You are right, I'm an old fighter from Queensland Australia. I fought as an amateur in the late sixties & fought as professional in the early seventies. Had my last pro fight in 1982. So I can see exactly what you are talking about. I've seen the boxing game degenerate to this pitiful display of the manly art of self defence that. We have now. I always talk about all the points you highlight, including glove size. I fought with those little tightly packed gloves. Man when you were hit with those things you were hit. Here in Australia they were packed with horse hair & they were hard. Especially those JFM Gloves down in Melbourne. And you were 100% right in saying those old blokes never worked anywhere else. Boxing was their job. They trained all day everyday. My brother-in-law's father was an old time boxer he used to talk about fighting 15 round preliminary fights. He said from the early 20th centry right up into the 20's & 30's here in Australia if you really wanted to learn to fight you joined a boxing camp & these camps were all over Australia. Way out in the country, the bush we call it here. There you trained all day. Got up in the morning, 10 miles roadwork, have breakfast, take an axe & chop timber till lunch, nap afterwards. Then get up work the bags, spar, skip, drill. Wash up, have dinne, tea it was called back then. Go to bed early, get up again & do it all again. So these places were situated why out in the bush away from the temptations of town & city. They were always a good day's horse ride to town. So it's good to hear you because I've been saying the self same thing for years, & nobody wants to listen. Great to find someone who thinks the same as me.
Man, I love your no nonsense perspective on boxing history. You do a great job at looking at the past through a modern point of view, something the world of boxing sorely lacks. Keep it up, subbed.
Barbados Joe Walcott is the type of fighter that everyone should inspire to be who gets into the sweet science. You hear fanboys today make excuses for their favorite fighters not fighting a guy because he is "too big" fighting ten pounds heavier, and here was a guy fighting people over a foot taller and sometimes sixty or more pounds heavier. Five foot one? Damn, that's Danny DeVito's height, LOL. That's crazy.
There are excuses a little for small dudes shall not fighting the big ones,skill wise if bith if them are equal the big dude got the higher ground,and style wise george foreman grills the short guys,just like in the sunshine showdown.
The Real Joe Walcott was a phenom. A 5'1" welterweight knocking out heavyweights. Barbados Joe CREATED the jab. Jack Dempsey ranked Barbados Joe in his All Time Top Ten P4P. And, Joe was born in Guyana, but raised in Barbados.
What I can say about the fighters from the late 1800's and early 1900's is that they didn't care about weight divisions, the gloves they fought in were smaller than the gloves we have now in the modern day ear because that's when western boxing first evolved bare knuckle fighting which was mainly popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Western boxing was owned by the Mafia, so fighters were sometimes required to drop fights in order to get a shot at the title, the boxers from that time period fought any and everybody, were less entitled to talk 💩, and the rounds were longer. The problem with boxing in that era is that there still was corruption, fights were sometimes rigged, racism prevented some fighters from getting a shot at world championships. Barbados Joe Walcott was undoubtedly the greatest fighters of all time, and one of the most criminally underrated fighters because he was 5'1, held the welterweight champion for 4 years, and after he lost the championship due to a controversial disqualification, and when no one else wanted to fight him in the welterweight division, he went on to fight people way bigger than him who were in the heavyweight division. One guy that I know that did something similar to that in the modern era was James "lights out" Toney who went from a cruiserweight, to a lightweight, to a middleweight, to a light heavyweight, and a heavyweight.
Thanks for breathing life into this legendary champion. Im not sure if you came across this in your research but I found an article on the life of Jack Johnson with many interviews of him. He was asked if Jeffries was the hardest puncher he ever fought. this was his response. "Jeffries No. 1? No, sir. Give me Joe Choynski anytime. I faced both and should know. Jefferies had a powerful wallop, but Choynski had a paralyzing punch. His left hand was a corker. He was the hardest puncher in the last 50 years, with Joe Walcott a close second. I think his left hook was even more effective than either Dempseys" -Jack Johnson. I had always heard of Choyinsvki's incredible power so this didn't surprise me but the part at the end made me think to myself "Wait, Joe Walcott?? He's a welterweight and they never fought. How would he know how hard he punched? I researched Johnson's life and found this. "After returning home for a short period of time, Johnson once again left at the age of 16, this time heading for Manhattan. While in Manhattan, Jack found living arrangements with Joe Walcott, a welterweight fighter from the West Indies.[10] Once again Johnson found work exercising horses for the local stable, until he was fired for exhausting a horse. Soon finding employment as a janitor for a gym owned by German born heavyweight fighter, Herman Berneau, Johnson eventually put away enough for two pairs of boxing gloves, sparring every chance he got.[11] Throughout his time in Manhattan, living with Walcott and working for Berneau, Johnson began to develop his unique style of fighting which would make him famous." Walcott had befriended , lived with and sparred with Johnson for years while Johnson was in his late teens. He describes Walcott as the second hardest puncher he had ever been in he ring with and one of the greatest fighters ever. This coming from the man who some consider the greatest heavyweight champion of all time , speaking about a welterweight who was 5'1". I can't find the article for a direct quote on this but I assure you it exists. Nat Fliescher the creator and editor of Ring magazine ranks Walcott as the #1 welterweight in history. Thanks for the video. I have a request if you do another video like this. I am obsessed with two other fighters from this era. Stanley Ketchel and of course Joe Choynski. I love punchers and why not do a video on the man who is considered the hardest puncher of that era and pound for pound arguably the hardest puncher ever. Or Ketchel who accomplished more in 4 years than most fighters do in 15 and is also considered the hardest puncher in middleweight history. Or Young Griffo. I look forward to your next video.
