He did. Early days Max represented Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. He passed away about 20 years ago.
Glen Kelly defended his Australian light heavyweight title against John 'The Beast' Mugabi back in 1999. Kelly dominated proceedings and stopped Mugabi in the 8th round. A year or two earlier Mugabi had won the Australian super middleweight title after not long earlier being out of the game for about 5 years. Mugabi was approaching 40 and nothing like the fighter he'd been when he met Kelly, and it would be his final bout.
The on-line description for this site reads: "Boxing forum with discussions on the latest boxing news, upcoming fights, results and boxing history". Not much in the Aussie forum resembles anything like that description above. However, In these two MEMORABLE FIGHT threads we are endeavouring to talk boxing. Less all the brainless argument and name calling that happens elsewhere. For that reason I have requested this thread and the other be STICKIED, and I don't think that's an unreasonable request when you consider there was a RUGBY thread STICKIED here not long ago. If, on the off chance these threads are deemed not suitable to be STICKIED it's a goodbye from me and I've enjoyed your participation in these two threads. The only ones here where genuine boxing discussion takes place :good
I asked the mods to show support for serious boxing discussion at this forum by STICKYING this and the other similar thread. After a week. Not STICKIED and not even the courtesy of a reply about it. Conclusion: The mods here have no regard for serious boxing discussion and the butt for the deplorable state of this forum falls fair and square at their feet. There are far better places to discuss boxing. This is my final post here :hi: