Tell me about Proud Kilimanjaro

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    He was a big fellow at 6'6", and sometimes scaling around 230 lbs. Fairly big punch from what his record reflects. He retired in 1990 with a final record of 32-6-0-28. He stayed mostly local for most of his fights in Zimbabwe but made it to the UK and a few other places. Apparently he was barred from a fight against Lennox Lewis for failing to submit to HIV testing. He died in 1994.

    Below is a fight with British champion Horace Notice. Horace battered him to a stoppage in the 7th round. Kilimanjaro looked exhausted by about round 5.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzLFzgHiA8
     
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  2. SILVER SKULL 66

    SILVER SKULL 66 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks for the link, i'll watch it..

    About Proud, i don't know hardly anything about this guy at all, except i think he died of Aids:huh and he was a pretty decent fighter...

    Did he ever fight here in the USA? and did he ever spar with Morrison??

    Morrison said back in the 90's that he might have caugt the HIV virus sparring with another infected fighter, lots of guys were shooting roids and who knows what else, it only takes 1 time with a dirty needle

    By the way are you sure he retired in 1990 and not later?
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Opponents include Black Tiger, Bonyongo Destroyer, Wild Mhere and George Foreman...
     
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  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    No problem

    I think I read that somewhere too, though I'm not entirely certain.

    Not as far as I can see on his record, unless I missed it while scrolling through it. Looks like most of his fights were in Zimbabwe, the united Kingdom, and someplace called Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire ( wherever the hell that is. )

    Not sure. But given that he seemingly never spent time fighting on American soil, its questionable as to why Morrison's people would spend the money flying him over here to spar, when so many others were available.

    The dirty needle theory seems more plausible, though a world class fighter shouldn't need to share needles. Contracting AIDS through sparring is possible but not nearly as likely as getting it through either blood transfusion or ***ual intercourse. I think the Duke was covering up for some of his extramarital activities when he gave that explanation.

    The last entry on his record was February 1990. If he did have further bouts, they went unrecorded, but that sort of thing wasn't particularly common anymore by the 90's.
     
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah I saw that he fought Black Tiger some 5 or 6 times. not sure what that was all about, but I'm guessing it might have had something to do with the availability of opponents in that region and at that time, given that he didn't travel much. Some of the names that local fighters used around there were kinda funky. He fought some other guy who went by the name " Jukebox Timebomb." Wtf?
     
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Côte D’Ivoire is what was formerly known as the Ivory Coast. A Country on the West coast of Africa.

    As for Kilimanjaro, like seemingly all Zimbabwean Heavyweights of the early 80s; great name, shame about the ability...

    Beat a few British Journeymen, and the very ordinary Sammy Scaff. When he tried to step up to Commonwealth level, solid British Journeyman Hughroy Currie showed his limitations. Added to further defeats to 200 ish lb Notice and decent Light Heavy Mwale put him in his place.

    As mentioned was due to be steamrolled by Lewis, but lost the job to rival Micheal Simuwelu, after failing a HIV test.
     
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  7. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Thanks for your input on Kilimanjaro as well as that country I've never heard of. I can't even pronounce it. :lol:
     
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You could do worse things than spending five minutes on boxrec, looking at some of the amazing names of Zimbabwean Heavies of the 70s and 80s. Captain Cleopus Marvel, Hitler the Killer and if I remember correctly all The Beatles...
     
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  9. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol, it is pronounced 'coat dee whar'
     
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  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    :good
     
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  11. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I know, I got a good laugh out of some of them. Even the name " proud Kilimanjaro" is rather different.
     
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  12. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Any more back story of this? Worthy of a bump due to the discussion of Morrison going on here(he was also mentioned in the thread) I did a quick Google search on him and apparently there's a book about him and the local Zimbabwean boxing scene.

    https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2011/10/01/why-kilimanjaro-missed-us1m/

    He consumed “loaves of bread” and also held the record of attracting the biggest crowd for a boxing bout when 15 000 paying fans turned out at Rufaro to watch him win the Africa Boxing Union All Africa title. These insights are contained in The Bengu Years, a book which chronicles the golden age of boxing in Zimbabwe by Dave Wellings, the coach credited for coaching some of the country’s top boxers.
     
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  13. ideafix12

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    It is confirmed that he had aids?
    Have you got idea why Notice stopped fighting when he looked promising? Has a good win over Wamba
     
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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Morrison got HIV from doing steroids with a dirty needle in the late 80s.
     
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    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How do you know that?
     
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