They were about to fight in 1990. Kilimanjaro was big at 6'6 and had power, going 32-6 with 28 kos.. And Oliver McCall did..
Yes I recall the talk about Lewis meeting him. Could have been interesting, tho I would still have Lennox winning.
I don’t see how anyone can pick against a guy who bested Jukebox Timebomb, Captain Cleopas Marvel and Black Tiger, not to mention George Foreman (well, a guy named that who was 1-8-1, haha).
Yeah me too. Lennox got a bad rap with the American press those days but it was unfounded mostly. He wasnt perfect but no boxer really is. he just needed to retool a few things.look how he turned out later.
LOL yeah a lot of foreign boxers used names like that or for example, had their management make people think they were a former world champion in order to attract fans to their fights. this was pre-internet of course. For context, here is my article on Wikipedia about ivan Samuco, a "WBC 'world' champion" from Curacao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iván_Samuco
Haha. One of my faves is “Iowa” Mike Tyson (as opposed to “Iron” Mike), who went 0-8 (6 KO losses) as a heavyweight opponent presumably cashing in on having the same name as some other heavyweight people had heard of … wonder how many suckers in Omaha or Gary, Indiana, saw his name on a poster and bought tickets thinking they were going to see the other Tyson lol. There was a wrestling promoter (primarily Chicago but branched out) named Jack Pfefer from I think the 1930s through around the late ‘60s or early ‘70s. He specialized in ‘freak shows’ like the French Angel who had some kind of congenital condition that gave him a monstrous appearance (as well as midgets, women’s matches and anything else he could think of to attract a more circus-like crowd). In later years, he put ‘soundalike’ names of famous wrestlers on posters with hired imitators to con customers like Hobo Brazil instead of Bobo Brazil and Bruno Sanmartino instead of Bruno Sammartino, haha. Too bad “Iowa” Mike Tyson never got to fight the South African George Foreman in a dream matchup.
LOL Also the Harlem Globetrotters had an imitation named the Harlem Legends or something like that/. They were scheduled to come to my city in Puerto Rico and I was going to go see them until the ruse was up, the real trotters sued them and their tour was cancelled. All I cared was aboutseeing the game and the show tbh loll but still.
It’s been a few years now — before the pandemic — but the place I worked at the time had a luxury box at the hockey/concert arena in Nashville and for certain events they would have a lottery and employees could sign up and if you got picked you got tickets (I think you could register for up to four but might only get two depending on how many people wanted to go). I signed up when the Harlem Globetrotters came to town and scored a pair and took a friend and we had an absolute blast. I’d definitely pay to see them because it’s just a great show, pure entertainment. Watching the kids go wild was fun, but I felt like a little kid there myself. EDIT: I also went to the boss when WWE came to town and asked if I could have the whole box and take my department (with some plus-ones and a couple other people who worked in other departments) and he agreed … but said he wouldn’t spring for the catering — basically concessions we were on our own. Well we filled every seat and about 15 minutes before it started they brought in full catering (including a dessert cart at the end) and had a card from the boss saying he thought about it and wanted everyone to have a good time so he was picking up the tab. Pretty neat deal.
I think the 1988 Olympian version of Lennox Lewis tops a prime Proud Kilimanjaro. Just for kicks, check out some of the names that D*ck Tiger fought early in his career...maybe in his first 15-20 fights. Some are just unreal. https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/9010
Haha. I assume Super Human Power and Blackie Power were related. I bet Easy Dynamite was pretty explosive.
