Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑31 Aug 2019, 14:48 I like Usyk, He's got a great sense of humor. I don't know why people are demeaning Spong. He has an excellent record in kickboxing and boxing. He looks very dangerous to me.

yeah Spong used to be a great kickboxer long time ago.

Green's fight was ref stoppage TKO in second round. Ali was on his feet when it was stopped. Fairly easy to find from old newspaper archives. And It took place on Feb 26, 1958 Chicago Tournament of Champions. Light-heavy quarterfinals. the way it was reported: "Green hit Clay like snow hits Chi...

When he was inducted into the Army in May he was in training camp for his next fight in Pittsburgh and also had another one lined up in LA in June. i haven't been able to find out the opponent's names thou. Would love to know. Words from the man himself about Bivins fight (Jan.15 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz...

What was the date of Charles' army induction ? According to William Dettloff in "Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life" , Ezz enlisted in the Army on May 14, 1943 and was shipped off to Fort Clark, Texas for basic training. He was assigned to Second Cavalry. But according to Cincinnati Enquirer M...

Here's one more of his missing army fights:

Jan 27, 1945 in Bari, Italy
5th Army vs Team Zona Adriatica

Ezzard Charles beats Stanley Golcz by points in three rounds.

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Before Ezz went to war it was actually in talks in late 1942. Young Bronx Bull wanted to have a 20 rounder in throwback style even for 1940's standards and Ezz was the only one cool with it. it turned out to be harder to find a location who would sanction it.. War messed it up. I'd say Cobra by unan...

sorry i guess my post should be moved to Record Queries & Updates.

how funny. i was reading about the Hatchet man the other day and thinking about the same thing. the guy who wrote the article says he met him '88-89. maybe its a typo, he meant '78.

i've been doing some research on Cincinnati Cobra lately. I started out with his amateur career, then his pre-war middleweight bouts what led me to his Army years. Cincinnati Enquirer Feb. 14. 1946 - There's no "playboy" in Ezzard Charles as he works out at Yokum A.C. 13th and Vine St. for...

does anybody know the years "Boxing Beat" ran? The pin ups I've come across of Tyson and Tommy Hearns are incredible.

While researching Archies career I noticed theres two pages of the same fighter here on boxrec. the 7th guy he fought. Mack Payne http://boxrec.com/boxer/115682 Dynamite Payne http://boxrec.com/boxer/12395 i think he's name should be corrected to Mack (Dynamite) Payne. Here's a link to The Salt Lake...