February 16, 1938 Sugar Ray Robinson lost to Pasquale Pesca, at the St. Nicholas Arena, in a Sub-Novice Golden Glove bout....
That's the 1st one that comes to my mine as well, but officially, he had a winning record. Jackie Sharkey beat Memphis Pal Moore, Frankie Burns,...
At school Bugner excelled in sports and was the national junior AAA discus champion in 1964. BUT he turned pro in 1967, 43 years ago, not 33.
I wish we could see a lot of the oldtimers, BUT I guess we just have to go by what we read.
Jeffries had a lot more than just a modern heavyweights size and great strength going for him; he was also an outstanding natural athlete. John...
In 1950, as a 6'-3", 230-pound defensive end and offensive end, with tremendous power and speed, he was named the California high school...
That question has been asked many times. Billy family comes to the Ring 8 Christmas Party's every year.
You can go on another web site too: http://www.members.shaw.ca/cartermyths/ If you click on the links, you will get the full story. The web...
Dillon fought George Chip & Frank Klaus several times each and was the referee when the 2 fought.
Sonny Liston Jack Dillon fits too.
Young Griffo, I see you did your homework. Everything you stated here is backed up by the web site I put out....
I grew up in Paterson and I knew Carter and his partner in crime, John Artis. In fact I lived a couple of blocks away from the Lafayette Bar...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3wxHY3p9DiQ
I also see Vito just about every month at the Ring 8 meetings, which takes place every 3rd Tuesday. If he is at the next meeting, I will ask him.
Bill Tate
