December 14, 1974 El-Wak Stadium - Accra, Ghana Attendance; 25,000 David Kotey, the #1 WBC Featherweight added the British-Commonwealth...
LH71,,,,,,,,,,, Can you say,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'Ricochet Rabbit' [IMG]
Hector Thompson June 1973 'I flew into Panama, and only had 1-week to prepare. But that is not an excuse, as he caught me good in the...
Everybody loved Floyd,,,,,,, But even Floyd said, 'a loss to Williams will end my career, as I can ill afford another knockout loss'. [IMG]
Excellent point,,,,,,,,,,and very well-stated. By all accounts, the scoring officials were frightened to score an 'Even Round' when Muhammad Ali...
November 1974 This bout was 'signed and sealed', but not delivered. Boxing Promoter - Aileen Eaton - of The Olympic Auditorium had this bout...
November 1974 The 25 year-old Ghanan - David Kotey, the African Boxing Union Featherweight Champion would like to fight for the the WBC...
Thanks Joker,,,,,:good Roberto may have been at his 'best' on June 2, 1973. The punches he threw came from everywhere. It wasn't the power...
Have to say though, In June 1973 versus Hector 'The Flash' Thompson, Roberto was a 'rampaging two-fisted terror'. But as Esteban De...
Saturday Night - June 2, 1973 Gimnasio Nuevo - Panama City, Panama The Fight Both boys met in center-ring, and exchanged. Roberto was...
Esteban De Jesus had defeated, * February 16, 1973... (W Dec 12) over Ray Lampkin (19-0-1) * November 11, 1972.. (W Dec 10) over Roberto...
Nobody ever called Floyd Patterson 'a chicken', and he was not. But, he 'chickened out' in fighting Cleveland Williams. September 1964 Ring...
David 'Poison' Kotey, After a 1-year lay-off, and returning from from his '7-bout' tour of Australia. Returns to Ghana in 1973 October 6,...
Floyd 'pulled out' of the 1964 'proposed tournament'. That is a fact,,,,,,, a 'printed fact'. Floyd agreed to enter the New York State...
Mc G, Floyd Patterson was 'absolutely not' next in-line for the winner of the Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay bout in February 1964. If Sonny...
