Seeking an Answer - Boxer Who Used to Run Security at Tropicana in Las Vegas

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  1. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    My dad and I were talking about when we went to Vegas when I was really young and he said a former boxer used to run security there. He said it was a pretty big name, perhaps a guy who fought Ali, definitely a heavyweight.

    This would have been about the year 2000, give or take.

    Thank you for your help! I google it a ton and couldn't find anything.
     
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  2. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    Carl Williams..who died earlier this year...may well be your answer.
    Fought Holmes not Ali.
     
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  3. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We aren't sure Williams is the answer. It seems he did his security work in NYC.
     
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  4. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    Im not saying deffo right..may be...he did work in vegas..read an article where he said 'i once was flown in here as top of the bill,now i have to kiss peoples ass, when they used to kiss mine' he was deffo talking about vegas...although spent most time in new york.
     
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  5. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thank you, this could very well be the answer. Like to see it kept open in case someone else has another name.
     
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  6. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Ron Lyle. He worked either there or at the Frontier. But I'm pretty sure he is the guy.
     
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  7. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That's the one my pops was thinking of. He thanks you!

    This thread can be closed, unless we want to turn it into a discussion of what fighters do after retiring...or something, lol.

    Thanks again!
     
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  8. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Joey maxim used to work at the Silver Slipper. he ran this big spinning wheel thing right at the entrance back in the early 80s.
     
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  9. TheMikeLake

    TheMikeLake Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think that's called Big 6, interesting. Of course Joe Louis was a greeter at MGM, I recall. His statue is still in there, got a pic with it a few years back.
     
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  10. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Believe it was Joey Giambra
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Pretty sure that was where I met Earnie Shavers who was working either as a greeter or security.
     
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  12. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Definitely Lyle.
     
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  13. newurban99

    newurban99 Active Member Full Member

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    I know that Lyle worked security in Vegas early-to-mid 1990s.
     
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  14. dcarlota

    dcarlota Member Full Member

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    Julius Francis who fought Mike Tyson & lost via 2nd-round TKO knocked somebody out while working as a bouncer in 2022!
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  15. dcarlota

    dcarlota Member Full Member

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    FYI Francis was ~58 at the time of the incident!
     
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