Little Jimmy Young, knew Ken Norton very well. He was out in San Diego from February thru July 1970 to help work out with Kenny as his 'chief'...
Tommy Bell, Youngstown, Ohio - Welterweight Played 'second banana' to Sugar Ray Robinson. The 5' 10" - Tommy Bell, was the 'consumate...
George Chuvalo As of December 1963 - The 26 year-old Canadian, at 6' 0" and 210 lbs. had busted a record of 25-7-1 (19 KO's), including a...
Tony Alongi Florida Heavyweight A fan favorite of Miami, who had the charisma and good looks. A 24 year-old - 6' 4" 205 lb. boxer, with a...
No Go,,,, For December 1963 William Faversham Jr. said -----Mike DeJohn was too risky an opponent. He would fight with wreckless abandon,...
Mark Breland would be like Mario Maldonado - Both hurting and flooring Tony Ayala Jr. early. But Mark would gas out by the 5th, and the body...
January 1943 Welterweight Tournament Ray Robinson Ranking.........#1 Age.............21 1/2 Height..........5' 11" Reach..........72"...
It is overwhelming,,,,,,,, Sugar Ray Robinson so far ahead of Ray Leonard,,,,,,,,, In a modification, 'Sugar Ray' Robinson would have won...
Mike DeJohn, The Syracuse, New York Heavyweight - A 6' 2 1/2" - 208 lb. - rough-house slugger, with power in both hands. But the nearly 32...
The 'closed circuit' fight announcers 'Dick Young and Red Smith' well respected newspapermen,,,,,, Had it 'big' for Ken Norton, and they were...
In late October 1963, Cassius Clay, stated that he needed 'one-more fight' before going after the Heavyweight Champion - Sonny Liston in 1963....
November 1963 Sonny Liston's South African Boxing Tour Cancelled Sonny Liston was scheduled to have an 'exhibition boxing tour' in Cape Town,...
Larry would have had more difficulty with George Foreman, Ken Norton and Joe Frazier than Muhammad Ali. Larry, stlyisticallly, owned Muhammad Ali.
December 1963 Sonny Liston goes shopping for Christmas Presents. Sonny was asked, while looking at a toy rocket ship/robot man, on just what...
'Liston And Clay Sign' Though Sonny Liston and cassius Clay have signed to fight, no date or venue have been set. While Los Angeles in...
