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Monday, November 10th, 2008It was a forgotten name from the glorious late 60’s and early 70’s. His name is Hedgemon Lewis.
Hedgemon is now just a footnote in welterweight championship history. He was once recognized as World Champion by New York State Athletic Commission after he whipped favorite son Billy Backus a few times. The real champion of that [...]
Mike Rossman; A Forgotten Champion.
Thursday, November 6th, 2008The date is August 1, 1975. At the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two of the top middleweight prospects are meeting in a rematch of a May 19th bout in Binghampton, N.Y. On that occasion Mike Nixon, the brother-in-law of Jerry and Mike Quarry beat Mike Rossman. The loss that night [...]
VINCENTE SALDIVAR : A MEXICAN LEGEND
Monday, November 3rd, 2008The 1960’s spawned many great fighters. Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, Emile Griffith, Luis Rodriguez and Carlos Ortiz just to name a few. One of the best of this era was a 5′ 3″ southpaw from Mexico City named Vincente Saldivar. He ruled the featherweight division for three years and then retired. He [...]
REMEMBERING HENRY HANK
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Henry Hank of Detroit was born in 1935 and began his long professional career in 1953. In less then two years he was fighting the likes of Virgil Akins.
By 1959 Henry was good enough to mix it up with the best middleweights and light heavyweights in the world. Fighting men like Holly Mims, George Benton, [...]