R.I.P Ingo. I just read the news here on the forums, I probably gonna hear a lot about it today here in Sweden. He is, in my opinion, the biggest sportsman Sweden ever had, cause he won the real title, the biggest title in the world. There will never come another Ingemar Johansson here in Sweden, The Predator
Ugh. Someone here just mentioned he must have been one of the oldest remaining champions alive. RIP Ingo.
Ali is indeed the earliest former HW Champion still with us. (I assume that is the context you intended.) Whatever happened to the lifespan of a Willard, Dempsey, Sharkey or Schemling? This raises another question. Who is the earliest HW title challenger still alive?
Good question about the challenger. I know Roland La Starza's still alive but I don't know whether he's the eldest. Also, Jimmy Ellis is older than Ali (if we're counting the WBA tournament).
[yt]ezLbrjlyTuQ[/yt] Very sad to read, in his memory ive posted maybe bar the patterson win his most destructive ko over the decent american fighter eddie Machen, rest easy champ you have done your time. One thing watching the vid, is he had great power, but damn they sure did not like to stop fights early back then, poor old eddie should have been rescued a wee bit eariler
good fighter excellant right hand was considered a faliure in sweden because of his pro career not livingup to his post olympic hype but if that was a underacheiving career sign me up