Who was the Heavyweight Champ when you were born?

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  1. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Me? It was Rocky Marciano....
     
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    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The world was a dark place. The long shadow of Muhammad Ali continued to preside over the minds of the people, as in his absence, misery & bitterness (with a goofy lisp) had taken hold. On a storm-surged evening, winds carrying the faint echo of gunshots, screams & sirens, with wars raging in the Middle East & the Americas, I was pushed & pulled, headlong, into an unjust world, while my mother & her doctor smoked their way through my emergence with a box of Winnie Reds. It was a traumatic day…I even cried, unusual for me.

    The champion was Larry Holmes. Make of it what you will.
     
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    GlaukosTheHammer Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Michael Spinks x2
     
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    Larry Holmes.
     
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    The one and only...... SMOKING JOE FRAZIER
     
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    “I learnt my jab by flicking a towel”
     
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    Lennox Lewis. He’d lose it months later against Rahman.
     
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    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I knew it!
     
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    Deontay Wilder.
     
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    Buster Douglas. But only for another 3 days before he met Holyfield.
     
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    Smokin' Joe...or, was it Ali in '69 given Joe hadn't beaten him yet, so he hadn't lost it in the ring...that's a different discussion for a different day I guess...
     
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    Ali
     
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    Ali.
    Who had changed his name from Cassius Clay a year earlier.
     
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    George Foreman.

    Whats funny is you have no idea how old I am.
     
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