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

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Some other guys in this novel are:

Palmer
MW loses to Aubrey. Doesn't throw many punches or really bother opponents but can make opponents look bad. Fights defensively.

Ramirez
Ko'd Gorilla Delahanty in 1 round when Delahanty was distracted by a blond.

Ramrod Ramirez WW 3 Slugger

T.C. Palmer MW 2 Boxer

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From the film Rocky Balboa

I've done a Mason "The Line" Dixon.

Mason "The Line" Dixon HW 9 Either

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The Leather Pushers
by H. C. Witwer
Grosset & Dunlap
New York, 1921
with illustrations from the Photoplay

This is a classic boxing novel and a great read. I'll give a hearty approval to anything penned by Witwer. The novel went to the screen in Hollywood serials all through the 20s.

IMBD gives
The Leather Pushers (1922)
A series of six two-reel episodes, each individually titled: #1: Let's Go (1922); #2: Round Two (1922); #3: Payment Through the Nose (1922); #4: A Fool and His Honey (1922); #5: The Taming of the Shrewd (1922); #6: Whipsawed. A second series of six more two-reelers, appropriately titled The New Leather Pushers (1922), followed immediately: #7: Young King Cole (1922); #8: He Raised Kane (1922); #9: The Chickasha Bone Crusher (1923); #10: When Kane Met Abel (1923); #11: Strike Father, Strike Son (1923); #12: Joan of Neward (1923). A third series of six more episodes, still titled The New Leather Pushers (1923), followed: #13: The Wandering Two (1923); #14: The Widower's Mite (1923); #15: Don Coyote (1923); #16: Something for Nothing (1923); #17: Columbia, the Gem and the Ocean (1923); #18: Barnaby's Grudge (1923). A fourth series, still titled The New Leather Pushers (1923), but with Billy Sullivan replacing Reginald Denny in the leading role, followed: #19: That Kid from Madrid (1923); #20: He Loops to Conquer (1924); #21: Girls Will Be Girls (1924); #22: A Tough Tenderfoot (1924); #23: Swing Bad the Sailor (1924); #24: Big Boy Blue (1924).

(An additional film with the same title came out in 1940--I'll cover it at a later time period.)


In post 218 of this thread Austin rates some of the characters of this novel based on a reprint of one of the chapters.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...118147&page=11

I rerated two of Austin's four fighters. Dynamite Jackson in the chapter Austin based his rating on seems like a mere sparring partner. In the novel his is a phenom with a ko streak and Kid Roberts only earns his title shot after stopping Jackson. I also tweeked Austin's version of Roberts upward to a 10 and made him a little more of a bleeder. Kid Roberts was the Rocky of the 1920s. My version of Roberts uses his real name Kane Halliday.

