Songs about Boxing, Fighting, and just plain being tough

[Bibliodiscoteque]

I need some help - This Sept/October's podcast is about boxing. I have a few tracks but am looking for some songs I may not have heard - preferably in the garage punk vein.

Any recommendations? Any type of fisticuffs will do.

I'm not using Dylan's "Hurricane" as it is 4 days long.
-- Thanks

[John Battles]

Of course , The Meteors did a variation on that with "Psycho Cat"  tho' Fenech claimed to hate Teds.

Mark George Harrison said:

Armitage Shanks 'shirts off' and whilst on the rock n roll vein an 80s Welsh rockabilly band called Crazy Cavan and the rhythm rockers did a song called 'teddy boy boogie' ...............'he put his dirty hands on my long drape coat, so I whipped out my razor and I slit his throat, teddy boy boogie.............'

[Mike]

Isn't that also the subject of the "KKK took my baby away"? I was under the impression that Joey wrote that in reference to Johnny.

[John Battles]

You're right . I read that , too. But , again , when they were both living , it did'nt seem like a veiled reference to an ongoing dispute....When they did  "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" , I really thought Johnny only played on that track , under duress , given that he openly supported Reagan , while the others.....did'nt. It's very possible he did'nt even play on it , or not all the guitar lines..... By that time , they were supplementing his guitar parts with people like Walter Lure and Daniel Rey , but , mainly , because , after all those years , Johnny refused to play Lead Guitar.Nothing political , as such. I read that he did'nt want "Bonzo" released in America , but caved when the others agreed to call it "My BrAIN is Hanging Upside Down".  That , in itself , made The Ramones seem like something of a Democracy. Not so.

Mike said:

Isn't that also the subject of the "KKK took my baby away"? I was under the impression that Joey wrote that in reference to Johnny.