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« Previous EntriesBOOK REVIEW : BLOOD SWEAT AND CHEERS BY PETE MEAD
Monday, September 1st, 2008One of the toughest and most respected middleweight contenders of the 1940’s was Pete Mead. Mead began his 56 fight professional career in 1942. In 1946 he made his first of several appearances at New York’s Madison Square Garden with a six round decision over Tommy Merrill.
He stepped up his competition beating Vince LaSalva and [...]
CHRIS JOHN : AN INVISIBLE CHAMPION
Saturday, August 30th, 2008CHRIS JOHN : AN INVISIBLE CHAMPION
Indonesia’s Chris John is an undefeated world champion. He has held that status since 2003. Still he is hardly ever mentioned in boxing columns or wire reports. I’ve never seen him on anybody’s pound for pound rating lists. He has boxed professionally for a decade now but he has become [...]
MATTHEW HILTON ; A Career Unfulfilled
Friday, August 29th, 2008This was a young man that had world champion written all over him. He had all the potential in the world to have become a boxing superstar. He did achieve the status of world title holder due to the fragmented title system of the day but I thought he would have accomplished so much [...]
SEATTLE MIDDLEWEIGHT FRASER SCOTT
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Fraser Scott was a tough middleweight out of Seattle, Washington. He turned pro in 1968 and in slightly over a years time ran up a record of 17-0-1. His biggest victory was a two round, cut eye stoppage of former junior middleweight champion Denny Moyer. In 1969 Scott was awarded a title shot against middleweight [...]
ECKHARD DAGGE
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Eckhard was an accomplished amateur who won 66 of 80 contests. When he was not picked for the 1972 Olympic team in Munich, he decided to turn pro in 1973. He won his first thirteen fights beating the likes of Matt Donovan, Denny Moyer, Manuel Gonzalez and former world champion Billy Backus. He lost his [...]
ALVIN “BLUE” LEWIS
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The late 60’s and early 70’s spawned an array of fistic talent in the heavyweight division. From the great champions Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frazier and Foreman along with Ellis and Terrell to the parade of bonafide contenders. Almost always among the top contenders of the day were the names of Chuvalo, Quarry, Bonevena, Norton, Lyle, [...]
ALFREDO ESCALERA : HALL OF FAME ?
Sunday, August 24th, 2008He turned professional in 1970, fighting in the clubs of New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. In his eighth pro contest he was trading shots with a fella named Edwin Viruet. He suffered his first pro defeat that night. No shame in that. Nor would there be any shame in his next setback [...]
ALEXIS ARGUELLO ; ” Talk Softly But Carry A Big Stick “
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 One of the best pure punchers of my generation was Alexis Arguello. He was aptly nicknamed ” The Explosive Thin Man “. He was tall and rail thin but his punch could stop an opponent dead in his tracks.
It’s hard to believe that Alexis was stopped in the very first round of his pro [...]
GEORGE CHAPLIN : A FORGOTTEN CONTENDER
Thursday, August 21st, 2008He was one of the better heavyweights of the 1980’s. He is probably also the most overlooked when remembering that decade. Baltimore’s George Chaplin was able to hang with some of the best heavyweights of that era. Chaplin turned professional in 1976 and reeled off seven straight victories. He suffered his first defeat in 1977 [...]
STAN WARD
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008He crossed gloves with three world champions and did battle with several top contenders. In the mid and late 70’s he was considered one of the best young heavyweights in the world. Stan Ward would for the better part of five [...]
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