Middleweights of now would bitch and complain if they had to fight for 20 rounds in a raging rainstorm. They lack the balls and courage to fight in those conditions. Ketchel was the personification of a hunter and warror. That's how you become legend
Ketchel was a swarmer and he couldn't punch fast enough. He had incredible endurance and staying power.He possessed relentless pressure and forced you to work. His greatest defense was his offence and he was successful, The Ketchel-Thomas 4 fight rivalry are forgotten classics.The second fight that went 32 rounds and the third fight fought in the middle of a giant rainstorm for 20 rounds. The accounts are in the Library of Congress newspapers and in the recent Ketchel book.
Continued - A great body puncher who constantly worked downstairs and fought much bigger men than himself. Alot of the heavyweights Ketchel fought were during his Butte Montana days in the casino's and work as a bellhop. Many of those fights were brutal and fought with bare knuckles.
At the peak of his career Stanley was the symbol of a fighter who endured enormous amount of pain in order to win fights if need be. To outlast, outwork, outfight, outbattle and he relished long battles.
Continued - When the best of the best didn't hesitate to fight one another and give us ring classics on a daily basis. These days we have to always keep our fingers crossed and pray for a super-fight to take place or if it ever takes place. But in Ketchel's day when pure fighting and ring wars were the way of the world... that's the golden age of boxing many fans wish could come back.
If it did it would be the greatest sport in the world, Stan had devastating power in both hands.
Continued - This is the first nourishment I've had in two days. He Jabbed my appetite back to my nursing bottle days. I've never met a man as cleverer as Stanley Ketchel."- Jack O' Brien
This story speaks volumes to me.and lets me know to never under underestimate your opponent no matter how easy they look or how crude they may appear because they may have tricks of their own and more clever than you'd expect them to be. Stan represents the fighters of yore I wish were in our own time.
Continued - "That was always banging against my teeth. Look here. If you don't think he landed his left, look at this."
O' Brien took both hands and opening his mouth he lifted his upper lip gently away from his teeth and turned it up. It was completely lacerated from Ketchel's inside work & uppercuts landing at close quarters.
" I guess he didn't jab me none", commented O'Brien, " Now you fellas know why I'm drinking broth and not eating a big steak.
Continued - " I know cleverness when I meet it. I'm supposed to be a bit nifty on that score myself. I want to inform you that in all my career I've never met a fellow as CLEVER as Ketchel. He doesn''t look so . He seems easy to hit and isn't at all. He Left jabbed me on the mouth more times than i've ever been poked in all my career.
"I just couldn't get away from his left. I Kept trying to beat him to it, and you fellows are always crediting me with scoring when it was Ketche'ls left.
I consider Stanley Ketchel the greatest middleweight that ever laced a glove. Stan's fighting was an enigma in his own time and still is in our present day. His fighting style wasn't the most polished or graceful, but he had his own awkward technique that was difficult to solve and he was tough to hit as well. Philadelphia Jack O' Brian described it best:
"You fellows are always saying that Ketchel isn't clever. Let me tell you boys something. I've met all the clever men of my time and yours."
@1899sharkey You serious? Hagler would have jabbed the hell out of him. Stanley had not guard and would come right at you like a street fight, Hagler would fight off his back foot, counter and KO Stanley mid-fight.
@MrBumboclart - I like Marvin, but Stan Ketchel was no Vito Antoufermo or bloated,old Robert Duran. It would have been a good fight but Ketchel would win somewhere after 8-10 rounds,or possibly UD15.
@1899sharkey Hagler took Tommy Hearns and John Mugabi's best punches. You really think the smaller Stanley Ketchel would stop him? Ketchel was a wild man with no guard, Hagler's right jab would bust him up terribly. I like Stanley too but I just think Hagler's style of a hard jab, and constantly moving would be all wrong for Ketchel.
@MrBumboclart - Marvin would not be easy for anyone, but comparing Stan to Hearns and Mugabi proves nothing. Hearns' legs were never strong and Mugabi had power but nothing else. Marvin usually comes in one peg below Stan on my middle list.
@1899sharkey I just can't see a highly aggressive fighter like Ketchel with little to no defense beating the technically sound, much tougher Marvin Hagler. Ketchel was KO'd by Papke - therefore I believe the harder punching, more relentless Marvin Hagler would finish him off inside the distance.
@MrBumboclart - Marvin was neither harder punching or more relentless than Stanley. Being a little wild or unorthadox is not a bad thing. Stanley would simply outough marvin, as hard as that might be to believe. You have your opinion, I have mine.
@1899sharkey Wildness plays rights into Marvin's hands. Watch the Brisco fight or Mugabi or Hearns. If you come aggressivley at Marvin he has the tools to make your night long and painful.