Dynamite Jackson HW 6 Slugger

Kane Halliday HW 10 Either

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More about Kid Roberts

Kid Roberts (Kane Halliday) "Millionaire Society Boxer" "The Adonis of the Ring" Born 1897 Career Start circa 1919. 195-196 1/2 lbs.
HW Yale 1917. Smart Boxer/slugger. with a punch in either hand. All around athlete: football, running, weight-thrower, boxing, wrestling, dancing, saxaphone. Thrown out of Yale, grades, didn't make it.
Parents wanted him to be an engineer. Allied aviator in WW I. his dad went broke during the war. Was playing FB for an Ohio football
team for $150 a game when he met fight manager Dummy Carney. Age 23 6'. Has speed and punching power. debut opponent Young Du Fresne in Sandusky scheduled 12. Kid has a great left hook. 1st Kid drops Du Fresne for 9 and twice more. 2nd kid hits him with a hard right but lets him recover, Kid stops using left hook. 3rd Du Fresne rough houses, puffs the kids lip & closes his right eye. Also staggers him. Gash under right eye of Kid. Works Kid's body. Rounds 4 & 5 more of the same. Carey sells Kid's contract to Murphy for $100 in 6th round. Kid dropped for 8 count saved by bell. Round 7 after inspiration in corner from Murphy Kid lands a right to middle and follows with a left hook to Ko Du Fresne. Left had been broken on a steam pipe prior to bout. Irene Gresham returns engagement ring to the Kid. "Special Delivery" Kelly next opponent, in Sandusky. Kid offerd $200 for bout if he lasts more than 5 and $400 to win. Kelly get $20 & tickets to sell. Kelly Fights Kid at Crescent AC. Kelly tried to use plaster of Paris on hand wraps, stopped by Murphy. Kid drops Kelly 4 times in 1st. In 2d Kid dropped by combo to body. Kid drops Kelly for 6 with uppercut to heart and right cross. Drops him 4 more times, last for 9. 3rd Kid drops him for 9 and sponge tossed in. After 2 pro bouts Roberts gets rattled under fire, Squanders punches in air, telegraphs, has no defense, and jumps back after a knockdown. Needs to develop ring generalship. Punches out Carney in altercation. In gym altercation drops Rocky Martin with staight left and Sailor McGann down with a combo. kid want to fight Kennedy. Gets Griggs as a tuneup for $700. Gets Griggs KO 1. Signs to fight Kennedy for $1000 with option od 30% of gross. Actress Estelle Van Horn meets the Kid at behest of Carney before Kennedy fight. 1st Kid bloodies Kennedy's nose, but is hammered by a hard body shot. Right hook to jaw floors the Kid for 8, left to heart after a feint to jaw KO's the Kid. Kid's nose broken by sparring partner, Signs for 6 round rematch with Kenendy for $750 in Philadelphia. Rematch. 1st Kennedy opens cut under kid's eye and flurries, but Kid recovers and drives himoff. Toe to toe and nnedy dropped for 9 and for 8, saved by bell. 2nd kid hiys kennedy who covers up and knees the KId in groin. Ref to award figth on flagrent foul but kid asks to continue. Kid breaks Kennedy's nose with a shot, and Ko's him with a right cross. Kid is good copy for press. After 16 bouts Kid has 14 KO wins 1 KOB, and 1 D10. Most KO's early. Now gets $3000 t0 $7000
guarantees for fights. D10 Tiger Caputo. Soldier Gorman fought Roberts in one of the Kid's 1st 16. Floored the kid in 1st. 2nd going toe to toe beaks 2 of the Kid's ribs before beiing KO'd. Rematch Caputo-Roberts New Orleans $25,000 purse with 60/40 split proposed. Carney wants a pre-arranged draw to get a 3rd gate. kid doesn't go along. Murphy learns that Carney is planning to kill the lights during the bout so Caputo can Ko the Kid in the 4th. The Kid, upset by the home crowd reaction Ko's Capto in one. Sails for England. Becomes engaged to Dolores Brewster. Signs to box Bandsman Shayne. Round 1 Kid wild Shayne opens gash on cheek with a butt-foul, and drops the kid for 8 woth overhand right. Kid's left eye closed. 2nd Kid opens with shot to Shayne's jaw. Clinching and shot to shayne's middle. Excahnges after Shayne fakes being hurt. One of Shayne's teeth loosened. 3rd Shayne works on the kid's eye and the kid works on shayne's jaw. When Shayne spits out his tooth he's aniled by a punch that lifted him 3 inches off the floor. KO. Kid vs, Henri Gournet in Monte Carlo. Ist late in round Kid sags Gournet's knees with a body shot. Moving in for a finish Gournet's feeble left to the face shocks the kid. oil of mustard on his gloves. 2nd Kid can't see and is floored often. After a ring accident the kid apologizes in French surprising Gournet who is clocked before he can recover. Kid Roberts vs. Dynamite Jackson. Jimmy Brandt talks the Champ into signing to fight the kid for $110,000, $30,000 for Roberts + $10,000 for expenses and 1/3 of film rights. Title Bout 1st round champ is cut over right eye, but he drops the kidfor 5 with a right to jaw and left to body before the bell. 2nd Champ comes out to end the bout. 3 shots to head and then he begins to work the body until staggered by an uppercut to the body and a left to mouth. Champ retaliates with a couple of low shots. Kid drops the champ with a rigth to ribs followed by a rigth to the jaw. 9 count. The kid is distracted and clocked in turn by the champ. 3rd. Champ figures to end it but is dropped for 8 by a right and for 9 by another right to chin. Champ beats count but falls swinging and is out. Kid on barnstorming tour. Offers $5,000 to anyone who can drop the KId in 3 rounds. Kid 197. Joe "Hurricane" Kenny "The Chickasha Bonecrusher" Obsessed with this. Kid doesn't drop him out of kindness. He keeps challenging 6 times. Not much stamina, punches himself out. Wants to bet everything he has on beating Roberts. To prevent him from losing his money the Kid beats his in a bare kbuckle scrap in the dressing room.
Roberts to star in Cuthbert Van Dyke's film "The Knockout". Young Abel Hamilton co-stars as The English Camp. Hamilton gets Serious during fight scene with Roberts filmed in West Coast AC. Opens a cut over the Kid's eye. Gets KO'd. Jim McManus, Promoter offers Roberts $150,000 for 20 round defense vs. Jack Enright. Roberts 12 lbs overweight. Enright takes 1st 3 rounds. 4th Roberts rushes, is hit in head and trades with a stronger puncher.5th tame. 6th Robers comes out swarming, drops Enigth who bounces back up stunned, dropped for a 4 count and poleaxed again but saved by bell. Roberts out of shape can go 2 more rounds, Enright ko'd in 7th. Kid's dad J.A, Haliday invested $150,000 purse into oil and the Kid make $480,000. Gets $250,000 wedding gift. Roberts vs. Pierce for title.
Roberts badly out of condidtion. Pierce works his body mercilessly. Roberts didn't train, was over confident and lacked stamina. Roberts dropped several times in 4th, right eye is closed and a rib is cracked. In 10 Roberts has a final flurry. split's Pierce's nose. In 11th Murphy saves the Kid from being KO'd by jumping into the ring for a DQ loss.

