Archive for January, 2010
SYLVESTER HALTS LYELL IN TENTH
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Niles, Ohio’s Billy Lyell fought with courage but was unable to take the IBF middleweight title from Sebastian Sylvester. Sylvester started fast and dominated the first two rounds cutting Billy on the bridge of the nose. Cornerman Jack Loew did a fine job controlling the cut.
Lyell came on in round three and held his own [...]
YOUNGSTOWN’S BILLY LYELL TO RECEIVE TITLE SHOT ON SATURDAY IN GERMANY…
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Youngstown,Ohio’s top 20 ranked middleweight contender Billy Lyell will receive a belated Christmas present this Saturday in Germany. He will meet Sebastian Sylvester for the IBF version of the middleweight title. A HUGE break for Billy who I am confident is up for the task at hand. Lyell has earned this shot by virtue of [...]
JOEY GIAMBRA ; Was He A Champion Without A Title ?
Thursday, January 21st, 2010For a decade ( 1952-1962 ) Joey Giambra was a mainstay among the middleweight elite. Still he never received a shot at the middleweight title. In fact he received his only title shot at the tail end of his career battling for the newly created junior middleweight division. He was not successful. Nevertheless in his [...]
TONY LICATA
Monday, January 18th, 2010FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER TONY LICATA
One of the better middleweights of the 1970’s was New Orleans native Tony Licata. The smooth boxing Licata turned professional in 1969 and was undefeated in his first 52 fights, ( 49-0-3 ). During that streak he defeated the likes of Mike Pusateri, Luis Vinales, Jose Chirino, Art Hernandez, [...]
BRITAIN’S “GOLDEN BOY” ; BILLY WALKER
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Over the years the British Empire has tried to produce a legitimate heavyweight champion. During the 1960’s and 70’s several candidates appeared to give the Brits hope. Henry Cooper and Brian London quickly come to mind. Later on there was Joe Bugner and Richard Dunn.Of course Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis would eventually come along [...]
THE RISE AND NEVER FALL OF GEORGE CHUVALO
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010For most of the 1960’s and part of the early 1970’s Canadian George Chuvalo was a mainstay in the talent rich heavyweight ratings. RING Magazine founder Nat Fleischer called George one of the most durable fighters he had ever seen. In his long distinguished career the rock jawed Chuvalo was [...]