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T-Greg · 07-12-2006, 03:32 PM

What does everyone think of a 60 year old Sylvester Stallone getting back in the ring in an attempt to win back the title? Too far-fetched to be believable? I'll admit, he's in great shape for his age, and the Rocky character will appear to be younger than Stallone's real age (I assume), but is this being taken too far? Maybe one day they'll be a Rocky XV with him in a wheelchair trying to kick butt!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479143/

down2ozz · 07-12-2006, 03:41 PM

its a shame that he is ruining such a great character and movie series. he hurt it enough with rocky V.

Lamont · 07-12-2006, 04:17 PM

that this one will have a more classy ending and put an end to the saga in style

ROCKY 5 was dreadful

T-Greg · 07-12-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

that this one will have a more classy ending and put an end to the saga in style

ROCKY 5 was dreadful

I agree. It was pretty bad, but somehow you have to go see it anyway, even if you think it's going to be lame! Last I heard, Tommy Morrison was trying to make a comeback. I think he had been reinstated in Vegas after being banned due to his HIV status a number of years ago.

http://www.tommymorrison.net/

Anthony33 · 07-12-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by T-Greg

I agree. It was pretty bad, but somehow you have to go see it anyway, even if you think it's going to be lame! Last I heard, Tommy Morrison was trying to make a comeback. I think he had been reinstated in Vegas after being banned due to his HIV status a number of years ago.

http://www.tommymorrison.net/

Yeah I remember watching some Morrison fights on HBO. He was strong, but a bit slow and didn't have very good defense, got hit a lot. His biggest win was probably by decision against George Forman and biggest loss was probably when Ray Mercer beat his ass on pay per view.

Lamont · 07-12-2006, 10:21 PM

Morrison = big, goofy white guy!

Anthony33 · 07-12-2006, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

Morrison = big, goofy white guy!

Yeah him and Gerry Cooney. If you guys have ever seen the movie The Great White Hype, there's a scene where the guys are watching Morrison get knocked out by Mercer on video.

Lamont · 07-12-2006, 10:32 PM

we used to call COONEY the great white Dope!

Anthony33 · 07-12-2006, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

we used to call COONEY the great white Dope!

Yeah his career pretty much ended after he got beat down by Larry Holmes. Then losing to Foreman didn't help either.

T-Greg · 07-13-2006, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

we used to call COONEY the great white Dope!

His career was about as illustrious as that of Buster Douglas. I wouldn't be surprised if today he is washing dishes in a restaurant somewhere.

Lamont · 07-13-2006, 09:07 AM

At least Douglas
had that one, glorious, spectacular lucky punch!

lilhave · 07-13-2006, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont

we used to call COONEY the great white Dope!

I go back a long time in boxing and Cooney had one of the great left hooks in the game. When he landed it, the fight was over. Slow and methodical but a wicked puncher. No matter how late in the fight he always had a "punchers chance" Watched him grow in the Golden Gloves from a raw amateur to a top heavyweight. Turned into a alcoholic and that ruined his career. Thought he had a good manager with Rapperport who gave him "tomato cans" at the beginning. Comes from right here in Long Island

Harvey

lilhave · 07-13-2006, 09:49 AM

To show you how far back in boxing I go, boxing at one time in N.Y., like wrestling was on almost every night of the week. One night from Eastern Parkway arena, one night from Sunnyside Garden, one night from St. Nick's arena, and wednesday was national, brought to you Mennen and announcer Jack Drees. I can remember him saying "your wednesday nights are on the air" The big night was friday fights from Madison Sqaure Garden brought to you by Gillete Blue Blades for the sharpest shave of all. "To be sharp and be on the ball, use Gillete Blue Blades" Jimmy Powers of the Daily News did the reporting. Had the best fighters of the time featured. Bad at the spelling but saw Nino Valdes, Bob Satterfield, Tommy "hurricane" Jackson, Joey Giardello, Robinson, Bobo Olsen etc. My favorite was "Irish" Bob Murphy. Had aout 60 fights won 30 by knockout and lost 30 by knockout. What a glass chin but he could hit. My favorite fights and they were both televised was when Robinson with a perfectly timed left hook knocked out Gene Fullmer. First time fullmer ever went down, and the Archie Moore, Yvon Durelle bout. Can't believe aged Morre, late came back to beat the young, powerful Canadian.

Now my thrills is watching Lamont posting his latest.

Harvey

Michael Randazzo · 07-13-2006, 05:00 PM

There is some spoof movie out there, when you watch it, there is a poster in the back ground that has an old bald man on it, in a boxing outfit with gloves on and it say's Rocky 39.

That poster might be on to something. God Bless

Michael

Anthony33 · 07-16-2006, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by lilhave

To show you how far back in boxing I go, boxing at one time in N.Y., like wrestling was on almost every night of the week. One night from Eastern Parkway arena, one night from Sunnyside Garden, one night from St. Nick's arena, and wednesday was national, brought to you Mennen and announcer Jack Drees. I can remember him saying "your wednesday nights are on the air" The big night was friday fights from Madison Sqaure Garden brought to you by Gillete Blue Blades for the sharpest shave of all. "To be sharp and be on the ball, use Gillete Blue Blades" Jimmy Powers of the Daily News did the reporting. Had the best fighters of the time featured. Bad at the spelling but saw Nino Valdes, Bob Satterfield, Tommy "hurricane" Jackson, Joey Giardello, Robinson, Bobo Olsen etc. My favorite was "Irish" Bob Murphy. Had aout 60 fights won 30 by knockout and lost 30 by knockout. What a glass chin but he could hit. My favorite fights and they were both televised was when Robinson with a perfectly timed left hook knocked out Gene Fullmer. First time fullmer ever went down, and the Archie Moore, Yvon Durelle bout. Can't believe aged Morre, late came back to beat the young, powerful Canadian.