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Dynamite Jackson's opponents included:


Soldier Martin
HW KO'd in 6 by Dynamite Jackson
Bull Kelly
HW KO'd in 1 by Dynamite Jackson
Tiger Anderson
HW KO'd in 1 by Dynamite Jackson
Young Scavelli
HW KO'd in 1 by Dynamite Jackson
Jim Sewell
HW KO'd in 1 by Dynamite Jackson

Soldier Martin HW 3 Either

Bull Kelly HW 2 Slugger

Tiger Anderson HW 2 Slugger

Young Scavelli HW 2 Boxer

Jim Sewell HW 2 Boxer

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Roberts' opponents include

Knockout Pierce
HW 6' 220 a "Soft" opponent for Jack "killer" Enright and KO's Enright with right at 1:30 of 1st. Tough & mean. Can box for a big man. KO's Gunner Macy in 20 seconds of 3rd. May be a bit of a wild swinger. Booked vs. Roberts. Good defensively. Matched vs. Roberts for title. Roberts badly out of condidtion. Pierce works his body mercilessly. Roberts didn't train, was over confident and lacked stamina. Roberts dropped several times in 4th, right eye is closed and a rib is cracked. In 10 Roberts has a final flurry. split's Pierce's nose. In 11th Murphy saves the Kid from being KO'd by jumping into the ring for a DQ loss. Takes title from Roberts.

Jack "killer" Enright
HW New Orleans 200 lbs A slugger, somewhat clumsy. Dirty scrapper. challenger. Sensational newcomer winning fights quickly. Fought Marty McCabe, a boxer, scheduled 20 winner to get a title fight vs. Roberts.
Early on Enright uses laces on McCabe. McCabe left shuts one of Enright's eyes. Mcabe got confident and came inside working the body well. A tremendous rigth uppercut sags McCabe to his knees and Enright kills him with a rabbit punch to back of neck the ref doesn't see. Opponent in Roberts' first defense. Roberts 12 lbs overweight. Enright takes 1st 3 rounds. 4th Roberts rushes, is hit in head and trades with a stronger puncher.5th tame. 6th Roberts comes out swarming, drops Enigth who bounces back up stunned, dropped for a 4 count and poleaxed again but saved by bell. Roberts out of shape can go 2 more rounds, Enright ko'din 7th. Goes to Buffalo for a "soft" bout vs. nobody Knockout Pierce and is KO'd by a right at 1:30 of 1st.

Young Abel Hamilton
HW outboxes Dynamite Jackson & Knockout Burns. An actor in Cuthbert Van Dyke's film "The Knockout" co-stars as The English Camp. Was an amateur HW champ of the coast for 2 yrs before going into pictures. An intelligent fighter. Never stopped as an amateur. Always in condition. Stinging tw0-fisted puncher, good feinter, moves well. Drops Knockout Burns in workout and outboxes Dynamite Jackson. Serious during fight scene with KId Roberts filmed in West Coast AC. Ties to show up the Kid. Opens a cut over the Kid's eye. Gets KO'd.

