tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7075832471882819265..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Boxing, history & social changeJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-31700603204818498882017-05-27T18:55:17.433+10:002017-05-27T18:55:17.433+10:00Hi Lee. Good luck. I'm still getting requests ...Hi Lee. Good luck. I'm still getting requests for info here, but not many answers! What's your connection with Francis? Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-31382592037233729092017-05-26T23:40:02.895+10:002017-05-26T23:40:02.895+10:00I would love to know any information I can get abo...I would love to know any information I can get about a Koori boxer named Francis Donnelly back in the '50s I'm guessing. Please send anything you have to leenew84@gmail.com <br />Greatly appreciated Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232301860426260107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-81982219509074120462015-04-14T17:11:50.805+10:002015-04-14T17:11:50.805+10:00Awesome boxing blog bro.. will keep an eye! Thanks...Awesome boxing blog bro.. will keep an eye! Thanks for sharing.. Boxing Melbournehttp://www.boxingtrainingmelbourne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-25264485864879638562011-08-20T12:38:37.360+10:002011-08-20T12:38:37.360+10:00Hi LE. Yes, you are a genteel southerner too! Mind...Hi LE. Yes, you are a genteel southerner too! Mind you, I don't enjoy watching boxing in the way I used too. <br /><br />But we are inconsistent. I love watching Rugby, yet the increased size of players and the sheer speed of the modern game arguably makes it more dangerous than modern boxing. <br /><br />Odd, isn't it?Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-50621690404162927942011-08-20T12:02:17.736+10:002011-08-20T12:02:17.736+10:00Maybe, linking into Jim's comment, it's be...Maybe, linking into Jim's comment, it's because I'm a southerner? Which reminds me of an ad they used to show when I was in the UK where a guy shouted out in a thick Mancunian accent at a football match - "Yer great southern pansy! Yer great wet lettuce!"Legal Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096038577529334966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-78993542817487405342011-08-20T11:58:58.928+10:002011-08-20T11:58:58.928+10:00I'm afraid that I can't bear to watch boxi...I'm afraid that I can't bear to watch boxing - I can't stand seeing people get hit (even if they consent, even if they're wearing gloves and even if they enjoy the contest). I spend the whole time wincing and flinching. Nor do I like wrestling.<br /><br />By constrast, something like karate or tae kwon do doesn't bother me nearly as much. Perhaps it's because there's not direct hits to the head so much? And fencing or kendo don't bother me at all - it's more at arm's length, even if it's still combative. <br /><br />Why my mind treats these combat sports differently, I don't know. Doesn't seem to make sense.Legal Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096038577529334966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-32068363691442015762011-08-19T17:40:54.792+10:002011-08-19T17:40:54.792+10:00kvd, dare I suggest this? Perhaps those down south...kvd, dare I suggest this? Perhaps those down south are too genteel? Or perhaps just fewer in numbers?<br /><br />Sharon, link away to your heart's content. It's always a pleasure. I have brought your link up into the main post.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-17477520103966527992011-08-19T16:59:44.969+10:002011-08-19T16:59:44.969+10:00Hope you don't mind me leaving a link to a blo...Hope you don't mind me leaving a link to a blog post of mine about a photo discovered in Armidale of Jimmy Semmens, an Australian bantamweight champion. http://genealogymatters2me.blogspot.com/search/label/SemmensSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099651984506366012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-27979820590447851232011-08-19T16:26:46.325+10:002011-08-19T16:26:46.325+10:00That was an interesting sidebar Jim. I've che...That was an interesting sidebar Jim. I've checked my local council, and as far as I can see, we have a few footy players, one cricketer, and a racehorse - Archer.<br /><br />Not a mention of the Boyd family of artists (among others), or several writers I could name beginning with Frank Moorehouse.<br /><br />I think Cessnock have it better imo.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-55528304285925794432011-08-19T14:05:25.638+10:002011-08-19T14:05:25.638+10:00Hi kvd, Have added something on Wayne to the compa...Hi kvd, Have added something on Wayne to the companion post i did on the New England Australia blog.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-3263043308469615632011-08-19T13:57:23.296+10:002011-08-19T13:57:23.296+10:00Not too far at all! I will follow up on Wayne McLe...Not too far at all! I will follow up on Wayne McLennan.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-17039683804700596722011-08-19T13:21:05.605+10:002011-08-19T13:21:05.605+10:00Awww shucks, Jim. Now you're going too far.
...Awww shucks, Jim. Now you're going too far.<br /><br />But it gives me the opportunity to mention one other search item on McLennan - he is mentioned in the Cessnock Council 'Hall of Fame' - which I think is a good idea for any council, city, town to display. I'm not aware of my local council's equivalent page, but I think it's a good thing to celebrate the famous sons and daughters of one's locality.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-89152603139438208332011-08-19T13:12:34.586+10:002011-08-19T13:12:34.586+10:00Kvd, I will bring your comments up in the main pos...Kvd, I will bring your comments up in the main post, along with your role as my official research assistant!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-61208828668420127962011-08-19T12:33:16.471+10:002011-08-19T12:33:16.471+10:00Very interesting post Jim - thank you. I went sea...Very interesting post Jim - thank you. I went searching Wayne McLennan and thru him got to "Bell's Boxing Tent" and thence to a couple of links you may or may not have seen which are worthwhile additions, I think.<br /><br />http://petercarroll.photoshelter.com/gallery/Roy-Bells-Boxing-Tent-2011/G0000QPH4AHAgmco/<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxwF2SJ3vWY<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for sparking the interest.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com