I rented a room at Lesters place later when he was fighting his demons. He said to me "I used to get punched in the head for a living and now they expect me to make sensible decisions........". Much respect. He loves his family soooooo much. Peace to you all.
I am 75. I have loved boxing all my life. As a kid it was Joe Louis, Jersey Joe Wallcott, Sugar Ray Robinson and Dave Sands. I am a great Muhammad Ali fan. But I can say, without reservation, that this is the greatest fight I have ever seen,.
Went to Lester’s first world title fight and he inspired me to achieve my dreams. My favourite boxer of all time. 35 years later I had the thrill of my life when I met him.
Brilliant documentary of two incredibly tough men. What a wonderful fight it was, and what an interesting story these two guys life have been. Much respect.
Thanks so much for uploading this. Twice I've missed the first half of it on the ABC so it's great to see it here (at least until the ABC sends a "cease and desist letter to youtube ha ha). It's not on ABC iview so it's great you've done this. Cheers
What a ripping story.Amazing how Lester respected Barry after the fight.Fantastic that they made up and put their differences behind them and are mates again,awesome. PS What you did for that young boy Lester was the sign of true champion!
As the ol fella pointed out below, although I've boxed and been a fan for more than twenty years, this documentary captures it all: The rise and fall of an ordinary, but hungry young lad from the streets of melbourne, and the shadowy backdrop of the criminal underworld; the spiteful fallout of two friends and the old bull taking on the young bull. Great stuff.
Pound for pound Lester was the better boxer and won this fight, He landed the better blows and done the most damage. Sure he was hard and tough Michaels, but so was Lester, Barry never hurt Lester. He didn't look beaten to me at all, Only psychologically and partially due to Michaels bluffing him with the early celebration and the fact he was charging him in the later stages and grappling, he still wasn't hurting Lester and to this day I feel Lester is still psychologically bluffed by Michaels. It could have very easily gone his way and if it did then Lester lives a very different life after that. He should be very proud of himself as even Michaels said, even at the later stages he was landing big blows with class, Michaels just had a hard head and was tough, But not tough enough to Hurt Lester. So it could have gone either way and it's clear to me that Lester was far more impressive, Michaels style sucked and would have got his arse handed to him in the street by Lester 100 times over. Long live the master blaster, The decision should go to who has the most damage done to them and who landed the better blows and it was Lester all day, Barry barely touched him the only thing he done was withstand him, But Lester also withstood Michaels to a greater extent so what gives?? The fact Lester was throwing huge punches through the whole fight and Barry barely threw any loaded blows shows Lester also had him covered for the stamina as well. Michaels is delusional thinking to this day that he beat him jus y because a couple of morons with scorecards said so, that doesn't mean shit when the guy is still on his feet with barely a mark on him whilst Barry's face is hanging off. Think about it
What where the judges thinking, Lester must have landed 50% more punches, and all Barry wanted to do was walk straight in and tie him up. Wouldn't have got the decision these days.
Far out, 2 battlers doing it tough and HARD, the yanks should be praying these 2 didn't go to USA and fight, would have been a mixture of brown and red skid marks on the canvass
Michaels still disrespecting him the goose who laid the golden egg? And saying he taught him how to hook a body punch and taking credit for Lesters talent Lol didn t teach him how to bang with both hands though did you Barry as you couldn't draw flies and nowhere near as talented Not to mention acting like a told you so after the mundine fight what a tool lester was way passed it and would have creamed him at the same age
I rented a room at Lesters place later when he was fighting his demons. He said to me "I used to get punched in the head for a living and now they expect me to make sensible decisions........". Much respect. He loves his family soooooo much. Peace to you all.
an AMAZING documentary about a LEGENDARY Fight between two WORLD CLASS fighters, Boxing Is Awesome
Thank you. Fantastic. Much respect to Lester and Barry.
I am 75. I have loved boxing all my life. As a kid it was Joe Louis, Jersey Joe Wallcott, Sugar Ray Robinson and Dave Sands. I am a great Muhammad Ali fan. But I can say, without reservation, that this is the greatest fight I have ever seen,.
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Definitely 1 of the true great stories of boxing.
2 close friends fell apart & through boxing they reunited as great mates again
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Barry and lester two good blokes ,that's all that matters !
Superb thanks for uploading. Always admired these two fellas since the mid 80s. Unsung heroes.
Went to Lester’s first world title fight and he inspired me to achieve my dreams. My favourite boxer of all time. 35 years later I had the thrill of my life when I met him.
what an excellent documentary.
"Fearless abandon" - this kid will be a world champion one day" Barry Michael LUV this!
What a fantastic story this is with an excellent fight I can’t believe a movie hasn’t been made out of it 🥊💯.
The best boxing doco/movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this documentary
Brilliant documentary of two incredibly tough men. What a wonderful fight it was, and what an interesting story these two guys life have been. Much respect.