The Champ
HW 215 Unnamed in novel, but obviously based on Jack dempsey. Turns down offers to fight Roberts. Has had 1 bout in 2 years. In Hollywood making films: From Dockyards to champion & Up From the Gutter and Halfways Back. Will fight the Kid if he beats Caputo. Signs to fight the Kid after Roberts-Jackson. Title Bout 1st round champ is cut over right eye, but he drops the kid for 5 with a right to jaw and left to body before the bell. 2nd Cahmp comes out to end the bout. 3 shots to head and then he begins to work the body until staggered by an uppercut to the body and a left to mouth. Champ retaliates with a couple of low shots. Kid drops the champ with a rigth to ribs followed by a rigth to the jaw. 9 count. The kid is distracted and clocked in turn by the champ. 3rd. Champ figures to end it but is dropped for 8 by a right and for 9 by another right to chin. Champ beats count but falls swinging and is out.

Henri Gournet
HW 216 lbs. French champ. Fights Kid Roberts in Monte Carlo. A boxer not a slugger. Carries fight at long range, content to outpoint opponents. Foul fighter. Ist late in round Kid sags Gournet's knees with a body shot. Moving in for a finish Gournet's feeble left to the face shocks the kid. oil of mustard on his gloves. 2nd Kid can't see and is floored often. After a ring accident the kid apologizes in French surprising Gournet who is clocked before he can recover.

Gives us:

Knockout Pierce HW 9 Slugger
Jack "killer" Enright HW 5 Slugger
Young Abel Hamilton HW 4 Boxer
Champ Dockyard HW 9 Slugger
Henri Gournet HW 3 Boxer

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More opponents of Roberts:

Bandsman Shayne
HW 6' 214. Champion of the UK. Signs to box Kid Roberts. Uses name Gunner Enright to work as sparring partner with the Kid prior to bout. Better than the Kid's usual sparring partners. Fast, clever, and can hit. Good body puncher, can take it. Round 1 Kid wild Shayne opens gash on cheek with a butt-foul, and drops the kid for 8 woth overhand
right. Kid's left eye closed. 2nd Kid opens with shot to Shayne's jaw. Clinching and shot to shayne's middle. Excahnges after Shayne fakes being hurt. One of Shayne's teeth loosened. 3rd Shayne works on the kid's eye and the kid works on shayne's jaw. When Shayne spits out his tooth he's nailed by a punch that lifted him 3 inches off the floor. KO.

Tiger Caputo
HW New Orleans, very fast and strong. Has a good puch. D10 vs. Kid Roberts. Rematch Caputo-Roberts New Orleans $25,000 purse with 60/40 split proposed. Carney wants a pre-arranged draw to get a 3rd gate. kid doesn't go along. Murphy learns that Carney is planning to kill the lights during the bout so Caputo can Ko the Kid in the 4th. The Kid, upset by the home crowd reaction Ko's Capto in one.

Soldier Gorman
HW Fought Roberts in one of the Kid's 1st 16 bouts. Floored the kid in 1st. 2nd going toe to toe beaks 2 of the Kid's ribs before beiing KO'd.

Big Al Kennedy
HW Seasoned contender, training for bout vs. Young Williams. KO 6 vs. Williams. Has a nasty straight left. Wears opponents down. KO's Willams with right cross. Matched vs. Kid Roberts. 1st Kid bloodies Kennedy's nose, but is hammered by a hard body shot. Right hook to jaw floors the Kid for 8, left to heart after a feint to jaw KO's the Kid. Rematch. 1st Kennedy opens cut under kid's eye and flurries, but Kid recovers and drives him off. Toe to toe and Kennedy dropped for 9 and for 8,
saved by bell. 2nd kid hits kennedy who covers up and knees the KId in groin. Ref to award fight on flagrent foul but kid asks to continue. Kid breaks Kennedy's nose with a shot, and Ko's him with a right cross.

