A few notes: 1. I do indeed go to the Hemeroteca out at UNAM, and have been there probably a dozen times over the years. If anyone else wants to go out I can tell you what subway lines to take, as you have to make at least one change depending upon where you are staying in Mexico City. I can also te...

Do you have any proof that the existing record is incorrect...can you please post the additional results so they can be verified? The cover of a magazine without any backup information does not count as reliable information. We already know that a number of his claims for his amateur career were inc...

...and Ariel as far as technique (forgot to put his name).

Espinoza at his best was an absolute monster...a few of the others (Gomez, Comas) were more technically gifted, but for an overall fighter I will take Espinoza against anyone at the weight.

Howard 'Kayo' Smith In 1968, Howard was the Fifth Army Heavyweight Champion and was stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado. The Army Boxing Team visited the Canon City, Colorado Prison to face their Boxing Team. Howard {Age; 21} was pitted against the 'vicious punching' Ron Lyle, who was a 27 year-old h...

I think the problem with the result may come from the January 17, 1971 Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. In the body of the story it states that Lyle knocked out Bobick and that all the rest of the fights ended up going to decisions. In the agate results of all the fights, it just says XXX defeate...

please see above...

does anyone happen to know when in 1984 the Porter exhibition may have occurred???
And it now sounds as if the Lyle event should indeed be classified as an exhibition.

1. I'm not convinced the Lyle video was for an exhibition...seemed more like a planned sparring session (with Ali training for the Frazier fight); 2. I believe that is from the July 16th exhibition in Newcastle...I think the July 28th date is a typo someone made previously but just trying to make su...

Does anyone have any proof / confirmation that the following exhibitions did indeed occur: 10/28/1965 - Freeport, Bahamas 05/xx/1969 - Buster Mathis in Grand Rapids, Michigan 02/26/1971 - Ron Lyle 08/xx/1971 - Barbados 08/xx/1971 - Jamaica 09/xx/1971 - Uruguay 09/29/1971 - Pointe a Pitre, Guadaloupe...

The tournament is run by the affiliated body, in this case (in 1980) AIBA, chosen by the IOC to oversee the individual disciplines...the IOC oversees the running of the entire Games but not the individual events. The officials would have been chosen by AIBA, and to say that the officials would have ...

The only results I have for him all took place in the Golden Buckle negro tournament held at Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina: May 13, 1938 - Robert Withers - TKO May 17, 1938 - Harold Cotton - L (semifinals in welterweight division) May 25, 1939 - Wesley Austin - W default May 26, 193...

Charles Broadus was fighting as an amateur as late as December 1939 in the Negro Golden Gloves in Greensboro...no record of any pro fights in the area though.

My apologies...I had just answered the question about the 1980 US Olympic team and didn't pay enough attention to the year. I agree with the fact that in 1976 Vysotsky would have had a better than even chance against Teo based on those recent results; at that time Igor seemed to have Teo's number an...

i don't think so, not in 1980. Teo was in the middle of his prime, and Vysotsky was at the tail end of his career. Igor might have been emboldened by previous results, but by 1980 I think Teo was bigger and smarter than previously and would have handled the Russian.

With Olympic boxing at the time it would have depended on two things - the draw, and fair scoring. There was virtually no chance the U.S. would have been given a fair deal in the Soviet Union when it came to the scoring, and it would have been very interesting to see how the draw would have come out...

Here is what I have for an amateur record...I am missing a lot, but don't think I would have missed a big international result: Tony Ayala, Jr. 1968 Nov 16 Johnny Moreno D 3 San Antonio, TX (56 lbs.) 1969 1970 Jul 17 Randy Serna L 3 Robstown, TX Pee-Wee finals (70 lbs.) 1971 Nov 2 David Pastrana D 3...

Buster Mathis 1959 Feb 7 Ralph Loeschner L 3 Grand Rapids, MI Western MI GG Heavy Novice semis 1960 1961 1962 Feb 7 Claude Cooper W 3 Grand Rapids, MI Western MI GG Heavy Novice quarters Feb 10 Fred Van Noller KO 1 Grand Rapids, MI Western MI GG Heavy Novice semis Feb 10 John Ficeli TKO 1 Grand Rapi...

I researched the base newspapers from that time and that is where the results from Fort Lewis came from...I will see if I can find it again, but they had Marciano beating Collier in one of the weekly base bouts.

Also: In the 1950 census, they are listed as living with Robert Mandy (head of household age 52) and his wife Maggie (age 38); Elmer and Marie are listed as brother-in-law and sister-in-law, so I assume that Maggie is Marie's sister (given the ages). They are also living with their son Elmer Jr. (li...

Below are the facts that I have on Elmer: 1920 US census - listed as 8 (in Florida) 1930 US census - listed as 17 (in Florida) 1935 Florida census - listed as 21 1938 - married Marie Bass on April 19th 1940 US census - listed as 24 (in Florida) and Marie listed as 25 1950 US census - listed as 38 (i...

I checked the Providence Journal and all they ever reference for the fight is young Rocky Marchegiano fighting Eddie Ross of Montreal (on four separate occasions / days I believe).

Here are a few additional fights for him...he was known as "Bob Armstrong" while he was in Denver and was handled by Bat Masterson: 12/20/97 - Mike Queenan - D4 in Elyria, CO 07/04/98 - "Mexican" Pete Everett - KO by 5 in Cripple Creek, CO 12/09/98 - "Mexican" Pete Ever...

...and George Foreman.

Please review the list below and make any corrections, comments, additions, etc. as necessary... OLDEST LIVING WORLD CHAMPIONS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2023 NAME DATE of BIRTH COUNTRY WEIGHT HAROLD GOMES 08/22/1933 USA 130 FREDDIE LITTLE 04/25/1936 USA 154 NINO BENVENUTI 04/26/1938 ITALY 154 / 160 LUIS ESTA...