Malcolm 'Flash' Gordon

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  1. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Eddie Cool was the only man I ever heard that tabbed Escalera the winner over Tyrone Everett.
     
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  2. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    I think he was still writing for Ring until Bert Sugar took over in 1979 and gave the magazine a much-needed revamp. One of the first things he did was do-away with their god-awful all-time ratings and said something like "a magazine that has Jim Jeffries rated ahead of Muhammad Ali will not be taken seriously". He was right.
     
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  3. BobBarnett

    BobBarnett New Member Full Member

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    I loved how Flash always brought up the Favela stiffs as the greatest running joke in the boxing world
     
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  4. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Somebody with all of Flash's newsletter issues should post them on line, to show today's glibly ignorant and idiotic sports Twinkies and airheads what real "take no prisoners" writing looks like. (And I wanna see :pissboxWRECK provide updated records for Hispanic legend "Jose Canusee" and Korean icon "Pe Suh ****!")
     
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  5. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's the mag he knocked up for the Duran/Adolfo Viruet fight 1978, it's incredible, 16 ****in pages crammed full & HAND TYPED, jeezus, he was a crusader, 1000,s of words:good

    Front & back page with Flash world rankings.

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  6. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Used to see him nattering at every Felt Forum fight, lookin' like Ratso Rizzo, with a long, filthy raincoat, surrounded by nerdy acolytes, clutching papers that kept slipping outta their hands.
     
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  7. BobBarnett

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    That was a great time to watch bantamweights at the Olympic Aud
     
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  8. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Flash was the most anticipated read in boxing during his heyday.
     
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  9. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Amen.

    He sure didn't pull for the house and/or popular fighters 100% of the time. He was a true independent & since that time writers definately know who's buttering their bread.
     
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  10. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Anyone know if there's available footage of Biff Cline's superb KO streak? :hey
     
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  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My friend, Ray Elson, KO'd Cline in that TV tournament.
     
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  12. boxbible

    boxbible Active Member Full Member

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    Homage to Flash' stiffs:

    - Kenny Last
    - Otto DeMorgue
    - Boris Kartoff
    - Count Ott
    - Mustafa Gotsumtin
    - Pi Suh ****
    - Jose Canusee
    - Manny Losses
    - Tim Burr
    - Willie Fall

    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
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  13. kenmore

    kenmore Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do you remember how bad the regular ratings were under Ort? Absolutely awful. I don't know if I'm repeating myself here (it's an old thread), but in 1976-77 Ring Magazine didn't even include Earnie Shavers and Joe Bugner in their top 10. That's amazing considering that both were legitimate, established contenders. At the same time, Ring Magazine had Johnny Boudreux ranked in the top five or six. It also included Stan Ward and Leroy Jones, before either had even proven themselves.

    In the spring of 1977, Shavers kayoed Howard Smith (rated by Ring) in two rounds on national televison. I remember the TV announcer pointing out that Shavers was unrated by Ring Magazine. Jerry Quarry, the co-host, then said bluntly, "I don't understand Ring Magazine's ratings philosophy. Earnie Shavers in definitely a top 10 contender. Maybe not top 5, but definitely top 10."

    Very, very strange ratings system under Ort.
     
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  14. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yea it was called payola from Don King
     
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  15. Lobotomy

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    Hence Flash's moniker for him, "Johnny Bought, Caught, Ort."
     
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