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Willie Pep
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Willie Pep
by Finny on Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:37 am
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Re: Willie Pep
by Overlord on Sat Apr 11, 2020 12:46 am
I found similarities btw Samart and Willi Pep. I see less of Ali in his footwork.
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Re: Willie Pep
by Taste of Death on Sat Apr 11, 2020 1:32 am
God bless Willie Pep!
"It was already late. Night stood murkily over people, and no one else pronounced words; all that could be heard was a dog barking in some alien village---just as in olden times, as if it existed in a constant eternity." Andrey Platonov
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Re: Willie Pep
by Finny on Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:49 pm
Taste of Death wrote:God bless Willie Pep!
So unfortunate that he's not as well known - he deserves a place right up there with the Robinson and Co's
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Re: Willie Pep
by Taste of Death on Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:56 pm
Finny wrote:Taste of Death wrote:God bless Willie Pep!
So unfortunate that he's not as well known - he deserves a place right up there with the Robinson and Co's
Over 200 fights and hardly anyone could lay a hand on him.
"It was already late. Night stood murkily over people, and no one else pronounced words; all that could be heard was a dog barking in some alien village---just as in olden times, as if it existed in a constant eternity." Andrey Platonov
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Re: Willie Pep
by klonk on Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:35 pm
What impressed me in the video was Willie Pep's control of risk. He was enough in command of his craft to engage and disengage at his choosing--most of the time. He got tagged with some stout ones!
His first pro fight was in 1940. His last was in 1966. That in itself is very impressive.
Edit: Not sure how, but I got the wrong link in my post. Here's what I meant to post, Pep's record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pe ... ing_record
His first pro fight was in 1940. His last was in 1966. That in itself is very impressive.
Edit: Not sure how, but I got the wrong link in my post. Here's what I meant to post, Pep's record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pe ... ing_record
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Re: Willie Pep
by shawnsegler on Sat Apr 18, 2020 3:39 am
Always loved him. His footwork was a thing of pure beauty.
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Re: Willie Pep
by Finny on Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:59 pm
shawnsegler wrote:Always loved him. His footwork was a thing of pure beauty.
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Yeah the 'cos it's been too long' was a reference to the last thread here a few years back, which was yours.
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