This content is protected I feel like Alli was one of the best fighters from the 1980s who never won a world title. He was stopped in the 11th round by Harry Arroyo while leading on points and lost a very close decision to Jose Luis Ramirez. Six years later he was stopped by JC Chavez for the WBC 140 lb title and his career nosedived from there, But for about a nine year period from 1984-1993 he was a legitimate top 10 contender at 135 and then 140. Notable wins were over Melvin Paul, Jerry Page, Darryl Tyson and Charles Murray. He also drew with Cornelius Boza-Edwards. He is now 64 years old and not doing well physically with Parkinson's symptoms and memory loss. While not well off financially, he does at least have a home in Guyana.
He was managed by Leroy Colbert at least at one point the first man to apparently get 20 inch arms. Weird bit of trivia but interesting anyway. This content is protected
Terrence Alli was never in a bad fight. Good fighter that came to fight and brought some solid skills with him. He was ahead on the cards against Arroyo, but my memory of that fight- and I am going to watch it again after I post this- was that Arroyo was winning the fight, even if he was losing rounds, if that makes sense. Chavez was too much for him. I saw him fight many times and he always came to fight. A solid pro.
Agreed. Just looked through his Boxrec page, and there are so many recognizable names on that list, and a lot of solid wins . The two Alli fights that stand out for me are vs. John Wesley Meekins & Charles Murray. I remember TA getting himself into a bit of a mess vs. Meekins by standing toe to toe in the 12th & final round of a fight in which he was way ahead on points. He was getting bombed on the ropes for a minute, but survived and got the UD. Alli also managed to decision unbeaten Charles Murray in his hometown, nearly stopping him in the 12th round of a very good fight. It should also be mentioned that Alli won the ESPN Lightweight title over one Frank "Rootin Tootin" Newton. Excellent, high energy fighter that was always fun to watch.
Black, obscure ESPN fighters...perhaps I'm gonna look more at Rich the fight historian for these guys...
(Responding to the highlighted section) I’d say the early stages of Chavez vs Taylor could be described as such.
He was a top guy who could pull off a win against anybody on any given night. He was just a step down from true championship quality though. I don't think he had enough of a punch, but he was very fast. To me he was like a hard luck fighter that just couldn't quite get there. My memory of him is the Arroyo fight. He just wasn't strong enough and it doesn't surprise me if he has health issues today. He had a long career and took a lot of shots.
