This is a disgraceful thread if I ever did see one. Why would you insult Lamar Clark with some so paltry...
My Personal Favorite Lamar Clark fight. Saturday Night - January 2, 1960 West Jordan, Utah Lamar Clark 43-0-0 (42 KO's)....181 lbs. vs Kooey Garcia 0-0-0 (0 KO's)......220 lbs. Lamar Clark wants to avenge an embarrassing amateur loss in 1957. The 6' 4" 220 lb. - Kooey Garcia had defeated Lamar Clark by 'knockout' in a 1957 Utah amateur bout. Garcia is a 'local bouncer', and has never had a 'professional bout'. His claim to fame, is that he had 'knocked out' Lamar Clark in an amateur bout. Though Kooey had 'zero' professional experience, he had a fairly decent amateur career, winning a 1957 Utah Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship, while compiling a 21-3 (18 KO's) amateur record. In the highly anticipated bout, and in front of 4500 West Jordan, Utah locals - At the opening bell, Kooey Garcia rushes from his corner like a football player towards Lamar Clark, in an attempt to maul him. As Kooey closes in, the 181 lb. Lamar Clark throws a wide left hook that lands on Garcia's chin, staggering the 220 lb. local bouncer. From there, the 5' 10" Lamar 'battered' the 6" taller and 40 lb. heavier Kooey into the corner, where he delivered one right-hand bomb after another, until Garcia collapsed to the canvas, only to be counted out at 1:07 of the 1st-Round by Referee Del Markham. Lamar Clark, 'The Cedar City Bomber' received a fight purse of $4250. Kooey Garcia received a fight purse of $750, for his 'first' and only professional bout.
Similar route taken by Don Steel and Billy Fox in compiling their tremendous KO streaks. Don and Billy padded their records with bums also, but these bums were boxers who were bums. Lamar's opponenets were bums who were bums. Same as Lamar, when don and Billy stepped up the competition, they lost. KO artists Alex Stewart and Mac Foster > KO artists Don, Billy and Lamar.
In March 1959, Marv Jensen (Lamar Clark's Manager) was trying to get 'The Cedar City Bomber' ranked by 'The Ring' magazine. At the time, Lamar Clark was 39-0-0 (38 KO's), and he was not listed anywhere in the magazine's ratings. So, Marv Jensen called Nat Fleischer, the Editor of 'The Ring', to ask, 'why no recognition of his fighter'. The response from Mr. Fleischer was, 'we do not rank side show acts', and nobody outside of Utah has seen him fight. Marv Jensen, then replied, 'Well we've got him a big fight in Los Angeles coming up, with Jack Dempsey.' Nat Fleischer repsonded, 'Well, from what I've heard, 65 year-old Jack Dempsey will kick your fighter's ass.'
McVey, There were some 'important' missing fights on Lamar Clark's record. He was 46-2-0 (45 KO's) when he fought Mr. Clay. Check the Utah Athletic Commission, they have the complete list....:deal
Well, I saw the Clark-Bartolo Soni fight on TV back in 1960 or so. Clark was fun to watch-an all action mauler who kept throwing punches. Soni stood up to them. Clark was nothing special, but like I said, exciting. It is too bad he wasn't a good fighter. He lost to the three name fighters he fought. Losing to Ali is one thing, but Soni and Rachemacher were journeymen and they were still too good for Clark.