and todays fans talk about a jr middle being to big for a welter......i wonder how those welters would do in a fight against a heavy the day after they fought two fighters in a row....Walcott's era is the key that sums up all the bullshit that is coming out of this era...i just cant compare the guys from today because the times are so different
Very tough Black fighter.....indeed. I learned something today still checking him out......very tough strong little man. He was basically a welter at a certain point in his career and could not return to lightweight anymore. He is the one who coined the phrase "The Bigger they are the harder they fall." He had a serious punch and he was built like a tank. He was more about force and power and that brother could take a punch but Langford who was small himself was able to outbox him. Interesting research my man. Langford himself was quite a beast. Back then was a little more wild......the referee scored the fight how he felt the fans could just storm the ring and cause ruckus and the police could just mess with the fighters......real primitive times.....it was crazy how a black fighter could lose a fight because he was winning....lol! Some crazy times! They went 20 rounds and stuff like that...if he didn't shoot himself in his hand as it is alleged he would have been a terror. Nowadays the sport is much much different....but clearly the science of the sport has improved......if Langford could out box him it means the know how of some of the fighters was not to the point where they knew how to work around controlling him and his power but he reminds me of a Pacquiao. In fact he reminds of an Armstrong too.........they all seem to have used blood doping to maintain that high rate of endurance, speed voracity and strength.......I take that back......
Ok let's get things into perspective here. Walcott''s record is 95-25-24. 33 of his opponents had never fought before - they were making their debut when Walcott fought them. 18 of his opponents had fought less than 5 times or less when Walcott fought them. It wasn't until his 37th fight that he faced an opponent who had a winning record (i.e., who had won more fights than he had lost or drawn) So what about the guys that he fought that we know were good fighters.? He lost both his fights to lightweight Kid Lavigne. He drew with lightweight champ Joe Gans (the ref scored it 7 rds to Gans 5rds to Walcott) He had a mixed record against Young Peter Jackson (wins, losses and draws) He drew against a young inexperienced Sam Langford (Most at ringside gave it to Langford) He had a loss and a draw against Philadelphia Jack O'Brian (who was well under 160 lbs at this point in his career) Unfortunately we don't have any film of Walcott''s fights. But if we go off his record it's maybe just about possible to have him in the top 10 welterweights of all time. But there's no case for having him in the top 5.
I admired Jersey Joe Walcott and always wondered who his inspiration, the Barbados Devil, the original Joe Walcott was. You answered a lot of questions, my sincere thanks!
Thanks for the vid sir. Fighters today won't even fight guys in their own weight class smh it's a damn shame. .Ladies & Gentlemen welcome to the al "PUPPET MASTER" haymond ERA!
I like how u reflected on the past to now to give u perspective Barbados is prime example. Great video learned a lot and made me think of a lot of things
@@BloodBoxing totally agree with you man, I bet they wouldn't be claiming they were better than these guys if these guys were standing right in front of them,great video
Excellent video bloodboxing this is what needed here in the YTBC so these young guys elivate there mind beyond the current events that are takeing place right now in the sport .keep up the good work and keep your versatility from the old to the new and open there eyes they eventually get it
thanks for watching bro....this guy fought several fights after he became champ but wasnt getting credit for defenses because all the opponents were in a different weight class
Great research Blood, can always learn something with your vids....The classic old time fighters were sooo much tougher. Today’s fighters can be very good but only a few would have survived back then. Excellent vid....
Barbados Joe Walcott fought Sam Langford and Joe Louis' trainer Jack Blackburn. He often fought way out of the welterweight division just to make a living. He fought heavyweights, middleweights, and light-heavyweights.
his brother belfield was a decent boxer his darn self. he beat billy hill. he drew with danny duane and mike the twin sullivanhe fought langford, honey mellody and dave holly.
