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Sunday, September 26, 2021
Boxers Double Feature, Part 1 - Models
Our Sunday double feature's subject is boxers, and we'll start off the nude half with the only nude model in the set whom I think I can identify. I'm pretty sure this is John Manning,
As a card carrying member of the Manning Brothers fan club, I can attest this is indeed Big John. Like you, I was never sure of the photographer and assumed it was when he posed for Dave Martin. But I never got that Martin feel from it. As you know, John got around to all the major photographers on the west coast. A while ago I posted a couple of pics of John and his younger brother Jim and attributed them to Bruce of LA. Lately I have seen other pics of John and Jim, together and alone, that are attributed to Lyle Frisby. Based on John's haircut in this photo, I'm thinking this is also from Lyle. I'm going to do some more research on this. I have a feeling I'm going down a rabbit hole that may keep me busy for hours. Darn! I have to look at nude photos of the Manning bros? Work, work, work. :)
Definitely John Manning. He boxed some but not as much as his brother Jim. John was a pro wrestler, known as "El Guapo", when he was a paratrooper at Fort Campbell Kentucky. That magnificent copulatory organ, though certainly a feast for eyes, was not just decorative but was a hard working baby maker having created well over a dozen children by about as many women.
Yes, John Manning fathered a large number of children. I've read that only a few of them knew him very well and some not at all. One daughter is reported to have put together quite a bit of information on his life and career, and hopefully it will be published at some point.
Yes, John was a man who all men can look up to. He was very much in charge of his world. The number of children he fathered is estimated to be somewhere near fifty. I lessened the number in the above comment because I didn't want to strain your readers limits of credibility. Fathering children was John's "thing". He wanted to leave his genes as a legacy to the world.
I'm going to make one of my periodic "confessions of a blogger" now. John Manning is one of those models I don't really like, but post in the interest of offering a broad range of types and for loyal viewers who do like him. From the first time I laid eyes on one of his photos, I got a thuggish vibe. That feeling has not gone away over the years, but I do understand his popularity and respect that.
He looks pretty young here. At risk of offending, that male organ is the right size to be Manning.
ReplyDeleteAs a card carrying member of the Manning Brothers fan club, I can attest this is indeed Big John. Like you, I was never sure of the photographer and assumed it was when he posed for Dave Martin. But I never got that Martin feel from it. As you know, John got around to all the major photographers on the west coast. A while ago I posted a couple of pics of John and his younger brother Jim and attributed them to Bruce of LA. Lately I have seen other pics of John and Jim, together and alone, that are attributed to Lyle Frisby. Based on John's haircut in this photo, I'm thinking this is also from Lyle. I'm going to do some more research on this. I have a feeling I'm going down a rabbit hole that may keep me busy for hours. Darn! I have to look at nude photos of the Manning bros? Work, work, work. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to inflict such a painful chore on you, lol! I agree that this doesn't have the Martin feel to it, fwiw.
DeleteEven if not a boxer, rather beautifully posed as a boxer.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely John Manning. He boxed some but not as much as his brother Jim. John was a pro wrestler, known as "El Guapo", when he was a paratrooper at Fort Campbell Kentucky. That magnificent copulatory organ, though certainly a feast for eyes, was not just decorative but was a hard working baby maker having created well over a dozen children by about as many women.
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Yes, John Manning fathered a large number of children. I've read that only a few of them knew him very well and some not at all. One daughter is reported to have put together quite a bit of information on his life and career, and hopefully it will be published at some point.
DeleteYes, John was a man who all men can look up to. He was very much in charge of his world. The number of children he fathered is estimated to be somewhere near fifty. I lessened the number in the above comment because I didn't want to strain your readers limits of credibility. Fathering children was John's "thing". He wanted to leave his genes as a legacy to the world.
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I'm going to make one of my periodic "confessions of a blogger" now. John Manning is one of those models I don't really like, but post in the interest of offering a broad range of types and for loyal viewers who do like him. From the first time I laid eyes on one of his photos, I got a thuggish vibe. That feeling has not gone away over the years, but I do understand his popularity and respect that.
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