The Life and Murder of Stanley Ketchel: Middleweight Champion of the World

The Life and Murder of Stanley Ketchel: Middleweight Champion of the World | Boxing History

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28 күн бұрын

This documentary details the life, boxing career, and murder of Stanley Ketchel. With newspaper and magazine articles from the time, court transcripts, and biographies written by men who knew the middleweight champion, Stanley Ketchel's childhood through the trial following his murder are covered.
Stanley Ketchel, the first prize fighter to regain a lost world championship, visited Springfield, Missouri on the invitation of R.P. Dickerson. After buying land with plans to retire from boxing to become a rancher, Ketchel was shot in the back outside Conway, Missouri and later died.
CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONAL INFO -
Jack Welch served as the referee of the Johnson-Ketchel match. Not Jeffries.

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@Bizzyphazilly 23 күн бұрын

I love when Mike says something like, "Stanley was a real wild and crazy guy." This was a gripping and thoroughly enjoyable documentary. I wish more creators made documentaries about boxers EXACTLY like this, and often ! Rip All kilt boxers

@adamgwhitaker 23 күн бұрын

Thank you. I'm happy you liked it. I'm planning more boxing and baseball documentaries so please subscribe.

@Bizzyphazilly 23 күн бұрын

@@adamgwhitaker I subscribed today and look forward to more of your docs. I love to learn bro. Appreciate you

@willb.danger6573 14 сағат бұрын

A fly on the wall when Cus was telling Mike all those stories....

@Gilturner700 21 күн бұрын

I’ve been reading about Ketchel for over 65 years. He was a wild man with wild swinging punches. To me hard to tell his place in MW history as more scientific fighters emerged but certainly an all time great who probably had not reached his peak.

@Gilturner700 20 күн бұрын

@justthink5854 yes It’s really too bad no films of Greb in a fight exist, at least none have been found. I found it interesting reading Adam Pollocks so far two part, a third is soon released, bio of Dempsey. By far the most detailed comprehensive bio of Dempsey and lots of information and newspaper reports on Greb including opinions by fans and reporters. I think I learned more about Greb reading the Dempsey bio than the bios I have read about Greb. Pollock uses newspaper reports from all over the world and since Greb and Dempsey were contemporaries lots of opinions of Greb and his fighting style are included. A great read for real boxing fans.

@unique_mushroom 10 күн бұрын

wow! over 65 years? may i ask how old you are? thats really impressive. i assume you've followed the sport that whole time too? i would have loved to have been around for that many of the great eras in boxing.

@Steven-xv8eg 23 күн бұрын

Many thanks for the upload, Ketchel was a real character! 🎉

@adamgwhitaker 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. I'm happy to hear you liked it.

@chrispaul7849 20 күн бұрын

thank you so much for this, I have been a lifelong admirer on SK's and read everything I could about him... I am also a writer and always thought a biopic of him and Rube Waddell would be something I would love to write and see. What colorful lives packed into such short ones of both men! They died 4 years apart. I wonder if they ever met? I collect tons of cards and 2 of my most prized are Stanley and Rube's, both minted in their eras.

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. It's definitely an interesting story and could make a good movie.

@stevematteo1511 19 күн бұрын

Great work and effort to tell this story! Ketchel was one best fighters ever. Imagine what he would’ve accomplished if he wasn’t murdered at age 24.

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. I do wonder if he would have soon retired or if being a rancher wouldn't have held his interest.

@chriso1585 17 күн бұрын

Well researched and interesting enough to have me glued to the screen, thanks for your efforts on a brilliant documentary of a fighter that has been forgotten by the majority of boxing fans

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate you watching.

@TraceyMurray-zg7ih 22 күн бұрын

Ketchel was just a smaller version of Dempsey

@lane99 10 күн бұрын

What a great video. Well done.

@martyc4599 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for putting so much effort into this research and subsequent upload. I found this fascinating. Stanley Ketchel has always been on my radar since I was a teenager and budding boxing historian. Thank you again. Great piece of work.

