RIP Greg Page

It's very unfortunate that this happened. In his prime Page had alot of promise and a great combination of speed and power. I don't know what it was that hindered him, whether it was lacking dedication to training or expectations placed on him to be the next ali (giant shoes which have yet to be filled to this day) but someone with his talent should have achieved so much more.

Nonetheless, he was one of my favorite fighters and it's a sad day for me. Condolences to his family are extended.

 

Page was a sick man for years. Sometimes a person is better off passing. Lets hope Page is in a better place now.

 

At the "Drama in the Bahamas" next day press conference, Ali was asked: "Is there anyone in the game today that approaches your magic?" [paraphrase]

"Greg Page."


Rest in peace.

 

Ali was right in '81.... But by 1982, Page was exposed and outboxed by Berbick on June 11, 1982..... Weight drained or not, Page looked fit at a lean 221 pounds........ By 1984, Page was a slob up near 240 pounds for his fight with Tim Spoon in his losing effort to capture the vacant WBC title on HBO..... And, by '86, Page was knocked senseless by Mark Wills in wicked fashion........... The rest is history......:bbb

MR.BILL:deal

 

RIP and thanks for the fights.

 

Last time i looked this was an obituary thread, and those don't usually include **** like this. Well, unless you stand up at funerals and tell all and sundrey what a plonker the deceased was.


I'll add my thoughts later Magoo, cheers mate!

 

Greg Page rest in peace.

 

No kidding,

Mr. Bill isn't going to be giving the eulogy at my funeral..

 

abit harsh on him lads

he was just saying what he did he didnt mean it to be offensive to Greg(i hope)

 

yeh but people will always die

 

Okay, I'll give Mr. Bill a pass..

 

I have nothing against Greg Page..... He had been ill since '01, and he knew, like most of us did, that his time clock was winding down...

Aside from an early death (Jerry Quarry kicked-off at age 53 in 1999) due to his ring activities, the overall point was that Greg Page and company should've seen the writing on the wall WAY BEFORE he fought Dale "I like to Murder" Crowe in 2001.... But again, the same ol' bull**** occurs.... "I NEED THE MONEY!" Well, this is the type of **** that happens to old fighters way past their best days with fading skills and reflexes, etc...

Again, Greg Page began dealing with the serious side of boxing going back to 1982 against Trevor Berbick. That was the FIRST time where Page had to dig down and decide if he really wanted to be a fighter / boxer.... Well, Greg Page made the decision to carry on, but he did it half-hearted too...... Greg Page should've been a well trained guy fighting at 223 to 227 pounds during his peak years from 1982 to 1986.... Greg Page had the natural ability and skills to beat slobs like Tony Tubbs, Buster Douglas, Joe Bugner, David Bey & Mark Willis... However, somewhere during that time Greg Page lost his desire to take boxing seriously... That's when he really started paying back the Piper....

It's odd but Greg Page seemed better and more focused in his initial comeback of the early 1990s.... Greg had dropped some excess baggage and was getting back up on his toes again; then he ran into Razor Ruddock in 1992.... That TKO loss should've convinced Greg that it was finally over, but the Pageman still pressed forward.... Ironically, after the loss to Ruddock, Greg Page cameback to outbox Bonecrusher Smith... That was good and bad..... It would've been nice to see Greg Page retire with that win, but it was not to be.... Greg Page had to keep going, right into 1993, until he lost to Bruce "Glass-Jaw" Seldon... Not kool.......

See, A lot of this hoopla surrounding Greg Page's physical state later in life could have been prevented if he had a real look-out who cared.... Where the hell was Don King? King is filthy rich and was suppose to be like a Godfather to Page when Greg Page was a young heavyweight.... Page gets nearly killed by Dale Crowe in Kentucky and then Don King says he wants to hold a benefit to raise money to help pay some medical bills..... Don King wasn't gonna lay any real money of his on the table.... He wanted the boxing world to send in and donate like a crooked preacher on TV..... WTF?

Yeah, Ol' Page sure had some real good friends there by him later in life.?.? Geez..... However, that type of scenario happens all the time..... When a dude is on the top of a mountain peak, everybody wants to hang out with him... But when he slides down and hits the ground, people tend to vanish.... It happened to Greg Page.......... Cheers.....

MR.BILL

 

Off topic.... But the other guy who I began to fear for was Tim Witherspoon....... Spoon looked great in 1996 at age 38 / 39 beating dudes like Alfredo Cole and Jorge L. Gonzales on HBO...... Spoon even looked good in losing a **** hair decision to Raymond Mercer in late 1996, as well....... In 1997, Spoon took apart Levi Billups on the USA network, but then his training and his winning streak began to spiral downhill..... The later losses to "Golota & Page" to close out the 1990s was a sure indication that Spoon was aging and fading fast..... The 2002 TKO loss to Louis Savarese was the icing on the cake for Spoon's career....... Spoon was well on his way to getting himself hurt had he carried on........ I am happy that Tim Witherspoon got out healthy..... However, he did talk about fighting again a year or so ago, I'm glad it went nowhere....... Peace...

MR.BILL

 

It's a shame there isn't more footage of him on youtube. When I typed in Greg Page I get a lot of info on the guy from the ****ing teletubbies.
I liked his wins over Coetzee, Tillis, and Snipes and there was no shame in losing to Witherspoon at the time.
RIP.

 

This is terrible really. He still looked like a young & healthy guy when working McCall's corner. Seems only a few years ago.