Even though I've read accounts of this fight many times, you still manage you make it engaging. Well done.

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@zachleprieur2871

9 ай бұрын

Well put and so true, great presentation as usual

I love the phrase "the fancy". Great story, by the way

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

buddy, you really should make an audiobook. you indeed have a talent for story telling.

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, it's something I'd love to do!

Exelent! Excelent! Very good. The edeting, the metric system. Thank you, the narration. Fight team.

So.Very. Good! Great storytelling, and the opening & closing segments, music and montages are beautiful. A sad end for a great man...

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Rip to a great man who saved the sport even tho he didnt initially want to box or knew he could but in the end did the most he could've ever done to help boxing #fightteam

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

He's definitely one of my favourite characters in boxing history.

i wonder if jack slack the youtuber got his name from the boxer, probably right?

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely. One of the first Stories of Greatness videos I ever did was on Jack Slack and he commented on it.

You are a good storyteller Oz, that was thoroughly enjoyable to hear. Fight teaaam 💪🏼.

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The "drinking and gambling to death" ending seems to be a popular one for pugilists of old. Was there a reason for this?

@hirohito40k14

9 ай бұрын

cte i assume

@sharp_medicine9858

9 ай бұрын

Very common for them to be gifted pubs as a reward by their supporters when they retired. The same happened to wrestlers and war heroes as well often with similar results.

@davidemelia6296

9 ай бұрын

CTE honestly wasn't so much of a problem then!@@hirohito40k14

@stephena1196

9 ай бұрын

He had a very active job before he took up pugilism and when he stopped perhaps he didn't take up an activity to replace it. I imagine he missed physical activity and the drinking and gambling was to fill the void. The void left from not maintaining his art, or at least some other form of stomatic practise.

Another great video Oz, but that's a given. Fascinating to see the story of Johnson, I was unaware of how influential he was in boxing's revival. Also liked seeing your cover Isaac Perrins, who was definitely one of the more fascinating figures of the Broughton era. I heard he had the reputation as England's strongest man during that period, with incredible strength feats like lifting a 780lb block of iron onto a wagon, and being able to deadlift over 900lbs on a rigid bar. Not sure how accurate this is, but fascinating nonetheless! Keep up the great work! I'd love to see a video on Bendigo Thompson or the LPR era eventually!

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Perrins definitely deserves his own video at some stage, he's fascinating!

Love these boxing history videos, so what's your opinion of the modern bare knuckle scene? for me it took me a long time to get into it, but what sold it was they were stopping fights more frequently for cuts-which they don't do so much in gloved boxing even though they can, so guys weren't taking round after round of punishment.

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

I enjoy it from a personal perspective, but from a historical one I find it a little disappointing.

@StevieB8363

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts Are you disappointed because it doesn't include grappling?

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

@StevieB8363 no, just that it still feels like modern post queensberry boxing...

@lewisb85

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts I think we've just stumbled on a video idea by accident, trouble at the moment is that a lot of current bkb come from gloved boxing and that's how they train. I do like however how bkfc have the smaller round ring and they have the line to make fighter's "toe the line" at the start of rounds.

@StevieB8363

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts I submit that's because of the rules. Unless they are allowed to grapple/throw, how can it be much different? But I do enjoy it. It's interesting to see how even a relatively light punch can score a knockdown when it hits with a bare fist.

do you still sell your Stories of Greatness t-shirt or do you just have the Fight Team one?

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

I've switched from spreadshirt to teespring and haven't yet ported that design across. In theory you can still get it from spreadhsirt, but teespring has a better reputation for quality hence the move.

@dhalav

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts thanks for the info, I'll keep my eyes open

A gripping narration.

I've always had a special loathing to those who take the dive. Yes, there might be offers one can't refuse involved, but still.

Thank you

Many thanks for this :)

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Johnson has long been one of my favourites.

@ruiseartalcorn

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts I love this old stuff! :)

Great content

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

What, no "How you doing?" :(

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

I usually don't on the story ones. Just get straight into it!

@dzonbrodi514

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts Thanks for a great story :)

Brilliant 🎉

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

J.Lo was always known for her ‘unmatched bottom’ too! FT!

"Unmatched bottom!" I know it's childish, but - ROFL!

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thats why I keep saying it!

(The Grayte History of) Fight Team!

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Lol, I wish. Tom Johnson is someone I'd love to spend some time with. Perrins too!

@johnstuartkeller5244

9 ай бұрын

@@EnglishMartialArts Here's one: If you could produce a biopic of one boxer or wrestler (or both as the case may be,) about whom would it be?

Don't mind me, just a comment for the algorithm.

@EnglishMartialArts

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!