Why was he facing bad fighters? Probably because any HW with a pulse could have kicked his A$$ at that point It was a joke comeback, similar to that of Shavers around the same time frame. I guess Big George winning the title fueled the delusions of a few of his contemporaries.
A few years ago before I joined this forum I noticed when looking at his record on boxrec that he made a comeback in his fifties and fought some guys with really bad records. I tried to track down some footage to see if he at least looked like he was in shape but I couldn't find a damn thing, not even still photos. I'd have made a thread like this if I'd had an account. (I'm really stingy about signing up to websites and usually lurk for at least a year first.) Did anyone here actually see him fight? If so, how bad was it?
When a guy that old tries to make a comeback I have to wonder how his optimism even survives a workout in the gym. Like, how is he hitting the heavy bag and thinking, yeah, I've still got it?
Right on..He had no legs what so ever along with shot reflexes. Every punch he took caused his legs to jiggle
He was all but finished when he was seen off by Lynn Ball at the end of 1979 His personal "Last Hurrah" was in 1980 against Gerry Cooney - KOd in the entry round.
Strange comeback in that the first three fights were in a low rent punk rock concert hall in Erlanger, KY. Peel's Palace was a seedy place. You would have thought that he would've began in Denver where he would've had maximum press and drew a bigger house. Even stranger that not one nanosecond of any of the four fights were filmed or made TV.
