Minnesota Fats vs Willie Mosconi (Howie Cosell Ringside)-Sports Vids

Minnesota Fats vs Willie Mosconi (Howie Cosell Ringside)-Pool Sharks
Minnesota Fats was one of the most heralded, and popular ambassadors that the sport of Billiards Pool had ever seen. His Opponent, Willie Mosconi, is the incomparable, undisputed greatest straight shooter, tournament style player that ever racked and wacked, having won 16 consecutive World Titles. Adding to the rivalry was the fact that these two did not like each other at all. Mosconi feels like Fatso is a disgrace to his gentleman's game, billiards. While Fats The Hustler despises the fact that chumps like Mosconi play for peanuts, Minnesota is busy, "leaving wit da Caaaaash! Ya Understand?"
The Real contention aside from the competition is due to the fact that Minnesota Fats claimed that the movie "The Hustler" had based Jackie Gleesons Character "Minnesota Fats" off of his legend. Which seemed pretty obvious seeing how the real Fats was incredibly popular by the time the film came out. Plus the fact that the author of the Book said that he liked to watched the real Fats play in Little Egypt.
Maybe it was different back then but today there's not a lot of guys going by the moniker "Fats, Fatso, or even Fatboy" Seems like a fairly original name.
Willie, was a consultant on the film and the stunt double who hit some of those rather impossible trick shots from the wrist down.
He contends that Fats is full of shit and that he stole the moniker after the film hit the big screen. Fats admits that his original nickname was New York Fats, but he had a huge reputation around the country and had garnered the nickname all over the country. Chicago Fats, St.Louis Fats, Havannah Fats. But Mosconi maintained the opinion that fats was just liar.
As an extra and sizeable bonus, aside from the amazing and rare pool match between the legends. The Legend of Broadcasting, Howie Cosell, graces the airwaves adding some much needed neutrality and class to the special. So watch the video and listen close to Fats, a true hustler, and an even better entertainer. Oh yeah and Willie's their too... Minnesota Fats vs Willie Mosconi Classic- on Sports Vids !! Check out these Legendary Players players from The Golden Age of Hustlers. sports-vids.co...
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[@jasonpaden7568]

Want to see more of Fatso tell me in the comments or come to sports-vids.com and let me know there!!

[@matimus100]

Pools definitely not a sport it's a game of skill right

[@philballins613]

Minnesota Fats, what a name. Great Retro-Video plus Howie Cosell with the call, this is a classic.

[@jasonpaden7568]

Yead i love this clip

[@richmyers6684]

I was given the opportunity to play Minnesota Fats, Feb. 27, 1993. He never shuts up, made me nervous, but I was still 2 balls ahead. Took my shot at the 8 ball, and it hung at the left corner pocket, and wouldn't drop in. So I lost. But it was still a privilege to have played him. Rich

[@toddrobertson1398]

Fats greatest hustle was convincing people he was the best player to ever play.

[@OldGuyHere]

We need more of this in pool today. The hustlers the con men, the side shows. Not this sanitized version we have today........ooooohhhhhh don't look at me I might miss. Wa wa wa. Pool is a game not a sport.

[@thegodofpez]

What a legendary rivalry. Makes me proud to play pool.

[@robertkinslow8953]

Remember watching these guy when i was a kid.

[@davidahrens2841]

'Mosconi coughed, they called an ambulance'

[@StuartDeBolt]

1st watched this in '66 during summer school

[@jaypayday3057]

Fats was a great shit talker

[@jasonpaden7568]

Yeah he was. Its really shakes Mosconi too. Makes it so much better.

[@matimus100]

Pools not a sport it's a game of skill and nonsense

[@wrightflyer7855]

@@matimus100 I think of billiards as a game of chess and physics combined.

[@wrightflyer7855]

I saw Mosconi play the University Of Florida student champ in the summer of '68 at UFL. Straight pool to 150, the student made a few balls and missed, Mosconi ran 150.

[@rickywaddell49]

Mosconi was a much better player.Fats was a much better talker.

[@wrightflyer7855]

@@rickywaddell49 Yes, I'm well aware of their comparative abilities. I lived and breathed billiards for decades and played APA league when I was younger, leveled and recovered tables and repaired cues. I really miss it but health problems from Agent Orange exposure finally caught up with me.

