Duane Bobick : 'Ten Count' Record 2-2 (2 KO) vs Ranked Top Ten Opponents -(Ring Magazine).................Bobick Ranked 12/12/75...........Randy Neumann .# 10............KO 4...............# 7 10/02/76...........Chuck Wepner .....# 9.............KO 6...............# 4 05/11/77...........Ken Norton ..........# 3...........KO by 1............# 5 02/04/78...........Kallie Knoetze ......# 8...........KO by 3............# 5 Note: 'Big' John Tate was not ranked by Ring when he fought Duane Bobick. And achieved a number # 10 Ranking after the win.
FWIW, both Bobick and Tate were ranked in Ring's 1978 year-end ratings in "Group 3" at #3 and #5 respectively, which, that year, equates to #13 and #15 in the world (behind Domingo D'Elia, Alfio Righetti, and John L. Gardner). Earnie Shavers came in at #4 in Group 3, by the way, behind Bobick and ahead of Tate. I'm digging these "Ten Counts", Ronny. Keep 'em up!
Thanks sweetsci, They had a tournament (WBA) 1979, Failed in comparison to 1968, but was competetive, with 'Big' John Tate prevailing. Tate WBA # 4 , Bobick WBA # 6
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT, AN AMATEUR FOUGHT, AS AN AMERICAN OLYMPIAN 93-10 RECORD (62 WINS IN A ROW) A 38-0 PRO RECORD, WOULD NEVER GET A TITLE SHOT, MUCH LESS WITH THE GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI?? and both camps would have made bank $$$ Duane Bobick won 100 of 101 bouts no kidding! HE HAD A 62 FIGHT WIN STREAK IN AMATEURS, BEATING Teofilo Stevenson, Nick Wells, Yuri Nesterov, Leroy Jones, Fred Houpe, and Larry Holmes. Then the loss to Stevenson in Munich And then he won his first 38 pro bouts, Beating Ledoux, Wepner, Neumann, Middleton, Houpe, Ramos, Bunny Johnson. AND THEN THE 58 SECONDS NATIONAL TV LOSS TO KENNY NORTON.
