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Re: Boxing
artie505 #58614 05/01/21 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by freelance
I'm a non-thinking, gen pop sort of guy, so why have I never heard of Jake Paul until now?
Originally Posted by artie505
You've apparently managed to either avoid frequenting websites that pop up links to bizarre characters like Jake Paul…
I’m with freelance on this one. I wouldn’t know Jake Paul if he came running out of an alley and bit my leg.


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Re: Boxing
artie505 #58615 05/01/21 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by freelance
Back in the good ole days when you could switch on the black and white telly and watch a championship bout for free
Originally Posted by artie505
The Friday night fights brought to you by Gillette Blue Blades "...for the cleanest, closest shave of all."
I also remember watching them with my Dad and, if my memory serves, there was a smiling animated parrot who carried a placard announcing the round numbers.


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Re: Boxing
ryck #58616 05/01/21 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ryck
Originally Posted by freelance
Back in the good ole days when you could switch on the black and white telly and watch a championship bout for free
Originally Posted by artie505
The Friday night fights brought to you by Gillette Blue Blades "...for the cleanest, closest shave of all."
I also remember watching them with my Dad and, if my memory serves, there was a smiling animated parrot who carried a placard announcing the round numbers.
Yup! Good memory. smile


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Re: Boxing
ryck #58617 05/01/21 04:15 PM
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If memory serves, the fights in Las Vegas in the 60's and 70's had much better round numbers...


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Re: Boxing
freelance #58619 05/03/21 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by freelance
If memory serves, the fights in Las Vegas in the 60's and 70's had much better round numbers...
Those "birds" had much better legs than the parrot! grin


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Re: Boxing
artie505 #58620 05/03/21 07:11 PM
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Ha! Not so many feathers, though.


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