November 1966 'The Chronicle' 'Boxing pundits, regard the Cassius Clay vs. Cleveland Williams 'Heavyweight Championship' as a 'joke'. With...
Jacquot,,,,,, Excellent Reporting........ One 'whacked out family' Gregorio 'Papa' Benitez finally 'sold' his son in the Summer of 1978 to...
Hedge-Hog Frankie Benitez did 'surface' again on October 16, 1976 in Puerto Rico. On the Wilfred Benitez vs. Tony Petronelli 'WBA...
1982,,,,,,,, When the State of Hawaii Boxing Commission denied him a boxing license. Muhammad started that 'racist stuff' all over again.
Flea Man,,,, Big Fight on April 5, 1981 at the Munhwa Gymnasium OPBF Middleweight Championhsip Chong-Pal Park 18-1-1 (17 KO's) takes on...
Not that it matters,,,, But Cleveland was offered a fight purse guarantee of $60,000 for a 'proposed' WBA Heavyweight Championship bout with...
And completely documented,,,,,,, Floyd turned down........ Harold Johnson and Alejandro Lavorante
Chong-Pal Park Set some kind of OPBF record by defending his Middleweight Championsip '7' times in 1980, all by 'knockout'. * 1/27/1980....(KO...
Meanwhile,,,,,,back in Maracay, Venezuela July 17, 1976 The 'supposedly 'worn out, tired and semi-retired' Antonio Cervantes scored a very...
lora,,,, The UPI report, Wilfred Benitez 'butchered' Emilaino Villa's face, and sliced him, enroute to a largely uneventful 15-Round...
Lora,,,,,,, As you know, no Challenger is going to get a 'fair scoring' in Puerto Rico, in front of the 'hometown fans'. I will agree, many...
While Antonio Cervantes was staying 'sharp' in Venezuela,,,,,,,,, In San Juan, Puerto Rico Monday Night -March 31, 1976 WBA...
Flea Man,,,,,, Great Stuff,,,,,,,,,,,,, Another one on March 18, 1980 Chong-Pal Park 11-1-1 (10 KO's) vs. Kenji Shibata 24-6-4 (14 KO's)...
Red C, But didn't Floyd also 'avoid' many of the Top Guys when he 'had' the Championship. ???
Bollox, Right after the August 1976 bout in St. Maarten, Frankie got arrested for drugs on the Island. But 'Papa' Benitez pulled some strings,...
