In fairness to Larry Holmes.

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  1. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Anyone remember the KO Unofficial awards, like the Jake La Motta Iron Chin Anvil or the Eder Jofre Best Fighter You Never Saw award? I think Ring took it over but it initially featured in World Boxing in 1979. The inaugural winner of the Ken Norton Media Good Guy Award was our very own......




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    ...maybe the constant comparisons with Ali and the lack of appreciation did get to him and he just thought "**** you". :bbb
     
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  2. Nemesis

    Nemesis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    where does the nickname 'mallard' come from?
     
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  3. JohnThomas1

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    Duck

    :D
     
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  4. Nemesis

    Nemesis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :patsch
     
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  5. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think my favorite was "The Buster Mathis Empty Icebox Award."
     
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  6. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Yeah, that's was great. As was the 'Joe Bugner Just Glad To Be Here' award. :D
     
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  7. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Man, I'm sorely tempted to rifle through my old collection of KO mags to review those articles.
     
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, it has to be the Tap Tap Makanti name of the year award.

    Because irony: winner of the Tony Ayala wasted talent award in 2000: Tony Ayala!
     
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  9. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Along with Tap Tap Makathini, wasn't there another one with a name something like Ya Ya El Taweel?
     
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  10. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol probably:rofl

    I always find on this subject, you cannot go wrong with a Southern African Heavyweight; where the likes of Hitler the Killer, Jukebox Timebomb and Captain Cleopas Marvel have fought.
     
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