Now my thrills is watching Lamont posting his latest.

Harvey

What about Jersey Joe Walcott or Rocky Marciano? Ever see them on TV when you were growing up? From the footage I've seen, I'd say Rocky Marciano is my favorite. His career didn't last as long as most other heavyweights, but he finished at 49-0 and was one of like 3 or 4 guys to still be heavyweight champ when he retired. Joe Louis and Lennox Lewis were 2 others, there might be another I'm forgetting. In fact, that's why Marciano had to fight Louis before getting a shot at the title, because Louis was still heavyweight champ when he retired, so when he tried to make a comeback, he was ranked as the number one contender. Even as old as he was, Louis gave him a heck of a fight in the early rounds, but Marciano was too strong, well conditioned and tenacious. He's the only guy I've ever watched them never seemed to stop throwing punches. I have one of those HBO Boxing's Best tapes that shows some Marciano fights. I have the Jack Dempsey one somewhere too, that guy was tough as well. Rocky Marciano's other big fights were when he beat Walcott for the heavyweight title in 13 rounds, then knocked him out again in the rematch, his 2 wins by decision over Ezzard Charles, his close decision win over Roland Lastarza and then when he knocked out Lastarza in their rematch and his last fight, when he knocked out Archie Moore.

I grew up in the '80s and '90s so the best fighters I saw growing up were Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and probably Oscar De La Hoya and Tyson early in his career. I've seen an ad somewhere for this DVD set of the best of a boxing series that used to air on USA called Tuesday Night Fights, I'm probably gonna get that, because it's supposed to be all knockouts. I can't get into boxing much anymore today because there's nobody really dominant, especially among the heavyweights. More often now, I'll watch the mixed martial arts on the UFC DVDs or UFC Unleashed on Spike TV, because most fights there end in a knockout or tap out. The scoring is kind of interesting to me, because it seems to combine both kickboxing and wrestling scoring, so not just punches or kicks landed, but also stuff like takedowns and top control. Chuck Lidell I like watching the most these days, I think he's welterweight champ now. I saw a fight where he escaped a choke, got to his feet and clamped on a choke hold of his own to get the tap out. Plus even when there is a good boxer, they never seem to fight anyone that good or challenging for them. Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins are examples of that IMO. What do you guys think?

07-12-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
T-Greg Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 17, 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,711	Rocky VI aka Rocky Balboa.... What does everyone think of a 60 year old Sylvester Stallone getting back in the ring in an attempt to win back the title? Too far-fetched to be believable? I'll admit, he's in great shape for his age, and the Rocky character will appear to be younger than Stallone's real age (I assume), but is this being taken too far? Maybe one day they'll be a Rocky XV with him in a wheelchair trying to kick butt! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479143/

07-12-2006, 04:17 PM	#3
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	i hope that this one will have a more classy ending and put an end to the saga in style ROCKY 5 was dreadful
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07-12-2006, 10:21 PM	#6
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	,,,, Morrison = big, goofy white guy!

07-12-2006, 10:32 PM	#8
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	... we used to call COONEY the great white Dope!

07-13-2006, 09:07 AM	#11
Lamont Lamont says Smile! Forum Veteran Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Posts: 5,217	AT LEAST--- At least Douglas had that one, glorious, spectacular lucky punch!

07-12-2006, 03:41 PM	#2
down2ozz Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 05, 2005 Location: cincinnati, ohio Posts: 168	its a shame that he is ruining such a great character and movie series. he hurt it enough with rocky V.

07-13-2006, 09:49 AM	#13
lilhave Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 03, 2004 Location: N.Y.C. Posts: 2,294	To show you how far back in boxing I go, boxing at one time in N.Y., like wrestling was on almost every night of the week. One night from Eastern Parkway arena, one night from Sunnyside Garden, one night from St. Nick's arena, and wednesday was national, brought to you Mennen and announcer Jack Drees. I can remember him saying "your wednesday nights are on the air" The big night was friday fights from Madison Sqaure Garden brought to you by Gillete Blue Blades for the sharpest shave of all. "To be sharp and be on the ball, use Gillete Blue Blades" Jimmy Powers of the Daily News did the reporting. Had the best fighters of the time featured. Bad at the spelling but saw Nino Valdes, Bob Satterfield, Tommy "hurricane" Jackson, Joey Giardello, Robinson, Bobo Olsen etc. My favorite was "Irish" Bob Murphy. Had aout 60 fights won 30 by knockout and lost 30 by knockout. What a glass chin but he could hit. My favorite fights and they were both televised was when Robinson with a perfectly timed left hook knocked out Gene Fullmer. First time fullmer ever went down, and the Archie Moore, Yvon Durelle bout. Can't believe aged Morre, late came back to beat the young, powerful Canadian. Now my thrills is watching Lamont posting his latest. Harvey

07-13-2006, 05:00 PM	#14
Michael Randazzo Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 14, 2005 Posts: 236	Rocky 6 There is some spoof movie out there, when you watch it, there is a poster in the back ground that has an old bald man on it, in a boxing outfit with gloves on and it say's Rocky 39. That poster might be on to something. God Bless Michael