Good video Blood on the original Joe Walcott. When I started reading boxing book at 13 and a half, I thought there was one Joe Walcott with Jersey Joe until there was another Joe Walcott whom Arnold Cream named after as Jersey Joe Walcott. What I read from the book that Barbados Joe Walcott was killed in a automobile accident in 1935. Walcott was smaller compare to Pacquiao, but you're right he destroy bigger men in his time and that's how great champion suppose to do in his prime. Can you make a video about the YTBC failed to mention other great welterweight champions like Ted "Kid" Lewis, Jack Britton, Kid Gavilan (they mentioned earlier, but failed to rank him) and Wilfred Benitez? Those guys I mentioned were also tough back then.
Great Job Blood Boxing. if my Dad were still with use, he would been very impressed with your research and presentation of old school boxing. I would love to have a conversation with you as I have my dad's collection of books like black dynamite, sun downers.(history of the black fights).
This mans life and the all of the events around it should be a television series much like shows like Boardwalk Empire except it be more fictional. A black filmmaker is needed so it would be centered around his life and not the some white fighter.
I have been saying this for years! This man beat guys a foot taller and much bigger than himself! He is easily top five. nat Fleischer, the founder of Ring magazine stated that Walcott was the greatest welterweight he ever saw, bar none, and I tend to agree with him on this. None of these welterweights of recent times - Floyd Mayweather,Manny Pacquiao, SRL, Robinson, etc. would ever come close to taking on the competition Walcott took on. If you're 5 foot 1, 140 pounds and HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD DON'T WANT TO FIGHT YOU, YOU'RE PHENOMENAL. Thanks Blood!
John l Sullivan started that color bullshitary line with black fighters , Peter Jackson like i said if not tom molineux should of been our first champion. I learn more about Walcott resume when I studied all of langfords opponents. I was like damn this is crazy win some lose some. But I'm glad you did this vid at blood.
Good content great content them old school fighters were tough as nails and deserve way more credit Greatness translates and these guys would’ve been great in any era
This video is fascinating. Blood, thank you for all of you contributions of spreading knowledge about the sport. It really puts things into perspective. Barbados Joe Walcott.. I can't believe he was fighting guys so much bigger, that is just nuts. Sounds like he is most feared welterweight of all time.
Great video. I learned a lot. “The bigger they are the harder they fall huh.” I definitely agree that boxing is less of a true sport today and more boxing entertainment
Greb fought under much different conditions...those guys are on a whole different level....i have been looking into the Pittsburgh Windmill and I have a vid coming out where I will be mentioning this guy
Just an update on this, after watching it I searched for more info on why he left his job at Madison square garden and went to Ohio. According to a couple of quite recent articles he went there with a man or to meet this guy, it isn't too clear but apparently this guy was interested in collaborating with Walcott to make a film about his life or cast him in films, again it's not clear exactly what he wanted but the guy was involved in films
Blood great video, Also they had no drug testing, back in those days fighters were taking shit and putting shit in their gloves, yet they still fought them, they were Gunslingers, the boxers of those days were fighting in an era where they still had the wild wild west or the wild west was barely becoming civilized so these fighters had the Gunslinger mentality they sought out the best, they had the Machismo that men are supposed to have, they would go to town to town and say hey I got a guy here who can beat your best guy, and they would make the fight, no 8 week camp, no video tape, nothing, they had no internet, all they heard was tales about how this fighter was a bad boy, so these were REAL fighters, they went in with no fear and no knowledge they went in with guys who they had no clue stylistically about, and had to adapt on the fly.
those are more reasons why I just can't compare the fighters today to the fighters of that era.....we REALLY got the best too because there was other distractions....not many other sports either...todays baddest fighters are probably on the football field, basketball court, incarcerated or maybe something else took their interest.....maybe todays best fighter never been tested like the men from that era...the point i am trying to make is that in that era it was easier to find who the best fighters were..if we lived by the same standards today i am not sure if even one of these champs of today would even be significant
He’s THEE MOST UNDERRATED UNDER APPRECIATED LEGENDARY fighter I read is bio last year I couldent beleive it! This man was GREATNESS he a woman once said when she saw him and fight he looked like a Hercules sawed in half with his upper body being chizzled muscle and small legs he would jump to land punches !! Fuckin up heavyweights thank you bro for giving him his shine
Yeah man he was a little hell hehe i also saw in some comment section that people used to call him hercules for his muscled and strong as nails body and claim that he had the best body in that time
Great video brother keep up good work I'm Mexican but I love boxing that's y get mad at ignorant people saying Floyd is the best of all rimes cause he never lost bahahahaha
I've watched this several times. I'm fascinated by him and there's not a lot out there about him. It would make for a great documentary. I'm with you on today's game being piss poor. Man , Tommy Warren shot and killed a black porter, he only did seven years. He was out by 1898,;shocking! Speaking of throwbacks... ruclips.net/video/G_aJ206wvH0/видео.html
I like your attitude,very sincere and fully caffeinated.LOL Yea man I gotta agree,everyone of these old school dudes were straight up dogs.And in many cases if you put on a poor showing you might not even get paid or get blacklisted as not being game enough as the phrase of the time goes.Those guys in their time really had to know their craft.Research Jack Dempsey,although I really am a big fan of the 'Manassa Mauler' I heard he avoided black fighters.Not so much by choice but because of the politics involved.IDK.I heard and have read that Jack Johnson claimed he could have had his way with Dempsey even in Dempsey's prime so ..