@MrBumboclart -Ketchel could handle anything Marvin would bring. He wouldn't be fighting Briscoe or Hearns,he would be fighting Stan Ketchel. Contrary to his listed height of 5'9,Hagler is closer to 5'7 than 5'9,Stanley bigger,Stronger,and meaner.
@1899sharkey Granted he's bigger and stronger but size and strength means nothing. Hagler would have the skill advantage. From what I've seen and read on Ketchel he wades in furiously throwing caution to the wild throwing every punch in the book. How would that work against a boxer-puncher, a skilled counter puncher like Hagler? Tony Sibson said after losing to Marvin: "He did everything right, you can't fault him in anything he does. His technique was perfect."
@MrBumboclart -Its definitly not a slam dunk either way among boxing experts. I admire Hagler, always have and always will but this fight would turn into a war and I see Stanley winning, After further consideration i would make it a Ud 15, more than a stoppage.
@1899sharkey Fleischer & Rose both rank him # 1, along with many others, Dan Morgan also I believe. Morgan & Fleischer both addressed a fight with Robinson which they picked Ketchel to win. Fleischer hedged a bit, Morgan flat out said Ketchel would destroy him. Morgan also believed Greb would beat SRR inside of 10. Jack O'Brien said after the 2nd fight Ketchel was the best fighter he ever fought ! Your comment is good, addressing the majority of you-tubers. Hagler, good fighter too.
@MrBumboclart - No I haven't but i'm sure its a k.o.. Nothing like a boxing book about one of the oldtimers, they dont have to be about greats either as I loved " a bloody canvas" the Mike Mctigue story that one can pick up for a couple of bucks. Ketchel was my fav middle and probably the best ever.
@1899sharkey What an animal he was! Inside the ring and out, especially during his hobo days as 'Steel Yard Steve' haha. In a fight with a hobo on a moving train he bit the fella's ear off, broke him arm and threw him out of the moving box-cart...all because he pulled a knife on him. Stanley hated knives. I highly recommend the book as you're a big Ketchel fan.
@andrewr62 you got that shit right, there is no fight I would rather see in the history of boxing, a 20 round fight between langford and ketchel for the world middleweight title.
The town in the beginning of the video is Butte, Montana, where he hopped the train to at age 12. The car dolly is actually dollying to the 'whorehouse' where he was the bouncer, as the voiceover describes.
He belongs to the best boxers of world of the middleweight.With his real full name it is Stanisław Kiciel since this legend is polskiego.Jego origins parents were Polish emigrants.Perhaps he isn't writing well in English, but for faith that you understand me. Piotrek Oknw
@JJHusker They did put him in jail for life, but 23 years later they let him out. It was sad because Stanley's last words were "I'm so tired, take me home to mother".
Middleweights of now would bitch and complain if they had to fight for 20 rounds in a raging rainstorm. They lack the balls and courage to fight in those conditions. Ketchel was the personification of a hunter and warror. That's how you become legend
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Ketchel was a swarmer and he couldn't punch fast enough. He had incredible endurance and staying power.He possessed relentless pressure and forced you to work. His greatest defense was his offence and he was successful, The Ketchel-Thomas 4 fight rivalry are forgotten classics.The second fight that went 32 rounds and the third fight fought in the middle of a giant rainstorm for 20 rounds. The accounts are in the Library of Congress newspapers and in the recent Ketchel book.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Continued - A great body puncher who constantly worked downstairs and fought much bigger men than himself. Alot of the heavyweights Ketchel fought were during his Butte Montana days in the casino's and work as a bellhop. Many of those fights were brutal and fought with bare knuckles.
At the peak of his career Stanley was the symbol of a fighter who endured enormous amount of pain in order to win fights if need be. To outlast, outwork, outfight, outbattle and he relished long battles.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Continued - When the best of the best didn't hesitate to fight one another and give us ring classics on a daily basis. These days we have to always keep our fingers crossed and pray for a super-fight to take place or if it ever takes place. But in Ketchel's day when pure fighting and ring wars were the way of the world... that's the golden age of boxing many fans wish could come back.
If it did it would be the greatest sport in the world, Stan had devastating power in both hands.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Continued - This is the first nourishment I've had in two days. He Jabbed my appetite back to my nursing bottle days. I've never met a man as cleverer as Stanley Ketchel."- Jack O' Brien
This story speaks volumes to me.and lets me know to never under underestimate your opponent no matter how easy they look or how crude they may appear because they may have tricks of their own and more clever than you'd expect them to be. Stan represents the fighters of yore I wish were in our own time.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Continued - "That was always banging against my teeth. Look here. If you don't think he landed his left, look at this."
