnyderc Thankyou!

  • @DJK-cq2uy
    @DJK-cq2uy Рік тому

    People talk how great Louis was. He was knocked down or out in several of his fights...not even in top 30 heavyweights

    • @williepep-fy7qm
      @williepep-fy7qm Рік тому +1

      DJK 2816 he went 8 years without getting knocked down 🤣 🤡 and most were flash knockdowns

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy Рік тому

      @Willie Pep willie pep my ass. I don't know which Joe Louis you're talking about? 🤔 🤡 x 1000. How much time u spend in the ring? I'm sure u never been knocked down..rite.....dildo

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy Рік тому

      @@williepep-fy7qm yeah....poop...I mean pep!!! Schmelling??? Marciano???

    • @BrotherPatriot
      @BrotherPatriot 2 місяці тому

      Obviously DJK...you have NO idea what you are even talking about.

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy 2 місяці тому

      @@BrotherPatriot 🤣 😂 🤣 at the 🤡 u are

  • @pens8766
    @pens8766 3 роки тому

    For a minute I thought it was moe Howard from the three stooges.

  • @johnjobber2219
    @johnjobber2219 Рік тому

    Galento had a nice hair piece.

  • @trollymctrollus1408
    @trollymctrollus1408 3 роки тому

    What year was this aired?

  • @jimlaguardia8185
    @jimlaguardia8185 7 років тому +2

    Don Dunphy was the best. Very skilled. Galento was a glutton. If he were 20 lbs lighter, he would have done much better.