extremely good vid!!! i enjoyed it. kinda strange that 140 pounders getting wins vs heavyweights, boxing probably evolved as that isnt possible anymore. In mma Royce gracie 170 pounds also owned all weightclasses at some time, but as MMA evolved those type of things are impossible now. the fighters and their techniques have evolved in MMA so much that the heavyweights know how to deal with certain techniques about as good as the lighter weights. this boxer did have balls fighting heavier boxers, but i think evolution is the main reason.140 pounders arent beating heavyweights anymore. im a layman regarding boxing history, just my assumption on the matter. All in all good stuff :-)
True, I saw Prince Naseems featherweight sparring partner knockout 2 guys who weighed at least 220lbs each in a street fight, an unskilled will always lose to a skilled fighter, regardless of size.
don't misconstrue the sweet science. everything gets updated. We should be glad we live in the now. they didn't make any money and or got robbed for their purses. now we do have tv internet and local news. thank GOD. Now is now then was then. time to get modernized. Jersey Joe is 1 of my favorites and I know he took the name of Barbados Joe so obviously Barbados was good. However we move on with the time and that's what it is.
i appreciate your intensity man lol! there's only one joe walcott in my book. in like the last 10 years he got known as barbados joe walcott because of wikipedia. but make no mistake. there's one real joe walcott. arnold cream's ring name was jersey joe, and he's a legend. but the real joe walcott was a different deal! look at the interview of walcott when he's old and retired. he said he would have ko'ed gentleman jim but he wouldn't fight him. i believe him!
You are right, I'm an old fighter from Queensland Australia. I fought as an amateur in the late sixties & fought as professional in the early seventies. Had my last pro fight in 1982. So I can see exactly what you are talking about. I've seen the boxing game degenerate to this pitiful display of the manly art of self defence that. We have now. I always talk about all the points you highlight, including glove size. I fought with those little tightly packed gloves. Man when you were hit with those things you were hit. Here in Australia they were packed with horse hair & they were hard. Especially those JFM Gloves down in Melbourne. And you were 100% right in saying those old blokes never worked anywhere else. Boxing was their job. They trained all day everyday. My brother-in-law's father was an old time boxer he used to talk about fighting 15 round preliminary fights. He said from the early 20th centry right up into the 20's & 30's here in Australia if you really wanted to learn to fight you joined a boxing camp & these camps were all over Australia. Way out in the country, the bush we call it here. There you trained all day. Got up in the morning, 10 miles roadwork, have breakfast, take an axe & chop timber till lunch, nap afterwards. Then get up work the bags, spar, skip, drill. Wash up, have dinne, tea it was called back then. Go to bed early, get up again & do it all again. So these places were situated why out in the bush away from the temptations of town & city. They were always a good day's horse ride to town. So it's good to hear you because I've been saying the self same thing for years, & nobody wants to listen. Great to find someone who thinks the same as me.
Wow... just wow.... the discipline was unimaginable wow... salutes from mexico sir!
Oh man I've been missing out on some great content from this channel. New Sub!!
i love your vids too bro
U right bro. I'm new as well
Great work, Blood.
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Man, I love your no nonsense perspective on boxing history. You do a great job at looking at the past through a modern point of view, something the world of boxing sorely lacks. Keep it up, subbed.
Barbados Joe Walcott is the type of fighter that everyone should inspire to be who gets into the sweet science. You hear fanboys today make excuses for their favorite fighters not fighting a guy because he is "too big" fighting ten pounds heavier, and here was a guy fighting people over a foot taller and sometimes sixty or more pounds heavier. Five foot one? Damn, that's Danny DeVito's height, LOL. That's crazy.
I had to lose 3lbs. 🤣
There are excuses a little for small dudes shall not fighting the big ones,skill wise if bith if them are equal the big dude got the higher ground,and style wise george foreman grills the short guys,just like in the sunshine showdown.
The Real Joe Walcott was a phenom. A 5'1" welterweight knocking out heavyweights. Barbados Joe CREATED the jab. Jack Dempsey ranked Barbados Joe in his All Time Top Ten P4P. And, Joe was born in Guyana, but raised in Barbados.
