He was a very good fighter who managed to win a world title and fought everyone in a short career? How did this manage to pass through my fingers?
Yes apparently he died of lung cancer. Think he was about 67 . No age really. We've lost soMany fighters the past few years, very sad.
RIP Champ Gave it a real go with Holyfield in their unification fight but was outgunned. Holds/held the fasted ever ko (8 s) vs Broderick Mason. Looked unlucky against Eddie Mustafa Muhammed and beat Renaldo Snipes. Looked good winning the IBF title but fell to pieces after the Evander loss. Fun fighter. This content is protected
Sad. I saw he lost 20 times but 16 of those were in his last 20 contests, so you know, when he was good , he WAS good!
Ricky's from my hometown and he had some serious problems especially after the Holyfield fight. He lost 16 of his last 18 fights and should have had his boxing license pulled. He began having mental problems and had run ins with the law over things that were completely out of character for him. Fortunately the police knew him and tried to take care of him as much as possible. I remember watching him spar and train and he could hit! Sad ending though, so familiar in boxing.
I will forever have the deepest respect for boxers like Ricky who when he fought Evander he put it all on the line and came to win and gave it his all.
Sorry to hear this. Rickey was a force for a bit at cruiser and then fell into world-class opponent status. From Morristown, Tennessee, he came up on Ace Miller’s shows in Knoxville. RIP champ. I also discovered that we lost 1970s/80s middleweight “Irish” Teddy Mann last year. Born Theodore Mannschreck, his manager Carmen Graziano suggested he shorten his name. Teddy was a track and cross country standout in high school, which helps explain his conditioning — only stopped twice in 43 bouts (both later in his career). Mann was 18-1 when he lost to Bennie Briscoe. From there he lost more than he won, but faced a who’s who of middleweights from his era to include Bobby Czyz, Juan Roldan, Robbie Sims (split decision loss), Doug DeWitt and others. In 1982, I think, he upset Robbie Epps to earn, briefly, a world ranking, peaking at No. 7 in the WBC. He was a true and honest prizefighter who came to fight and took on all comers. A bona fide gatekeeper — to be the man, you had to beat the Mann.
Roldan-Mann was the main undercard event of the HBO Boxing fight Hagler-Scypion. It was the first American test that proved Roldan was for real!
