Boxing's greatest racontour?

Afternoon all,

I came across an old podcast by the lads last night with some great stories from Mickey Vann. This got me thinking who is the greatest raconteur in boxing?

Cheers.

Angelo Dundee wasn't bad.

Bert Sugar immediately springs to mind - embellished stories but he was highly entertaining.

Agreed, take what Sugar said with a pinch of salt and you'd probably enjoy the old school feel of his storytelling.

Of course, Sugar is a mere pup in comparison to Colin Hart who, if pushed, will tell you how he correctly predicted the outcome of the Rumble in the Jungle. I bet that's a fascinating tale, shame there's no-one alive who can say they'd heard Hart tell it in its entirety.

Hart has that horrendous voice, also. He sounds like a cockney version of Wearside Jack.

It's his hair that gets me...he looks like Hawk from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

The late Nat Fliecher

I think I might have spelled his surname wrong but he saw the greats from Dempsey to Ali check out his work some on youtube.

I remember Buncey interviewing former heavyweight Joe Egan some of his stories were great even though his boxing career was only 4 fights.

I went to one of those evening with affairs with Frank Bruno and Johnny Nelson. Bruno was pretty terrible but Nelson was genuinely brilliant. He'd have been a PPV star had he been that entertaining in the ring. Told a load of stories about when he was due to fight Tyson and about when he was a journeyman fighting all over Europe. Was everything you would want from a public speaker, self deprecating, funny and indiscreet.

Excellent jeff. Just the sort of thing I was looking for. Cheers for the other contributions gents.

Tex Cobb was maybe more a one line quote factory than a raconteur but I believe he could spin a good yarn. Remember reading some story from his film days where he ripped into some film hard men like van damme and seagal.

Reg guttridge had a few tales to tell. Losing your leg on a land mine in ww2 is a story in itself, but regularly stabbing your wooden leg with a fork to show fighters what a real tough guy looks like is probably my favourite of his tales.

Rowley wrote:I went to one of those evening with affairs with Frank Bruno and Johnny Nelson. Bruno was pretty terrible but Nelson was genuinely brilliant. He'd have been a PPV star had he been that entertaining in the ring. Told a load of stories about when he was due to fight Tyson and about when he was a journeyman fighting all over Europe. Was everything you would want from a public speaker, self deprecating, funny and indiscreet.

Ive seen Nelson myself really funny guy its just a shame it does not translate to his tv presenting