What I can say about the fighters from the late 1800's and early 1900's is that they didn't care about weight divisions, the gloves they fought in were smaller than the gloves we have now in the modern day ear because that's when western boxing first evolved bare knuckle fighting which was mainly popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Western boxing was owned by the Mafia, so fighters were sometimes required to drop fights in order to get a shot at the title, the boxers from that time period fought any and everybody, were less entitled to talk 💩, and the rounds were longer. The problem with boxing in that era is that there still was corruption, fights were sometimes rigged, racism prevented some fighters from getting a shot at world championships. Barbados Joe Walcott was undoubtedly the greatest fighters of all time, and one of the most criminally underrated fighters because he was 5'1, held the welterweight champion for 4 years, and after he lost the championship due to a controversial disqualification, and when no one else wanted to fight him in the welterweight division, he went on to fight people way bigger than him who were in the heavyweight division. One guy that I know that did something similar to that in the modern era was James "lights out" Toney who went from a cruiserweight, to a lightweight, to a middleweight, to a light heavyweight, and a heavyweight.
Respect For Walcott, Henry Armstrong, Jack Johnson & All The Black Boxers From The Past That Became Champions Against All Odds! 👊💥💫🌟
We did a p4p beef vid for cigar. You're saying so much of the same stuff we're not even gonna upload it. Crazy! This is a Great vid
Thank's Blood for making this video of
Barbados Joe Walcott
Excellent work bro
He was a tough guy had no fear!
Jack Johnson lived with Barbados Joe in New York when JJ was only 16 years old
Where did you get that information from?
Can't wait for the next video
Keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks for breathing life into this legendary champion. Im not sure if you came across this in your research but I found an article on the life of Jack Johnson with many interviews of him. He was asked if Jeffries was the hardest puncher he ever fought. this was his response. "Jeffries No. 1? No, sir. Give me Joe Choynski anytime. I faced both and should know. Jefferies had a powerful wallop, but Choynski had a paralyzing punch. His left hand was a corker. He was the hardest puncher in the last 50 years, with Joe Walcott a close second. I think his left hook was even more effective than either Dempseys" -Jack Johnson. I had always heard of Choyinsvki's incredible power so this didn't surprise me but the part at the end made me think to myself "Wait, Joe Walcott?? He's a welterweight and they never fought. How would he know how hard he punched? I researched Johnson's life and found this. "After returning home for a short period of time, Johnson once again left at the age of 16, this time heading for Manhattan. While in Manhattan, Jack found living arrangements with Joe Walcott, a welterweight fighter from the West Indies.[10] Once again Johnson found work exercising horses for the local stable, until he was fired for exhausting a horse. Soon finding employment as a janitor for a gym owned by German born heavyweight fighter, Herman Berneau, Johnson eventually put away enough for two pairs of boxing gloves, sparring every chance he got.[11] Throughout his time in Manhattan, living with Walcott and working for Berneau, Johnson began to develop his unique style of fighting which would make him famous."
Walcott had befriended , lived with and sparred with Johnson for years while Johnson was in his late teens. He describes Walcott as the second hardest puncher he had ever been in he ring with and one of the greatest fighters ever. This coming from the man who some consider the greatest heavyweight champion of all time , speaking about a welterweight who was 5'1". I can't find the article for a direct quote on this but I assure you it exists. Nat Fliescher the creator and editor of Ring magazine ranks Walcott as the #1 welterweight in history. Thanks for the video. I have a request if you do another video like this. I am obsessed with two other fighters from this era. Stanley Ketchel and of course Joe Choynski. I love punchers and why not do a video on the man who is considered the hardest puncher of that era and pound for pound arguably the hardest puncher ever. Or Ketchel who accomplished more in 4 years than most fighters do in 15 and is also considered the hardest puncher in middleweight history. Or Young Griffo. I look forward to your next video.
I'm thinking too, Blood. Barbados Joe at that height must have had a devastating body attack.
and todays fans talk about a jr middle being to big for a welter......i wonder how those welters would do in a fight against a heavy the day after they fought two fighters in a row....Walcott's era is the key that sums up all the bullshit that is coming out of this era...i just cant compare the guys from today because the times are so different
Thank you for the education of those true champions of the early1900s. Truly enjoyed it brother!
