Archive for October, 2008
« Previous EntriesMANUEL RAMOS – MEXICAN HEAVYWEIGHT
Thursday, October 30th, 2008When you think of Mexican fighters it is usually a tough little hombre like a Ruben Olivares, Vincente Saldivar or Julio Cesar Chavez. More often then not the better battles from Mexico scaled under 160lbs. In an exception to the rule during the mid 60’s to the early 70’s this country produced a pretty fair [...]
YOUNGSTOWN PRIDE : TONY JANIRO
Monday, October 27th, 2008This article was a long time coming. Over the years through my friends in the Youngstown area I have learned a lot about the rich boxing history in that region. I was familiar with Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini but I knew little about his dad Lenny Mancini who passed on the “Boom Boom” moniker to [...]
KID CHOCOLATE
Friday, October 24th, 2008Cuban Great ; Kid Chocolate.
He was born Eligio Sardinias Montalbo on January 6, 1910 in Cerro, Havana, Cuba. He launched his professional boxing career in 1927 and would participate in over 150 bouts in a career that ended in 1938.
He was nicknamed the ” Cuban Bon Bon ” [...]
OSCAR BONAVENA
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Who was the greatest fighter to come out of Argentina?Well pound for pound you may say Monzon or possibly Pascual Perez. You could make a strong case for Nicolino Loche too.
Who was the biggest and baddest of all Argentine fighters? Many would say Luis “Angel” Firpo. I’ll go [...]
DOUG JONES
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008What do you say about a fighter who was good enough to challenge for world title recognition in two different weight classes? What do you say about a fighter who holds knockout victories over former world champion and Hall Of Famers Carl “Bobo” Olsen and Bob Foster?
In all he met six world title holders. He [...]
MY CONVERSATION WITH KELLY PAVLIK
Saturday, October 18th, 2008I first met Kelly Pavlik at a banquet outside of Youngstown, Ohio several years ago. At the time I think Kelly had about five or six pro bouts. I knew he had been a good amateur but it wasn’t until a few years later that I realized what an accomplished amateur he had been. I [...]
DREAM FIGHT : PIPINO CUEVAS -VS- ARMANDO MUNIZ
Thursday, October 16th, 2008When I think of some of the best fighters in recent years who never won a title. I can not help but think of Jerry Quarry and Yaqui Lopez. Pierre Fourie and “Bad” Bennie Briscoe also come to mind. Without a doubt another one is Armando Muniz. Born in 1947 Muniz turned professional in 1970 [...]
TONY DOYLE
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 He was a big man for the times at 6’4.” He came out of Salt Lake City with dreams of becoming heavyweight champion. He turned pro well before his twentieth birthday and met some of the best heavyweights of his day
Tony Doyle was another in a long string of [...]
WHY CARLOS IS THE ” KING “.
Monday, October 13th, 2008 I cut my teeth on the sport of boxing in the mid-1960’s. At that time the sport was just coming out of a somewhat dreary period of champions although talented, lacked charisma.
It was Cassius Clay, later to be Muhammad Ali that energized the sport and opened the door for a [...]
THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME BALLOTS ARE OUT.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008The I.B.H.O.F. has released their ballots for the 2009 June inductions. There are 45 names on the Modern ballot and fifty on the Old Timers ballot. A few names I did not see on there were Danny “Little Red” Lopez, Lupe Pintor, Eddie Booker and Alfredo Escalera. UNBELIEVABLE !
The voters can choose up to ten [...]