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Manuel Ramos versus Joe Frazier.

Ramos gets up before the count of ten, then realizes he is probably going to continue to get the tar beat out of him and, with full faculties, just waves his hands, quits on his feet. Still trying to figure that one out.

Yes, Thomas was a minor contender, but Nathan Mann was not a household name, and he fought Louis before Thomas. Look at the heavyweight title fights before Thomas, they were all filmed. I searched the world over, and was told the film doesn't exist. Louis had already had a couple of defenses, which ...

I am a fan of Harry Thomas, who fought Joe Louis for the heavyweight championship, on April 1, 1938 in Chicago Stadium. Almost all of Louis' championship fights exist, but this one does not, and I always wondered why? Wouldn't a Louis championship fight be worth filming at the time? I have never see...

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I agree, he kept his hands down, didn't throw any body shots. was NOT a power puncher by any stretch, and fought a lot of stiffs. "The lion of Flaners" Jean Pierre Coopman, who drank champagne between rounds, does not qualify as quality competition. Richard Dunn, and many other stiffs gave...

Firpo wasn't overrated, he was darn good. He put Dempsey through the ropes, and would have been the champion if not for some illegal help. Muhammad Ali was overrated. People blindly say he was the greatest just because they hear it over and over again. Jean-Pierre Coopman was a great challenger, don...

Thanks for the info, the jury is still out on Roman. I am trying to get to the bottom of this. I don't totally discount a later birth date, it does sound a little crazy though, but crazier things have happened. The reason I am trying to find Ocasio, Roman, Jones, Ramos, is because I collect the sign...

Watch Tua vs. Ruiz, and Tua vs. Moorer, and then tell me 1 other fighter that can do that? Here's a hint, it's less than 1, and greater than -1.

If Tua could win a piece of the title, he would have consideration in the HOF. Ruiz hadn't learned to 'hug' yet? How do you hug in 19 seconds? He got rocked within 5 seconds of the bell, and within 11 seconds he was sucking canvas. Hugging wouldn't save him. Calling Mr. T wouldn't save him. Tua rock...

The Jose Roman listed in the social security death index that was born in 1947, and died in 1995 lists his last residence as New Haven, CT. I always hear about Jose Roman in Tampa, FL, and a contributor to wikipedia says that he works for the Kash-N-Karry Supermarket chain in Tampa, and Wikipedia ha...

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