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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 [...]
SAM PETER WINS IN Y’TOWN, WHAT’S NEXT ?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Sam Peter is the former WBC heavyweight champion. He is hoping to regain a piece of the heavyweight title. He battered Gabe” Big G” Brown on the Pavlik – Espino undercard. He came in at 240 pounds. That was 23 pounds less then what he weighed when he lost to Eddie Chambers. Is Sam Peter [...]
WHEN “BOOM BOOM” SERVED NOTICE.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009During the early 1980’s it was said that Youngstown’s Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini was a media manufactured prospect. He was a great story line. A young son trying to win a title that evaded his talented father Lenny “Boom Boom” Mancini. Was he the real deal or was he hype ?
That was the question when [...]
THE GREAT JIMMY BIVINS TURNS 90.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Cleveland’s Bivins Battled The Best.
Although he was born in Dry Branch, Georgia it was from Cleveland, Ohio that Jimmy Bivins made history. He was a major player in putting Cleveland on the boxing map during the 1940’s and 50’s. He may well have been the best heavyweight [...]
JOSE TORRES
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009There was a time in the mid 60’s that revolved around who would be Muhammad Ali’s next opponent. The former Cassius Clay was chewing up and spitting out challengers with alarming ease. His hold on the heavyweight title was reaching the point of fan boredom. Few could see any serious contenders on [...]
Roy Jones Jr.-vs- The 70’s and 80’s
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Author’s note;
This article was first published after Roy’s wins over Lou Del Valle and Virgil Hill. This is what I thought about Roy then and my opinion has not changed even in light of his recent loss to Danny Green.
Roy Jones Jr., by far the class of the 175 pound weight division at [...]