O' Brien took both hands and opening his mouth he lifted his upper lip gently away from his teeth and turned it up. It was completely lacerated from Ketchel's inside work & uppercuts landing at close quarters.
" I guess he didn't jab me none", commented O'Brien, " Now you fellas know why I'm drinking broth and not eating a big steak.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Continued - " I know cleverness when I meet it. I'm supposed to be a bit nifty on that score myself. I want to inform you that in all my career I've never met a fellow as CLEVER as Ketchel. He doesn''t look so . He seems easy to hit and isn't at all. He Left jabbed me on the mouth more times than i've ever been poked in all my career.
"I just couldn't get away from his left. I Kept trying to beat him to it, and you fellows are always crediting me with scoring when it was Ketche'ls left.
MrManuel822 1 month ago
I consider Stanley Ketchel the greatest middleweight that ever laced a glove. Stan's fighting was an enigma in his own time and still is in our present day. His fighting style wasn't the most polished or graceful, but he had his own awkward technique that was difficult to solve and he was tough to hit as well. Philadelphia Jack O' Brian described it best:
"You fellows are always saying that Ketchel isn't clever. Let me tell you boys something. I've met all the clever men of my time and yours."
MrManuel822 1 month ago
Navigate are top 5 favorites not top 5 best but they are mike tyson marvin hagler jimmy wild stanley paso and danny little red love that
RapedByRepublicans 2 months ago
My phone is so messed up I'm about to throw it across the f****** room disregard that last comment it is not what I meant to say
RapedByRepublicans 2 months ago
I had some possible to compare the arrows are just too different and there is a n a film on castle
RapedByRepublicans 2 months ago
@RapedByRepublicans That's the best comment I've ever read.
MrBumboclart 2 months ago
Marvin hagler and stanley ketchel are both among my top 5 favorite of all time
RapedByRepublicans 2 months ago
Good video.
chunkyscotty 6 months ago
Stan Ketchel the Michigan assassin!!! Top five middleweight of all time. Hate to disapoint Hagler fans but Stanley would of ate him up.
1899sharkey 9 months ago 5
@1899sharkey You serious? Hagler would have jabbed the hell out of him. Stanley had not guard and would come right at you like a street fight, Hagler would fight off his back foot, counter and KO Stanley mid-fight.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart - I like Marvin, but Stan Ketchel was no Vito Antoufermo or bloated,old Robert Duran. It would have been a good fight but Ketchel would win somewhere after 8-10 rounds,or possibly UD15.
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey Hagler took Tommy Hearns and John Mugabi's best punches. You really think the smaller Stanley Ketchel would stop him? Ketchel was a wild man with no guard, Hagler's right jab would bust him up terribly. I like Stanley too but I just think Hagler's style of a hard jab, and constantly moving would be all wrong for Ketchel.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart - Marvin would not be easy for anyone, but comparing Stan to Hearns and Mugabi proves nothing. Hearns' legs were never strong and Mugabi had power but nothing else. Marvin usually comes in one peg below Stan on my middle list.
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey I just can't see a highly aggressive fighter like Ketchel with little to no defense beating the technically sound, much tougher Marvin Hagler. Ketchel was KO'd by Papke - therefore I believe the harder punching, more relentless Marvin Hagler would finish him off inside the distance.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart - Marvin was neither harder punching or more relentless than Stanley. Being a little wild or unorthadox is not a bad thing. Stanley would simply outough marvin, as hard as that might be to believe. You have your opinion, I have mine.
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey Wildness plays rights into Marvin's hands. Watch the Brisco fight or Mugabi or Hearns. If you come aggressivley at Marvin he has the tools to make your night long and painful.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart -Ketchel could handle anything Marvin would bring. He wouldn't be fighting Briscoe or Hearns,he would be fighting Stan Ketchel. Contrary to his listed height of 5'9,Hagler is closer to 5'7 than 5'9,Stanley bigger,Stronger,and meaner.
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey Granted he's bigger and stronger but size and strength means nothing. Hagler would have the skill advantage. From what I've seen and read on Ketchel he wades in furiously throwing caution to the wild throwing every punch in the book. How would that work against a boxer-puncher, a skilled counter puncher like Hagler? Tony Sibson said after losing to Marvin: "He did everything right, you can't fault him in anything he does. His technique was perfect."
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart -Its definitly not a slam dunk either way among boxing experts. I admire Hagler, always have and always will but this fight would turn into a war and I see Stanley winning, After further consideration i would make it a Ud 15, more than a stoppage.
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey I respect your opinion. It's nice to debate boxing and not have some little kid cursing and claiming Tyson is the greatest fighter ever.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart - Thats for sure!!