This video will never get old to me
Very tough Black fighter.....indeed. I learned something today still checking him out......very tough strong little man. He was basically a welter at a certain point in his career and could not return to lightweight anymore. He is the one who coined the phrase "The Bigger they are the harder they fall." He had a serious punch and he was built like a tank. He was more about force and power and that brother could take a punch but Langford who was small himself was able to outbox him. Interesting research my man. Langford himself was quite a beast. Back then was a little more wild......the referee scored the fight how he felt the fans could just storm the ring and cause ruckus and the police could just mess with the fighters......real primitive times.....it was crazy how a black fighter could lose a fight because he was winning....lol! Some crazy times! They went 20 rounds and stuff like that...if he didn't shoot himself in his hand as it is alleged he would have been a terror. Nowadays the sport is much much different....but clearly the science of the sport has improved......if Langford could out box him it means the know how of some of the fighters was not to the point where they knew how to work around controlling him and his power but he reminds me of a Pacquiao. In fact he reminds of an Armstrong too.........they all seem to have used blood doping to maintain that high rate of endurance, speed voracity and strength.......I take that back......
Ok let's get things into perspective here.
Walcott''s record is 95-25-24.
33 of his opponents had never fought before - they were making their debut when Walcott fought them.
18 of his opponents had fought less than 5 times or less when Walcott fought them.
It wasn't until his 37th fight that he faced an opponent who had a winning record (i.e., who had won more fights than he had lost or drawn)
So what about the guys that he fought that we know were good fighters.?
He lost both his fights to lightweight Kid Lavigne.
He drew with lightweight champ Joe Gans (the ref scored it 7 rds to Gans 5rds to Walcott)
He had a mixed record against Young Peter Jackson (wins, losses and draws)
He drew against a young inexperienced Sam Langford (Most at ringside gave it to Langford)
He had a loss and a draw against Philadelphia Jack O'Brian (who was well under 160 lbs at this point in his career)
Unfortunately we don't have any film of Walcott''s fights. But if we go off his record it's maybe just about possible to have him in the top 10 welterweights of all time. But there's no case for having him in the top 5.
Alot of those opponents records were incomplete at the time or non verified
Great upload & story man, big thanks. Thumbs up for your work.
I admired Jersey Joe Walcott and always wondered who his inspiration, the Barbados Devil, the original Joe Walcott was. You answered a lot of questions, my sincere thanks!
Thanks for the vid sir. Fighters today won't even fight guys in their own weight class smh it's a damn shame. .Ladies & Gentlemen welcome to the al "PUPPET MASTER" haymond ERA!
I like how u reflected on the past to now to give u perspective Barbados is prime example. Great video learned a lot and made me think of a lot of things
the fighters of today really shouldnt have much to complain about....especially if they want to claim to be better than these guys
@@BloodBoxing totally agree with you man, I bet they wouldn't be claiming they were better than these guys if these guys were standing right in front of them,great video
Excellent research blood. Finding the kind of stuff you found is really hard and time consuming. Thanks for taking the time out.
Excellent video bloodboxing this is what needed here in the YTBC so these young guys elivate there mind beyond the current events that are takeing place right now in the sport .keep up the good work and keep your versatility from the old to the new and open there eyes they eventually get it
I Agree 100% With Everything You Just Said Blood
thanks for watching bro....this guy fought several fights after he became champ but wasnt getting credit for defenses because all the opponents were in a different weight class
BloodBoxing Legend!
Very, very insightful! Thank you for sharing and give an old legend his just due.
This dude has convinced me that Walcott is a top 5 all time welterweight without any video evidence whatsoever and cracking me up in the process.
Took the hammer to the head, thanks blood, I feel ur sentiments totally... classic...
Great research Blood, can always learn something with your vids....The classic old time fighters were sooo much tougher. Today’s fighters can be very good but only a few would have survived back then. Excellent vid....
I spread this video all over FB TODAY.
+Fancy KnowledgeR4 I appreciate that brother
BloodBoxing HOPEFULLY Someone out there learned something. You welcome brother keep it up.
Blood Boxing great job, I really enjoyed this Vid.
blood, would you be willing to do more videos on such content. very informative. great job.
Walcott was a beast ! Just look at his fight record,
Barbados Joe Walcott fought Sam Langford and Joe Louis' trainer Jack Blackburn. He often fought way out of the welterweight division just to make a living. He fought heavyweights, middleweights, and light-heavyweights.
his brother belfield was a decent boxer his darn self. he beat billy hill. he drew with danny duane and mike the twin sullivanhe fought langford, honey mellody and dave holly.
Good video Blood on the original Joe Walcott. When I started reading boxing book at 13 and a half, I thought there was one Joe Walcott with Jersey Joe until there was another Joe Walcott whom Arnold Cream named after as Jersey Joe Walcott. What I read from the book that Barbados Joe Walcott was killed in a automobile accident in 1935. Walcott was smaller compare to Pacquiao, but you're right he destroy bigger men in his time and that's how great champion suppose to do in his prime. Can you make a video about the YTBC failed to mention other great welterweight champions like Ted "Kid" Lewis, Jack Britton, Kid Gavilan (they mentioned earlier, but failed to rank him) and Wilfred Benitez? Those guys I mentioned were also tough back then.
awesome video brother!! thanks for the knowledge..