[@SoulLikeKhan]

Hotboxin w/ Mike Tyson brought me here

[@adamgregory2010]

Same lol

[@tigersbaseball1989]

Same

[@mjkrbjcw]

Me too 😂

[@jeevansarmah]

me too

[@kush_lord4000]

Same !!!

[@thomascanfield8571]

These guys would hate getting beat by all the great Philippino players of today.

[@ronzoni10001]

Willie would have held his own even against Reyes.

[@kurtkensson2059]

@@ronzoni10001 In 14.1 maybe. Efren Reyes is so knowledgeable about so many different variations of the game, and techniques like kicks, that he'd probably have the advantage, if both were matched up in their prime. (IMO.)

[@olavodias]

Minnesota Fats, Mike Siegel, Earl Strickland... legends of pool who are great to watch, but horrible to hear. haha

[@veronicahawthorne3452]

I remember watching this on tv..I was maybe around 14. Fats was a legend and a hustler, but he also never shut the F up lol. Always sharing his opponent. Mosconi was a class act all the way. You could tell Fats was from the streets. In this day and age they’d never put up with crap like this, but for the time, it was all about entertainment.

[@photorailfan]

Fats was a crumb.

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

Jeesh! Hasn't anyone got a clear rip of this gem?

[@jerryrobertsguitars]

Fatty, as the top players called him all his life, was a phoney. good showman and entertainer but never a top level player. word is that back in the day he was mostly just good at matching up and getting a spot from his opponent

[@ronzoni10001]

Agreed. He was just an obnoxious loudmouth as well.

[@joepickens5855]

It is Howard Cosell. Not Howie.😂

[@clark9992]

Right. I was around when Cosell was at the height of his career, and I never once heard him called Howie. Maybe to his friends or family, I don't know.

[@chemmii]

If it had been straight pool.....Willie would have cleaned his clock..!!

[@toddrobertson1398]

Willie cleaned his clock at everything they played.. fats was a phony

[@phenomena17]

What year is this

[@ronzoni10001]

Rudolph Wanderone was a liar, a poseur, and a mediocre pool player. He wasn't qualified to carry Moscone's cue case, let alone play him. Also, he was not Minnesota Fats OR the player Walter Tevis, the novelist, based his character on.

[@ChuckNorrisUltra]

Hopefully he doesn't read this.

[@wrightflyer7855]

@@ChuckNorrisUltra That would be a real surprise....Fats died in 1996. His book, "The Bank Shot and other Great Robberies" is a fun read, even though he never was a top player.

[@swaelee9966]

Mosconi's a square

[@jasonpaden7568]

Yeah he is and Fats is a real Hustler

[@seanwingate5734]

That's my uncle.

[@jasonpaden7315]

That's awesome. RIP

[@unclequack5445]

Yeah 15 time in a row 19 time overall straight pool world champion, square what?

[@Dommer1973]

And Fats is a gobshite and a loser🤷🏼‍♂️

[@hcvfggd]

He talks a lot and doesn't play this is why we don't allow people like this playing on camera

[@zelda1971]

Clean this up then let's watch

[@barberking9400]

Both great players but today they’d get destroyed against players like Efren,SVB extra Willy was a stand up guy , fats talked a lot a top 7 tap player today would beat him

[@ronzoni10001]

On what basis are you asserting this? Fats wouldn't last a second, that's true. But Moscone would not get destroyed. In straight pool Wille would have decimated both Efren and SVB, no doubt about it.

[@NineballChris]

These players would not have a chance now days lol. Pro players in 2024 would just run over these old school players.

[@ronzoni10001]

Not Moscone, they wouldn't.

[@deandoherty1163]

Showboating and mouthing off iits a wonder fats was never shot

[@angus4463]

What a loudmouth

[@yonu5983]

Too much BS to watch.

[@00RockyAngel00]

Seems a bit harsh to lose the game, set, AND match just because he couldn't get to the 8 ball due to Willie's balls being in the way. I'd rather see Willie just get ball in hand. That's the way at least SOME leagues are doing it now.