John conteh vs mate parlov

The statue? I can't make the guy in the middle out or the statue on me iPhone Go on :good

 

Me and our kid at Lionel Rose's statue with Lionel's son Michael.

 

Class!

 

It is indeed !

 

Your dead right,Parlov had heavy-duty plastic skin on his eyebrows and forehead it was a complete farce.

 

Yes, I think I remember them trying to pick it off before the fight started but it was stuck fast.

 

But as I recall, Parlov was out of shape for that one. Just a couple of weeks prior to the fight he was still 10 to 15 lbs overweight.

Either way, Johnson would have won, but Parlov should have been more competitive than he showed.

As for Conteh-Parlov, I have never seen it, but have always been fascinated by it. I do recall that a number of journalists felt Parlov won it legitimately. But then again, many more seemed to favor Conteh.

 

Didn't Victor Galindez uses this plastic stuff during his rematch with Mike Rossman in 1979? I vaguely remember reading this...but may be wrong.

 

I agree with what you say. I watched Conteh-Burnett, and John looked nothing like the fighter he had been in earlier years. I heard he looked bad against Brown, too.

I figured Saad would wreck Conteh in their first fight, and was surprised to see John nearly win it. He boxed well, despite being over-the-hill.

 

I thought a drawn verdict was fair for Conteh-Burnett. Burnett scored two knockdowns, and garnered extra points, but Conteh still seemed to win the majority of the rounds.

 

I remember reading that the Mwale-Johnson decision was a robbery. Mwale scored a knockdown, but the boxing magazines said Johnson edged it.

 

Full fight (well, minus 14th) now on YouTube :good

 

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_8nS8nicHs[/ame]

 

Hi AlFrancis and FleaMan.

Conteh-Parlov appeared a disappointing result to many even here in Zambia. We watched it live. Mate pawed his way to that victory.

On Conteh and Mwale sparring, I truly believe Conteh benefitted as much as Mwale did. There must have been a lot of mutual respect between them. The point, really, is that Mwale was not an ordinary fighter despite being new to the pro game. Take a look at this tip of the iceberg from his amateur days:

- 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games champion (Conteh had also won Gold in 1970 in Edinburgh, of course).
- 1977 World military champion - Accra, Ghana (the very first world title by any Zambian in any sport). Voted best boxer of the tournament.
- 1977 African Champion - Kampala, Uganda.
- African Military Champion in Gabon.

Mwale knew only one medal type - gold (no silver, no bronze; just for emphasis). Befittingly, the Zambian media tagged him 'Golden Boy'. They could not have been more accurate, and his turning pro was, and remains, the most stupendous moment in Zambian boxing.

Lottie, captain of the national amateur team, was also the country's representative to the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games at middleweight - boycotted at the 11th hour by 28 African states including Zambia. Many analysts had seen his chances of winning gold at the Olympics as better than very good. He was, indeed, possibly on a collision course with Michael Spinks. The African stay-away ensured it did not happen. One can only imagine what could have been. What is known, however, is that amateur Mwale was an all-conquering competitor.

Finally, on the way to the pre-Olympic tournament in 1975, the Zambian team briefly made camp in Britain. One may be interested in knowing that Mwale did spar with John Conteh, then professional world champion, perhaps for the first time. That was two years before Lottie turned professional. He joined George Francis' Wellington stables at Highgate in 1978 - a year after going pro.

I do believe by the time Conteh had to prepare for Mate Parlov, he appreciated Mwale as a boxer to the same degree Lottie recognized him.