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it. Even living near Springfield, I only first heard about this story a few years ago. I started looking for old newspapers thinking I'd write an article for Boxing News and eventually decided on the documentary.

@martyc4599 13 күн бұрын

@@adamgwhitaker Did Boxing News take it up? What about Ring Mag? Good luck anyway. I wish you all the best.

@risboturbide9396 23 күн бұрын

Thank you! Great video 🍻🍻

@adamgwhitaker 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@michaelhiggs8657 23 күн бұрын

I believe Bob Fitzsimmons was the 1st to keep a Lion as a pet.

@MisterCrookedNose 18 күн бұрын

Duran and Tyson both copied him

@sa1boxfitboxercise271 23 күн бұрын

I didn't realise that Conn was introduced after Louis!

@willb.danger6573 14 сағат бұрын

I've always loved that Dynamite knows the shit outta boxing history. Cus man...

@alexcarter8807 24 күн бұрын

That guy better have bought his kid that violin. Kid's got 6 fingers besides a thumb, plus he's got telekinetic powers. "Buy me a violin, Dad, or I"m gonna wish you into the corn field!".

@Bizzyphazilly 23 күн бұрын

I know right.

@itsnotme3882 22 күн бұрын

Really good work, this was great. Good narration and great details. But I hate the AI drawings.

@adamgwhitaker 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. The AI art was the only affordable option since so many visuals were needed due to few photographs being available. I usually get my brother to draw pictures but this one needed too many.

@alexcarter8807 24 күн бұрын

17:45 AI picture so bad it's kind of good.

@adamgwhitaker 24 күн бұрын

I didn't have much of a budget or many pictures to use because of how much time has passed.

@Bizzyphazilly 23 күн бұрын

Always loved Kahn's balls V Louis. Could ya imagine Same w Ketchel goin up v Jack I mean that was a suicide wish aykm props, props

@ComicPierre 3 сағат бұрын

How did they introduce Joe first and Conn second?!!

@stivs06 22 күн бұрын

It’s not the square circle, it’s the square ring!!

@TheBatugan77 22 күн бұрын

It's called the squared CIRCLE! 😠😡😠

@stivs06 22 күн бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 brain dead

@TheBatugan77 9 күн бұрын

@@stivs06👈😡 BootUpYourAss.

@angelaspanger 22 күн бұрын

wow so much footage and newspaper clips from a billion years ago wasn't he killed by a jealous husband?

@Gilturner700 21 күн бұрын

He was killed by the husband of the woman who was making him breakfast

@jerrymccoy1947 11 күн бұрын

Back in the 70s, I read that Mr Ketchel was caught screwing a farmer's wife, and killed by the husband.

@I00kingin 4 күн бұрын

Con said after losing the first fight that he had been winning by choosing to slug it out with Joe:“What's the sense of being Irish if you can't be dumb?

@ididthisonpulpous6526 9 күн бұрын

Some of the AI art is kind of low key horror material... Melting faces and 13 fingers stuff...

@Jim-du5yp 22 күн бұрын

Great documentary... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐...Thanks 👍....Subscribed ...

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

@ArchieThomas3seesea 11 күн бұрын

Nat Flessieur did not consider Ali as one of the ten best heavyweight chaperons.

@TheBatugan77 9 күн бұрын

Nor should we.

@anthonyocarroll5630 7 күн бұрын

What about my uncle Freddy Mills

@Ondolite 9 күн бұрын

Papke fought in g- string!!

@pdm2201 20 күн бұрын

After Johnson knocked Ketchel down he is seen flicking Ketchels teeth off his glove.

@adamgwhitaker 13 күн бұрын

He does swipe at his glove, but I couldn't tell if he was knocking teeth off, as the story goes, or just clearing away dirt he picked up from the knockdown. I do mention it later as being one of the claims around the fight.