Great Job Blood Boxing. if my Dad were still with use, he would been very impressed with your research and presentation of old school boxing. I would love to have a conversation with you as I have my dad's collection of books like black dynamite, sun downers.(history of the black fights).
If Jersey Joe Walcott named himself after Barbados Joe, he was a bad man and should definately be in the top ten. Nuff said.
Awesome lecture!! Thanks for sharing all your research and passion 🥊🏋🥊
This mans life and the all of the events around it should be a television series much like shows like Boardwalk Empire except it be more fictional. A black filmmaker is needed so it would be centered around his life and not the some white fighter.
Your ugly racism is showing there homie
I have been saying this for years! This man beat guys a foot taller and much bigger than himself! He is easily top five. nat Fleischer, the founder of Ring magazine stated that Walcott was the greatest welterweight he ever saw, bar none, and I tend to agree with him on this. None of these welterweights of recent times - Floyd Mayweather,Manny Pacquiao, SRL, Robinson, etc. would ever come close to taking on the competition Walcott took on. If you're 5 foot 1, 140 pounds and HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD DON'T WANT TO FIGHT YOU, YOU'RE PHENOMENAL. Thanks Blood!
Story time with uncle blood. This should be good.
Barbados Joe was a real monster. He deserves the praise that we give some of the divas of today's boxing scene. Great video Blood. Salute!!!!
John l Sullivan started that color bullshitary line with black fighters , Peter Jackson like i said if not tom molineux should of been our first champion.
I learn more about Walcott resume when I studied all of langfords opponents. I was like damn this is crazy win some lose some. But I'm glad you did this vid at blood.
Sullivan I read had learned this in sparring sessions
BloodBoxing What did he learn?
He’s arguably the greatest pound for pound boxer of all time.
Real boxing enthusiast. Thank you for the education.
Blood at his best. Learned a lot from this vid. Good shit.
Good content great content them old school fighters were tough as nails and deserve way more credit
Greatness translates and these guys would’ve been great in any era
This video is fascinating. Blood, thank you for all of you contributions of spreading knowledge about the sport. It really puts things into perspective. Barbados Joe Walcott.. I can't believe he was fighting guys so much bigger, that is just nuts. Sounds like he is most feared welterweight of all time.
A true masterpiece
Wow!!! Blood you went in on this one.
Great video. I learned a lot. “The bigger they are the harder they fall huh.” I definitely agree that boxing is less of a true sport today and more boxing entertainment
joe Gans was credit for coming up with the jab and shaow boxing
One word.... "Respect". Great vid, learn something new everyday.
I sorta feel this way when people try to push Harry Greb out of the top middleweight/p4p rankings, cause they don't know him.
Greb fought under much different conditions...those guys are on a whole different level....i have been looking into the Pittsburgh Windmill and I have a vid coming out where I will be mentioning this guy
jonuiuc1 Greb and Langford were the two greatest P4P fighter's of all time
This was such a great video, that has to be one of the baddest little dudes of all time
Different breed of fighter and man.
I'm from Barbados and didn't know this
This is Heat
Excellent Analysis.......I Learn A Lot By Listening to Your Videos.........
You hittin'it hard blood! Love your channel. Props
Just checking on you. Making sure you good bro. I saw the hurricane hit Florida hard.
This was a great video blood. On the real, you should write a book on the rich history of boxing. I know i'm not the only one here that would buy it.
Just an update on this, after watching it I searched for more info on why he left his job at Madison square garden and went to Ohio. According to a couple of quite recent articles he went there with a man or to meet this guy, it isn't too clear but apparently this guy was interested in collaborating with Walcott to make a film about his life or cast him in films, again it's not clear exactly what he wanted but the guy was involved in films
Blood great video, Also they had no drug testing, back in those days fighters were taking shit and putting shit in their gloves, yet they still fought them, they were Gunslingers, the boxers of those days were fighting in an era where they still had the wild wild west or the wild west was barely becoming civilized so these fighters had the Gunslinger mentality they sought out the best, they had the Machismo that men are supposed to have, they would go to town to town and say hey I got a guy here who can beat your best guy, and they would make the fight, no 8 week camp, no video tape, nothing, they had no internet, all they heard was tales about how this fighter was a bad boy, so these were REAL fighters, they went in with no fear and no knowledge they went in with guys who they had no clue stylistically about, and had to adapt on the fly.