Give us

Bandsman Shayne HW 5 Boxer
Gunner Enright HW 2 Boxer
Tiger Caputo HW 5 Either
Big Al Kennedy HW 6 Slugger
Soldier Gorman HW 3 Slugger

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Other heavies from this novel include:

Paddy "Special Delivery" Kelly
HW Sandusky, OH. 6' 2" 240. Strong lacks boxing skill. Kid offerd $200 for bout if he lasts more than 5 and $400 to win. Kelly get $20 & tickets to sell. Kelly never KO'd & has a nastry right. Works at Acme Boiler Works. Hits like a sledgehammer & a glutton for punishment. Kelly a wild swinger & likes to use his size to roughhouse. Fights Kid at Crescent AC. Kelly tried to use plaster of Paris on hand wraps, stopped by Murphy. Kid drops Kelly 4 times in 1st. In 2d Kid dropped by combo to body. Kid drops Kelly for 6 with uppercut to heart and right cross. Drops him 4 more times, last for 9. 3rd Kid drops him for 9 and sponge tossed in. Punches manager for throwing in sponge. Young Horgan once broke 3 of Kelly's ribs but didn't stop him.

Young Du Fresne
HW claims to be HW Campion of canada. Managed by Lefty Murray who gave him this ring name and "history". He is a New York prelim TC that was known as Set-Up Jim Byrne. 215 lbs. puffed and scarred face. Kid Roberts debut opponent in Sandusky scheduled 12. 1st Kid drops Du Fresne for 9 and twice more. 2nd kid hits him with a hard right but lets him recover, Kid stops using left hook. 3rd Du Fresne rough housespuffs the kids lip & closes his right eye. Also staggers him. Gash under right eye of Kid. Works Kid's body. Rounds 4 & 5 more of the same. Carey sells Kid's contract to Murphy for $100 in 6th round. Kid dropped for 8 count saved by bell. Round 7 after inspiration in corner from Murphy Kid lands a right to middle and follows with a left hook to Ko Du Fresne. Left had been broken on a steam pipe prior to bout.

Owney Griggs
HW Roberts' 3rd opponent. Stopped in 40 seconds of first.

Marty McCabe
HW Seattle, a boxer. Tough contender and persistant challenger to Roberts. Early on Enright uses laces on McCabe. McCabe left shuts one of Enright's eyes. Mcabe got confident and came inside working the body well. A tremendous rigth uppercut sags McCabe to his knees and Enright
kills him with a rabbit punch to back of neck the ref doesn't see.

give Us:
Owney Griggs HW 1 Slugger
Set-Up Jim Byrne HW 1 Slugger
Young Du Fresne HW 2 Slugger
Paddy "Special Delivery" Kelly HW 3 Slugger
Marty McCabe HW 5 Boxer

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Still more heavies from this book.

One Punch Loughlin
HW Contender. Booked vs. Cleveland Bearcat Reed. Supposed to go easy to set up a rematch but is KO'd in 2 by one punch. Goes to England afterward. Leaves Dummy Carney's stable.

Cleveland Bearcat Reed
HW Pre-lim type of fighter. Surprisingly KO's One Punch Loughlin in 2 with one punch. Leaves Murphy afterword. Guaranteed $1000 for bout vs. Loughlin. Reed often down in bouts.

Sailor McGann
HW pork & beaner. In gym altercation Kid Roberts drops Sailor McGann down with a combo.

Rocky Martin
HW pork & beaner. In gym altercation Kid Roberts drops Rocky Martin with staight left.

Young Horgan
HW once broke 3 of "Special Delivery" Kelly's ribs but didn't stop him.

give us

One Punch Loughlin HW 5 Slugger
Cleveland Bearcat Reed Hw 2 Slugger
Rocky Martin HW 1 Slugger
Sailor McGann HW 1 Slugger
Young Horgan HW 2 Slugger

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Still not done with the heavies. We've got:

Battlin' Fate
HW booked for 12 vs. Kid Roberts.

Beansy Mullen
HW pre-lim type. Managed by Joe Murphy.

Young Williams
HW Seasoned contender, training for bout vs. Big Al Kennedy. KO'd in 6 vs. Big Al Kennedy.

Battlin' Thomas
HW tomato can On Kid Roberts' barnstorming tour as an audience plant.

Gunner Macy
HW Ko'd by Knockout Pierce in 20 seconds of 3rd.

Give us:

Battlin' Thomas HW 1 Slugger
Young Williams HW 3 Slugger
Gunner Macy HW 2 Slugger
Battlin' Fate HW 1 Boxer
Beansy Mullen HW 1 Boxer

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Last two heavies from this novel are:

KO Hines
fought Young Evans in New Haven.