1899sharkey 4 months ago
@1899sharkey How about # 1 all time. There's not a middleweight in history Ketchel wouldn't beat.
1saxonwolf 3 months ago
@1saxonwolf - Yes, that top five comment was too vague. Stan is my favorite middle and I too believe he could of been the best of all time.
1899sharkey 3 months ago
@1899sharkey Fleischer & Rose both rank him # 1, along with many others, Dan Morgan also I believe. Morgan & Fleischer both addressed a fight with Robinson which they picked Ketchel to win. Fleischer hedged a bit, Morgan flat out said Ketchel would destroy him. Morgan also believed Greb would beat SRR inside of 10. Jack O'Brien said after the 2nd fight Ketchel was the best fighter he ever fought ! Your comment is good, addressing the majority of you-tubers. Hagler, good fighter too.
1saxonwolf 3 months ago
@1899sharkey I just read Ketchel's biography. Have you read it? 'The Killings of Stanley Ketchel.' Amazing read, the man was a beast.
MrBumboclart 1 month ago
@MrBumboclart - No I haven't but i'm sure its a k.o.. Nothing like a boxing book about one of the oldtimers, they dont have to be about greats either as I loved " a bloody canvas" the Mike Mctigue story that one can pick up for a couple of bucks. Ketchel was my fav middle and probably the best ever.
1899sharkey 1 month ago
@1899sharkey What an animal he was! Inside the ring and out, especially during his hobo days as 'Steel Yard Steve' haha. In a fight with a hobo on a moving train he bit the fella's ear off, broke him arm and threw him out of the moving box-cart...all because he pulled a knife on him. Stanley hated knives. I highly recommend the book as you're a big Ketchel fan.
MrBumboclart 1 month ago
A championship fight with Langford would have been one for the ages.
andrewr62 10 months ago 2
@andrewr62 you got that shit right, there is no fight I would rather see in the history of boxing, a 20 round fight between langford and ketchel for the world middleweight title.
RapedByRepublicans 7 months ago
The greatest polish fighter in history
eslubin 11 months ago 9
@eslubin What about Andrew Golota?
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart lol! what
eslubin 4 months ago
@eslubin ?
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
>>> Stanisław Kiecal <<< Polish Prime !
Eglador 1 year ago
The town in the beginning of the video is Butte, Montana, where he hopped the train to at age 12. The car dolly is actually dollying to the 'whorehouse' where he was the bouncer, as the voiceover describes.
sydneyhoffner 1 year ago
oh by the way, the town they showed in the begining was not Grand Rapids, Michigan
tiberiousss 1 year ago
Well the Ford's funeral dwarfed Stanleys. But it dif hold the record for near 100 years.
tiberiousss 1 year ago
He belongs to the best boxers of world of the middleweight.With his real full name it is Stanisław Kiciel since this legend is polskiego.Jego origins parents were Polish emigrants.Perhaps he isn't writing well in English, but for faith that you understand me. Piotrek Oknw
91PiterT 1 year ago
Too bad we will never know how Ketchel's career would've ended up. He has always been one of my favorite fighters.
XslyderX 1 year ago
Beautiful....
BebsiForever 1 year ago
Thank You
OneLoneMongoose 1 year ago
great job. some say his 32-round rematch with Joe Thomas was the greatest fight in history
eslubin 1 year ago
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BebsiForever 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this.
2112studdard 1 year ago
I hope the guy who murdered Stanley was jailed for life. Back shot at age 24. Injustice.
JJHusker 1 year ago
@JJHusker They did put him in jail for life, but 23 years later they let him out. It was sad because Stanley's last words were "I'm so tired, take me home to mother".
JMatos95 1 year ago
how sad of him to go early.
reminds me of "pancho villa" Francisco Guilledo
OuterDrake7000 1 year ago
My 1# Middleweight. A great mini documentary about a legendary and misunderstood champion!
Cezanne 1 year ago
excellent. many thanks for this look at a boxing legend.
storiesbysteve 1 year ago
Whatta a great fighter, I consider him the "POLISH PRINCE", it was a damn shame his life was taken from him at an early age.
kobratanion 1 year ago
Good job, and thanks for posting this.
whupass95 1 year ago
really nicely presented.
thanks for making that video
rootjie 1 year ago
Stanisław Kiecal - Wielki Mistrz! Polski bokser! R.I.P.
Narodowiec1906 2 years ago
I just read the book "The Killings of Stanley Ketchel"-- very good book. Best boxing book I've read.
orping 2 years ago
great vid
chunkyscotty 2 years ago
nice
cuntyballs07 2 years ago