Thanks so much for uploading this. Twice I've missed the first half of it on the ABC so it's great to see it here (at least until the ABC sends a "cease and desist letter to youtube ha ha). It's not on ABC iview so it's great you've done this. Cheers
Lester n Barry just going for it one of the gr8test pound4pound I've ever seen in my life just loving it .btm59331
thank you so much I have only ever seen half of it ...thank you so much
Two of Australias greatest fighters very tough men I’m glad they’re mates now legends of the boxing world
Great doco thanks for that
Thanks!
Looking for this for a while!
What a ripping story.Amazing how Lester respected Barry after the fight.Fantastic that they made up and put their differences behind them and are mates again,awesome. PS What you did for that young boy Lester was the sign of true champion!
its an awesome doco about what mates do for eachother
awesome doco
As the ol fella pointed out below, although I've boxed and been a fan for more than twenty years, this documentary captures it all: The rise and fall of an ordinary, but hungry young lad from the streets of melbourne, and the shadowy backdrop of the criminal underworld; the spiteful fallout of two friends and the old bull taking on the young bull. Great stuff.
Great doc !
Just jabbed & jabbed - 1st in the gym & last to leave the gym
Good doc, Great blokes
Two words Farken awesome!!!!!!!!!🙌🙌🙌😎
Here because of Tris Dixon boxing life stories podcast
When lester started talking about the kid he showed how simple he is.. Barry seems intelligent unlike most fighters
True grit
A great watch and terrific fight.
Any time I hear Lockridge I think of that hilarious cry!
i wore your gloves 1n 1986
trained with him in Melton,
poor bugger got shafted over and over,
no wonder he hit the bottle.
"He's a boy I'm a man, that's the difference" now that's smack talk at its Best.
beautiful story. thank you
I was at the Lockridge fight @ Windsor. Barry & Rocky's fight was the only one that lasted more then a round.
Pound for pound Lester was the better boxer and won this fight, He landed the better blows and done the most damage.
Sure he was hard and tough Michaels, but so was Lester, Barry never hurt Lester. He didn't look beaten to me at all, Only psychologically and partially due to Michaels bluffing him with the early celebration and the fact he was charging him in the later stages and grappling, he still wasn't hurting Lester and to this day I feel Lester is still psychologically bluffed by Michaels.
It could have very easily gone his way and if it did then Lester lives a very different life after that. He should be very proud of himself as even Michaels said, even at the later stages he was landing big blows with class, Michaels just had a hard head and was tough, But not tough enough to Hurt Lester.
So it could have gone either way and it's clear to me that Lester was far more impressive, Michaels style sucked and would have got his arse handed to him in the street by Lester 100 times over.
Long live the master blaster, The decision should go to who has the most damage done to them and who landed the better blows and it was Lester all day, Barry barely touched him the only thing he done was withstand him, But Lester also withstood Michaels to a greater extent so what gives?? The fact Lester was throwing huge punches through the whole fight and Barry barely threw any loaded blows shows Lester also had him covered for the stamina as well.
Michaels is delusional thinking to this day that he beat him jus y because a couple of morons with scorecards said so, that doesn't mean shit when the guy is still on his feet with barely a mark on him whilst Barry's face is hanging off. Think about it
What where the judges thinking, Lester must have landed 50% more punches, and all Barry wanted to do was walk straight in and tie him up. Wouldn't have got the decision these days.
agree
Not sure if you watched the full fight? I did at the time and Lester's body language showed after that he knew he'd lost.
Michaels was arrogant celebrating early like did and a sign he was afraid of losing and trying to convince the judges
Barry LOST EVERY EXCHANGE OF THE FIGHT' WHAT FIGHT WAS THESE PEOPLE WATCHING,look at this fight. BARRY LOST
These fellas love chinese food
Glad they made friends..
R I P Keith
By the start of the 1990,s ?
People say UFC are a monopoly..maybe...but it keeps the politics of it away a little
Barry clinched more than Marc Bargero
proper men
Would have liked to have seen him face the great Sven Ottke.
Sven Ottke threw handbags
Far out, 2 battlers doing it tough and HARD, the yanks should be praying these 2 didn't go to USA and fight, would have been a mixture of brown and red skid marks on the canvass
Lester was the best counter puncher in the world and should have made millions he was better than fenech and fenech knew it
both were pommies
Michaels still disrespecting him the goose who laid the golden egg? And saying he taught him how to hook a body punch and taking credit for Lesters talent
Lol didn t teach him how to bang with both hands though did you Barry as you couldn't draw flies and nowhere near as talented
Not to mention acting like a told you so after the mundine fight what a tool lester was way passed it and would have creamed him at the same age
Lester n Barry just going for it one of the gr8test pound4pound I've ever seen in my life just loving it .btm59331