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Being a tough son of a bitch is a cool power.
>Joe Grim, Italian-American boxer,
>Despite losing the majority of his fights, Grim became a popular fighter; his principal claim to fame was his ability to absorb heavy punishment without being knocked out, for which he was nicknamed "The Iron Man" and "The Human Punching Bag".
>at the end of a bout, he would go to the ropes and shout "I am Joe Grim. I fear no man on earth."
>Among those who tried were heavyweight champions Jack Johnson and Bob Fitzsimmons, and fellow Boxing Hall of Famers Joe Gans, Joe Walcott, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Peter Maher, most of whom had at least 30 pounds on him. Johnson and Fitzsimmons knocked him down more than a dozen times each but couldn't keep Grim on the deck.
>"knocking the Iron Man down with fists is a waste of time and effort, for he keeps getting up. To drop Grim for a long count, a boxer – if permitted – should use a crowbar or a baseball bat."
>Johnson dominated the six-round fight and by one estimate scored seventeen knockdowns, but Grim again made it to the final bell. Johnson remarked "he ain't human."... "I just don't believe that man is made of flesh and blood."
>Before his bout with Fitzsimmons... Grim reportedly let the former heavyweight and middleweight champion know that knocking him out was a pipe dream by having someone hit him as hard as possible across the chest with a baseball bat. "Grim was knocked to the floor but staggered to his feet at once and remarked, with his perpetual smile: 'Go tell Bob about that!'"
>Fitzsimmons dropped Grim repeatedly in their fight and stared goggle-eyed at the young lightweight as he kept struggling to his feet.
>The amount of punishment sustained by Grim during his fights led to calls for him to be banned from boxing.
>the Iron Man's brain obviously turned out not to be immune to all those punches after all. Grim's last days were spent in a Philly mental asylum, where he died at age 53 on Aug. 18, 1939.
Being a tough son of a bitch is a cool power.
>Joe Grim, Italian-American boxer,
>Despite losing the majority of his fights, Grim became a popular fighter; his principal claim to fame was his ability to absorb heavy punishment without being knocked out, for which he was nicknamed "The Iron Man" and "The Human Punching Bag".
>at the end of a bout, he would go to the ropes and shout "I am Joe Grim. I fear no man on earth."
>Among those who tried were heavyweight champions Jack Johnson and Bob Fitzsimmons, and fellow Boxing Hall of Famers Joe Gans, Joe Walcott, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Peter Maher, most of whom had at least 30 pounds on him. Johnson and Fitzsimmons knocked him down more than a dozen times each but couldn't keep Grim on the deck.
>"knocking the Iron Man down with fists is a waste of time and effort, for he keeps getting up. To drop Grim for a long count, a boxer – if permitted – should use a crowbar or a baseball bat."
>Johnson dominated the six-round fight and by one estimate scored seventeen knockdowns, but Grim again made it to the final bell. Johnson remarked "he ain't human."... "I just don't believe that man is made of flesh and blood."
>Before his bout with Fitzsimmons... Grim reportedly let the former heavyweight and middleweight champion know that knocking him out was a pipe dream by having someone hit him as hard as possible across the chest with a baseball bat. "Grim was knocked to the floor but staggered to his feet at once and remarked, with his perpetual smile: 'Go tell Bob about that!'"
>Fitzsimmons dropped Grim repeatedly in their fight and stared goggle-eyed at the young lightweight as he kept struggling to his feet.
>The amount of punishment sustained by Grim during his fights led to calls for him to be banned from boxing.
>the Iron Man's brain obviously turned out not to be immune to all those punches after all. Grim's last days were spent in a Philly mental asylum, where he died at age 53 on Aug. 18, 1939.
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