Biggest gangsta in boxing

[Bucktown Beast]

Alot of Nicky Scarfo's crew in Philly the enforcers anyway were former pros.

U from Philly? I lived there for 3 years. I remember when I was out there they busted Joey Merlino...never heard of him til that day, but I guess he was somewhat of a John Gotti of Philly.

[aljon]

I don't know about gangsta, but the one of the most feared was definately Lewis...

[kayjay]

U from Philly? I lived there for 3 years. I remember when I was out there they busted Joey Merlino...never heard of him til that day, but I guess he was somewhat of a John Gotti of Philly.

Scrappy, you must not have read the Daily News while you lived there. Skinny Joe was on the front page several times per week. He was like a soap star. The North Philly drug dealer would constantly try to hit him, but they couldn't touch him. He would fall out with this or that other South Philly oldtimer. I used to love it.

[Bucktown Beast]

Scrappy, you must not have read the Daily News while you lived there. Skinny Joe was on the front page several times per week. He was like a soap star. The North Philly drug dealer would constantly try to hit him, but they couldn't touch him. He would fall out with this or that other South Philly oldtimer. I used to love it.

You from Illadelph? North Philly is actually where I lived for those 3 years...But I did read the newspapers and thats when I first took note of him. I think he was on trial at one point and was on tv and in the papers all the time. Then one day they had like a 3 page spread on him detailing his entire crime career. It was like a timeline of all his events he was involved in, **** was like a sick gangster flic!

[brownpimp88]

Did sonny liston ever duck an opponent? Cuz he was a scary mother****er.

[butterfly1964]

Did sonny liston ever duck an opponent? Cuz he was a scary mother****er.

Nope. The bear ducked nobody. He totally cleaned house.

[CletusVanDamme]

Nope. The bear ducked nobody. He totally cleaned house.

Liston was a badass. Old guys have told me when he lost to Clay people were stunned because they thought he was invinceable. People thought he threw the first fight at the time.

[Jim_Davis]

Shut up you poofters Reggie Kray owns all these ***s.

Oh yeah and Audley.

[kayjay]

You from Illadelph? North Philly is actually where I lived for those 3 years...But I did read the newspapers and thats when I first took note of him. I think he was on trial at one point and was on tv and in the papers all the time. Then one day they had like a 3 page spread on him detailing his entire crime career. It was like a timeline of all his events he was involved in, **** was like a sick gangster flic!

I lived way up in NE Philly until I was 17. I think Joey's trial was then end of line as far as gang publicity there went.

[kayjay]

Yes, Langford was bigger than Duran. Langford was very thick and could go up and down in weight.

Just look at opening of this video, he looks "filled out" in the begining.

I don't understand how people can watch these videos and compare the fighters to modern ones. I know I sound like dino, but the footwork is terrible, there is no defenses, punches are telegraphed, etc. So it seems to this very humble observer.