Bonavena to Ali - "You big chicken"

That book by Torres,'Sting Like A Bee' was the first biography that I read on Ali. Way back in 1972 !! Very good read. Especially the part when Jose was covering the FOTC.

 

Oscar Bonavena was a 'much tougher' opponent than many could imagine.

New York Times,,,,,,,,,,pre-fight analysis of Oscar Bonavena

Awkward, slow and clumsy,,,,,,,,,with about as much grace as a bull in a china shop.
Oscar will be a 'sitting bull' for the sharp-shooting Muhammad Ali.

 

ever watched jimmy ellis v bonavena? maybe that's why ali was so favoured.

 

Of course he was a big heavyweight for his day,oh but you're only talking heightwise,everything else doesn't count.
Well Tyson was a pygmy then.

 

Bonavena was game and gave a good showing up in '70 New York, but Ali was still his superior and scored the 15th rd. TKO in classic fashion....
:bbb:deal

SR.BILL:hat

 

Even mass wise Bonavena's mass consisted of more fat than u know . Fat does not equal size , and while Tyson was a small heavyweight at least he was a massive 1 , Bonavena , 4 a heavyweight , was not even as massive , unless u consider Michael Moorer 1 of d biggest heavyweights of d previous decade .

 

Sorry your wrong.

 

and yet Oscar looked like Willie Pep vs Chuvalo..I guess clumsiness is a relative thing..

 

More from the New York Times,,,,,,

Red Smith, sports columnist,,,,,

'Oscar looks like he's fighting underwater, as you can see his punches
coming from the City of Atlantis',

'After five rounds of toying with this slow moving ship, Ali should rip the
'Argentininian Tug Boat' apart, and sink him with a few torpedoes.'

'My prediction, is Ali by a 6th round TKO.'

 

Oscar was one tough hombre. He may not have been a world beater,but he would always give the world's best a tough fight.

 

now u convinced me

 

:good