Young Evans
fought KO Hines in New Haven. Joe Murphy in his corner.

Give us:


KO Hines HW 1 Slugger
Young Evans Hw 1 Boxer

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We wrap up this novel with some fighters from other weight classes:

"One Round" Johnny Stillwell
LW brother of Joan. Signed by Joe Murphy as a prospect. Drops opponent 3 times in TKO win at Aldine AC for $50. An aggressive, well-built fighting fool. Gets $500 for bout vs. Shifty Mullen. Takes mullen's best shot and still bores in. Ko win at 2:30 of 1st.

Shifty Mullen
LW vs. "One Round" Johnny Stillwell is KO'd at 2;30 of 1st. Stillwell bore in after taking his best shot.

K.O. Krause
WW Touring tanks towns fighting a series vs. Battlin' Lewis. Tough. KO'd in 1 by Lewis in Toledo.

Tin Ear Fagan
Ex-pug, now a trainer for Murphy. Rubber.

Battlin' Lewis
WW Touring tanks towns fighting a series vs. K.O. Krause. KO1 of Krause in Toledo. Managed by Joe Murphy.

Give us:

Tin Ear Fagan BW 2 Boxer
"One Round" Johnny Stillwell LW 8 Slugger
Shifty Mullen LW 3 Either
Battlin' Lewis WW 2 Boxer
K.O. Krause WW 2 Boxer

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From
On My Right
By James E. Kenyon
Thomas Nelson and Sons
London, no date

We have the following boxers:

Jerry Webb (Jerry Miller)
LW b 1919 Home Danehurst, Kent, England. Taught to box as a young boy by grandfather. Automechanic. Stinging jab. 18 when he meets Robertson (1937). Ko'd by each in 8th round of a trial bout. Ko's Ginger Blake in sparring match. Tall for a LW. Good straight left. Pro debut KO 3 Dick Sullivan. Matched vs. Lang for vacant title Purse 500 quid. Webb ill at time of fight but insists on going through with the bout. Webb slow in 1st. Down for 7 count in 2nd recovers and drops Lang late in round, saved by bell. 3rd round Webb boxes well. 4th round Webb tiring. Double knockdown, Webb beats count to win. Lang out for 5 minutes. Webb kidnapped prior to bout with Leach. Gardner offers 700/300 quid split for title fight even though according to his contract. Bout 6/6 in Hunton Stadium. Round one Webb starts fast, Leach boxes defensively. 2nd both go toe to toe. Jerry right eye swelling and Leach's nose hurt. 3rd Round Webb ignores corner and engages in infighting. Leach dropped for 4 count prior to bell. Later in fight Webb eye nearly useless and Leache's nose and mouth battered. In 11th Leach uses 2 butts to stun Webb and drop him for 9, unseen by ref. Webb boxes fdefensively for points and is awarded the decision.

Kid Leach
LW English LW title holder. Deceptive style, fights with hands at his side. Good counter puncher. Clincher. Not a good boxer, but has a big right hand, slugger. Can he hit. KO's Jerry Webb in 8th round of a trial bout after feigning being hurt. Relinquishes title. Sham retirement. Comeback vs Webb for title. Leach, an aging vet is out for a big purse. Gardner offers 700/300 quid split for title fight even though according to his contract. Bout 6/6 in Hunton Stadium. Round one Webb starts fast, Leach boxes defensively. 2nd both go toe to toe. Jerry right eye' swelling and Leach's nose hurt. 3rd Round Webb ignores corner and engages in infighting. Leach dropped for 4 count prior to bell. Later in fight Webb's eye nearly useless and Leaches nose and mouth battered. In 11th Leach uses 2 butts to stun Webb and drop him for 9, unseen by ref. Webb boxes defensively for points and is awarded the decision.

Alec Lang
LW British amateur champ at Lw. Turned pro when Leach relinquished title. Meteoric career. Wants to snag LW belt quickly. Having weight troubles.
Outgrowing the class. Matched vs. Webb for vacant title Purse 500 quid. Webb ill at time of fight but insists on going through with the bout. Webb slow in 1st. Down for 7 count in 2nd recovers and drops Lang late in round, saved by bell. 3rd round Webb boxes well. 4th round Webb tiring.
Double knockdown, Webb beats count to win. Lang out for 5 minutes.

