International Boxing Hall of Fame journalist Nigel Collins,įormer editor of The Ring, has covered some of the more outspoken characters ofīut his knowledge goes back far further and he believes In fact, some trace trash-talk further back to theīareknuckle days. He could not only “lick”Īnyone in the house, but between 18 it was thought he could probably “bitches” would likely have taken offence.įor Sullivan’s boast was real. Insult anybody, and maybe all but a few of the aforementioned “sons” of Of course, he was probably not the first gloved fighter to Train that has careered unevenly along for more than a century.
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