Friday - October 1, 1976 Three Days after the Tuesday Night Championship Fight at Yankee Stadium in front of a disappointing crowd of 19,000 -...
Great Photo's......Major Baltazar How about Joey Orbillo. [IMG]
Good question, as there were '3' different rating groups. Ring Magazine World Boxing Association New York State Athletic Commission Not to...
New York Daily News 'A poor promotion, and a poorer fight, and with the poorest judges.' 'Bob Arum released that over 30,000 attended the...
choklab, Floyd 'signed' the deal with Harry Markson, Director of Boxing with Madison Square Garden in March 1964, and agreed will all parameters...
Friday Night - July 16, 1976 Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan Attendance; 2000 Fight Promoter; Keiichiro Kanehira WBC Featherweight...
Dick Young, the great sportswriter for the New York Daily News. "The Judges rallied in the last '3' Rounds to save the Champion from certain...
Markie, You can't have it both ways 'entertaining' but 'sad'. Unfortunately, this is the truth as seen by Mark Grogin, and many others.
June 1964 Hugh Benbow (Manager for Cleveland Williams) "Everyone has a little bit of 'fear' in them, so I won't rail against Floyd. But it's...
choklab,,,,, You are missing the point,, Floyd did not want to fight Cleveland Williams in April, May or June 1964 at Madison Square Garden....
Mark Grogin, "It was 'not' the way for The Greatest to go out. He no longer is the 'People's Champion', as many have felt that his fight in...
Carol Steindler, the daughter of Howie Steindler. Carol took over her father's 'Main Street Gym' after her father was murdered on March 9, 1977....
Friday Night - August 30, 1974 Festival Hall - Brisbane, Australia WBA Lightweight Elimination bout. Hector Thompson 47-3-2 (13 KO's) vs....
Saturday Night - March 6, 1976 Sports Stadium - Accra, Ghana Attendance; 50,000 WBC Featherweight Championship Champion - David 'Poison'...
Floyd ended up fighting a guy he thought he could beat,, Floyd's hope of fighting Doug Jones for the NYSAC Championship was prevented by Harry...