Peter Miller (Peter Webb)
WW English champion. Taught to box by his father. Great jab and footwork. Deseptive power. Won amateur title at 17 and turned pro. As a pro changed name from Webb to Miller. Style boxer. WW I vet. Left service in poor health. Wife aided his recovery and he won the English title. 11/20/20 has bout for world title vs. Politzer. Titlebout vs Miller. lost 1st 4 rounds. Outboxed. Floored Miller with hooks to body that were landed treacherously-no fouls called. 8th round Miller the aggressor and trading. Round 9 Politzer floored by body, chin combo. Down for 9 and saved by the bell. Final round Miller is dropped and falls clear out of
ring hitting head fataly. Trained by Alby Smart.

Steve Politzer
Ww World champ. An American. Slugger, hard pucher, takes shots in exchange for KO shots. Great Endurance. Bore-in style. Titlebout vs Miller. lost 1st 4 rounds. Outboxed. Floored Miller with hooks to body that were landed treacherously-no fouls called. 8th round Miller the aggressor and trading. Round 9 Politzer floored by body, chin combo. Down for 9 and
saved by the bell. Final round Miller is dropped and falls clear out of ring hitting head fataly.

Give us:

Jerry Webb LW 6 Boxer
Kid Leach LW 4 Slugger
Alec Lang LW 3 Boxer
Steve Politzer WW 9 Slugger
Peter Miller WW 6 Boxer

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Oher pro Lightweights in this novel are:

Dick Sullivan
LW opponent in Jerry Webb's debut. Ko'd in 3rd of scheduled 6. Short squat veteran trial horse. Bore in type. Power in each hand. Poor stamina.

Ginger Blake
LW aggressive Cockney slugger. sparring partner for Jerry Webb. Ko'd in sparring match out for 10 minutes. About Webbs age.

Larry Saunders
LW Tall boxer, sparring partner for Jerry Webb. About Webbs age.

Giving Us:

Ginger Blake LW 2 Slugger
Larry Saunders LW 2 Boxer
Dick Sullivan LW 2 Slugger

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Amateur lightweights in this novel are:

Jack Truman
LW Home Danehurst, Kent, England. Boxes in fete--really hopeless fighter--really bad tomato can.

Freddie Marks
LW bully Home Danehurst, Kent, England. boxes in fete.

Alec Black
LW Won public school LW title. Son of Sir Marmion Black. Vane, confident. Loses temper in ring, Fights Webb in fete final. Given a dubious decision win despite being knocked down for 5 count and outboxed. Home Danehurst, Kent, England. Game, takes punishment well.

Gives us:

Jack Truman LW 1 Boxer
Freddie Marks LW 1 Slugger
Alec Black LW 2 Boxer

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Some pros at other weights from this novel:

Tony Kent
FW fights main event 10 on Jerry Webb's debut vs Jack Martin

Jack Martin
FW fights main event 10 on Jerry Webb's debut vs Tony Kent

Alec Robinson
LHW fights main event 10 on Jerry Webb's debut vs Bob O'Connor

Bob O'Connor
LHW fights main event 10 on Jerry Webb's debut vs Alec Robinson

Give us:

Bob O'Connor LHW 1 Boxer
Alec Robinson LHW 1 Slugger
Jack Martin FW 1 Boxer
Tony Kent FW 1 Slugger

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Other fighters in this novel are:

Mat Gardner
Manager of the forum, large stadium south side of the Thames. A promoter, and ex-fighter. Signs Jerry Webb for 10 fights at 300 quid.
Shady character. No weight given.

Cull
ex-fighter involved in Webb kidnaping. No weight given.

Giving us:

Nap Cull Fw 1 Slugger
Mat Gardner Bw 3 Boxer

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The knockout Artist
by Harry Crews
Harper and Row
San Francisco
1988

A quirky, weird novel has the following fighters:

Eugene Talmudge Biggs
MW 159.5 lbs. "The Knockout Artist", "Knocker", "KO". Born Bacon County, Georgia. Home New Orleans, Louisiania. Began pro career at 19. As a pro boxed well, hard to hit, didn't cut, showed a good chin initially. 13 and 0. Managed by Bud Jenkins. Ko'd by Manny Mitchell. Never recovered his chin. Stopped in next three. Dumped by Jenkins. Discovered he had the ability to knock himself out. Became a solo performance artist that fought his alter-ego Phil "Fight and Die" Phillips. Now 23. B 1965. Career 1983-1986

Phil "Fight and Die" Phillips
Biggs alter-ego when performing. Same rating as above with a different name.

