Johnny Bratton - Footwork & Defense Highlight

Defensive highlights of the talented former Welterweight champion.

Johnny Bratton - Was an American professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division, earning nearly $400,000 in 83 fights, but ended up penniless and mentally impaired. In the 1980s, Bratton was sleeping in the lobby of Chicago's (formerly magnificent but now seedy) Del Prado Hotel, earning his place by running errands and being personable, but not quite living in the present, always a sidestep away from his old memories. By 1991, he was in a nursing home on Chicago's South Side, in touch with his family and "doing all right", in his own words.

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haNZAgod

[hanzagod]

Even though Bratton is remembered for his all-action exciting fights, in his prime he was defensively sound and had great movement so that's what I tried to showcase here.

[brettpaterson]

Great boxer to watch, slick, stylish and very exciting. Bratton is a joy to watch as is many from that era. Sadly he was badly managed in a time where boxers had no control over their career’s. Such a shame how he ended his life. At least we can be thankful for people like you haNZgod that take the time to load these gems of footage up for us fans to appreciate, many thanks.🥊

[austincb]

God I am so appreciative of these videos

[GilturnerknocksoutphonyFloyd]

Johnny was mishandled by his management. His managers were very brave. He was a natural WW His manager matched him against big MW’s. They were greedy. I used to see Johnny near the end of his life begging for money in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. He was also institutionalized in the state home for the mentally ill for quite a while. He was a beautiful man and beautiful boxer. The WW division was so deep with talent in his generation.

[jugsy]

So beautifully made man, some brilliant defensive movements by the legendary Johnny Bratton. 👍 ✌️

[gratitude]

he hits like a leopard...hard as f8ck....

[SaidDK-rffs]

looks like his style is modeled off sugar ray robinson

[sagecrockett]

This guy had a poor record of 64-23-3. He lost to most names recognizable today. Many of his wins were against competition with high losses. He got his jaw broken a few times too. He was only a champion for 2 months. This guy is hardly the stuff of champions. He was a B fighter every day of the week. He also spent 8 years in a mental hospital. These are facts no one wants to write about here...