Yep. John L Sullivan was the first Marquis of Queensborough Heavyweight Champion of the World, but my reference to your post was that it is said that he would stand up in the bar and announce that he would fight any man present - I can't quite remember whether it was for a dollar or not!
Nothing to do with Dinosaurs , those champs will live for ever. i think it's time for the Heavyweight Championship of the World to be retold by Holly wood - down to the fantastic Ali!
Funnily enough when I was about 17 I was in an after -hours sly grog joint, Ma Grogans, in Auckland. They shut up shop at 6pm in those days,so this was a lock -in. Some Kiwi stood up and announced he would fight any Aussie in the bar for a pound. One of our Liverpool crew, a deck-hand called Roberts, immediately jumped up on the bar and announced that he would fight anyone for nothing!
Nothing to do with Dinosaurs , those champs will live for ever. i think it's time for the Heavyweight Championship of the World to be retold by Holly wood - down to the fantastic Ali!
Funnily enough when I was about 17 I was in an after -hours sly grog joint, Ma Grogans, in Auckland. They shut up shop at 6pm in those days,so this was a lock -in. Some Kiwi stood up and announced he would fight any Aussie in the bar for a pound. One of our Liverpool crew, a deck-hand called Roberts, immediately jumped up on the bar and announced that he would fight anyone for nothing!
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