Manny "Machine Gun" Mitchel
MW black. one year older than Biggs, when they fought. Heavy handed power puncher. 17-0 with 15 KOs. B 1964

Bobby "Bad and Beautiful" Barfield
Hw B New Orleans. Home Baton Rouge. "B & B" "The Bad Man" Does not cut. Top contender. Title bout vs. Cobra Carnes on schedule. Hardest hitter in the division. Never stopped or off his feet. Has heart. Discovered by Big Joe Rocker, who made his career. Tough, mean, and fearless. Uses Biggs as a sparring partner for speed work. J. Alfred "Oyster Boy" Blasingame wants to buy his contact and have Biggs manage him and Turner train him. Rocker found him on the street with 2 felony arrests. Thomas Radlovich, LHW is working out with him. Barfield is 25 lbs heavier but faster. Wow. Hardest hitter in his division, never, dropped, stoped, or cut, and the speed of a light heavy. Crikey, but I had to really rate him high.

Pistol Pete Turner
MW once ranked 7th, 14 months after fighting Biggs. Slipped badly 6 months later. KO'd Eugene Biggs in his last bout in 5th; out-boxed til then. Became his friend. Agressive in your face fighter. Also Ko'd Marvin Turnhill with a left hook in 3rd. Career end 1987.

Give us:

Eugene Talmudge Biggs MW 1 Boxer
Phil "Fight and Die" Phillips MW 1 Boxer
Pistol Pete Turner MW 3 Slugger
Bobby "Bad and Beautiful" Barfield HW 11 Slugger
Manny "Machine Gun" Mitchel MW 6 Slugger

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Also appearing in this novel are:

Thomas Radlovich
LHW from New York. Training with Barfield. Up and coming light heavy, a few fights away from being ranked. Barfield is 25 lbs heavier but faster.

Big Joe Rocker
HW ex club fighter. No speed, no punch, good strength. 10-10 as a club fighter. Put on 150 lbs. to become a wrestler. Now owns a fight club. Discovered Bobby Barfield on the street with 2 felony arrests and made his career. Tough, mean, and fearless.

Marvin "Little Man" Turnhill
MW KO'd by Peter Turner with a left hook in 3rd.

Cobra Carnes
HW title holder. Has upcoming bout with Bobby "Bad and Beautiful" Barfield.

Budd Jenkins
Short, thick ex-pug with scar tissue. Shipyard worker in Jacksonville who also trains and manages fighters.

Giving us:
Budd Jenkins BW 2 Boxer
Cobra Carnes HW 9 Boxer
Marvin "Little Man" Turnhill MW 2 Either
Big Joe Rocker HW 1 Slugger
Thomas Radlovich LHW 2 Slugger

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Other fighters from this novel conclude with:

Jacques Deverouge
LHW 6'4" Potential to grow to 230. Cajun from Layfayette, Louisiania. Unschooled and awkward but a potential champ. 3 times Louisiana Golden Gloves champ. Big, strong, good left hand and a good right. Fast hands. Has beaten 3 stiffs while in Joe rocker's stable. Contract sold to Biggs and Turner. Turner mismatches him in a bout with Desmond Juker. 19. Born 1969. Career start 1988.

Desmond Juker
CW out of Baton Rouge. 6-0 prospect booked to fight Jacques Deverouge. Two handed banger who trains hard and fights bell to bell. Young and strong. Not much experience as an amateur. Should grow into a heavyweight.

Tuotone
WW ex pug. Never won a title, but came close. owner of the "Cajun Palace" restaurant. B. 1938.

Marcel
ex pug. Black, lobbyman in the Jean Baptiste Lemoyne Arena. Born 1938. Won 15 of 25 pro bouts.

Tater Jordan
Ex pug, tiny toothless black man. Punchy. Outstanding 60 minute cutman.

Giving us:

Tater Jordan BW 2 Boxer
Marcel Baptiste BW 1 slugger
Cookie Tuotone WW 4 Boxer
Desmond Juker CW 3 Slugger
Jacques Deverouge LHW 5 Slugger

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