those are more reasons why I just can't compare the fighters today to the fighters of that era.....we REALLY got the best too because there was other distractions....not many other sports either...todays baddest fighters are probably on the football field, basketball court, incarcerated or maybe something else took their interest.....maybe todays best fighter never been tested like the men from that era...the point i am trying to make is that in that era it was easier to find who the best fighters were..if we lived by the same standards today i am not sure if even one of these champs of today would even be significant
BloodBoxing
dagum right! 1000%
exceptional vid no doubt. They were real rough fighters in rough times. I hope you can make such a video about the TRAINING of those old time fighters
Educational keep up the schooling great video BloodBoxing
He’s THEE MOST UNDERRATED UNDER APPRECIATED LEGENDARY fighter I read is bio last year I couldent beleive it! This man was GREATNESS he a woman once said when she saw him and fight he looked like a Hercules sawed in half with his upper body being chizzled muscle and small legs he would jump to land punches !! Fuckin up heavyweights thank you bro for giving him his shine
Yeah man he was a little hell hehe i also saw in some comment section that people used to call him hercules for his muscled and strong as nails body and claim that he had the best body in that time
@@Dayumshawty there are super heroes among us brother this is real god blesses us with powers
HE WAS A BAD MAN
i always learn a lot from your awsome content
I wonder why he had such big forearms.
Great video brother keep up good work I'm Mexican but I love boxing that's y get mad at ignorant people saying Floyd is the best of all rimes cause he never lost bahahahaha
Great vid buddy. Those guyswere what you call fighters.
I like this old video Blood
Me too. I watch this every so often.
I've watched this several times. I'm fascinated by him and there's not a lot out there about him. It would make for a great documentary. I'm with you on today's game being piss poor. Man , Tommy Warren shot and killed a black porter, he only did seven years. He was out by 1898,;shocking! Speaking of throwbacks...
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Great video blood
Great video should be top 10 welterweight i didn't know much about him till now i will do more research
Man this is super heavy info on a historical level .. How about that!
I like your attitude,very sincere and fully caffeinated.LOL Yea man I gotta agree,everyone of these old school dudes were straight up dogs.And in many cases if you put on a poor showing you might not even get paid or get blacklisted as not being game enough as the phrase of the time goes.Those guys in their time really had to know their craft.Research Jack Dempsey,although I really am a big fan of the 'Manassa Mauler' I heard he avoided black fighters.Not so much by choice but because of the politics involved.IDK.I heard and have read that Jack Johnson claimed he could have had his way with Dempsey even in Dempsey's prime so ..
Not just before tv, before radio
Great vid!
your vids inspired me
wow, big respect man.
Great content!!!!
extremely good vid!!! i enjoyed it.
kinda strange that 140 pounders getting wins vs heavyweights,
boxing probably evolved as that isnt possible anymore. In mma Royce gracie 170 pounds also owned all weightclasses at some time, but as MMA evolved those type of things are impossible now. the fighters and their techniques have evolved in MMA so much that the heavyweights know how to deal with certain techniques about as good as the lighter weights.
this boxer did have balls fighting heavier boxers, but i think evolution is the main reason.140 pounders arent beating heavyweights anymore.
im a layman regarding boxing history, just my assumption on the matter. All in all good stuff :-)
True, I saw Prince Naseems featherweight sparring partner knockout 2 guys who weighed at least 220lbs each in a street fight, an unskilled will always lose to a skilled fighter, regardless of size.
170 was considered heavyweight back then
gregm20072007 woah i didnt know that 170 was considered HW back then. I learn something everyday. shame on me :-)
If you are correct thx for the info.
Great vid I am going to look in this time period more
5’1” that’s impressive. You don’t see that in boxing.
Dude was 5'1". Unbelievable........
Very Good Boxing Information !!!
Good video, would be better if the sound was fixed.
don't misconstrue the sweet science. everything gets updated. We should be glad we live in the now. they didn't make any money and or got robbed for their purses. now we do have tv internet and local news. thank GOD. Now is now then was then. time to get modernized. Jersey Joe is 1 of my favorites and I know he took the name of Barbados Joe so obviously Barbados was good. However we move on with the time and that's what it is.
Damn good video blood.
right on....I share your opinions
Bonafide ATG
badass video!
He have those Manny Pacquiao calves so you know he had power.
Can't find any film on him.
There isn't any.
Yo where the other vids? I was trying to catch up.
I love boxing from 1930 back.... you cuss a lot bruh, but you did a good job.....
😐 Cuss to much, well welcome to the world virgin ears...
@@mr.truthteller6261 you are just so cool....
Go watch Max Kellerman then
i appreciate your intensity man lol! there's only one joe walcott in my book. in like the last 10 years he got known as barbados joe walcott because of wikipedia. but make no mistake. there's one real joe walcott. arnold cream's ring name was jersey joe, and he's a legend. but the real joe walcott was a different deal! look at the interview of walcott when he's old and retired. he said he would have ko'ed gentleman jim but he wouldn't fight him. i believe him!