Frank,, I can't find a WBC ranking for Muhammad Ali before his fight with Larry Holmes. What I have found, is that Muhammad Ali did not want a #...
Larry did one thing...........he beat everyone who was put in front of him. Lorenzo Zanon, was the European Heavyweight Champion, but his crown...
That was the Denver house that the Young Clay visited,,,,,,,,,,, Middle-class neighborhood, nice and quiet.
Didn't Tami move up to Beacon, New York (Dutchess County) Near me,,,,,?
WBC Rankings versus Larry Holmes in order; #30 Fred Askew #21 Roy Williams #16 Tom Prater --- Horace Robinson #19 Fred Houpe #10 Ibar...
A unification bout could have been done with John Tate. Maybe throw in Tommy Franco Thomas too.
With the WBA and the South African Connection (aparthied issue). Kallie Knoetzee and Gerrie Coetzee were not in the WBC rankings. And lets...
Vince 'Double V' Voltage, You don't know how close we came to seeing Billy Aird (British Heavyweight) get a WBC Title Shot, if he only beat...
I don't thinkyou can knock Larry. His hands were tied in several promotions. After beating Kenny Norton in June 1978, he was entitled to an easy...
Amos Johnson lumped up Cassius Clay pretty good in the Eliminator for the U.S.A. Light Heavyweight representative at the 1959 Pan Am Games....
Bill1234, Like you said,,,,,,,,,Money,,,,,,,,,,,,'It's Smart Business' Larry pulled in a cool $1,400,000 in his defense versus #6 Alfredo...
In Larry's first Title Defense, he wanted either #8 Lucien Rodriguez or #10 Scott LeDoux. The ABC-TV Boxing Heads rejected both of them. But,...
September 1978 WBC Ratings * Larry Holmes #1 Ken Norton #2 Earnie Shavers #3 Muhammad Ali #4 Jimmy Young #5 Ron Lyle #6 Alfredo Evangilista #7...
The Ring Magazine ratings were completely different than the WBC Rankings. Likewise with the IBF. But excellent research by...
June 1966 'A Very Nice Pay-day For Clay' Muhammad (Cassius Clay) Ali received $350,000 for his recent bout with Henry Cooper. Over 46,000...
