"Dynamite" Billy Douglas

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 23 Jan 2004, 23:54

I'm changing the subject so how good was Buster Douglas' father who fought in the middleweight and light heavyweight division for Dynamite Billy Douglas?

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 24 Jan 2004, 07:31

I think he stood around 6 ft

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 24 Jan 2004, 14:59

Thanks Wouter for telling me the answer of Dynamite Billy Douglas' height, but can you tell me how good was he in his boxing career?

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 24 Jan 2004, 17:47

pretty good

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 24 Jan 2004, 21:20

Come on really how good was Billy "Dyanmite" Douglas who was the fierce middleweight and light heavyweight before managing his son Buster?

Kayo25 · Post by **Kayo25** » 25 Jan 2004, 01:13

I saw him work once, when I was just a young lad. Good jab, could punch holes in a bank vault with his right hand, but seemed to start fading early. I think he won that fight, but he looked as if he could have ruled the light heavies with a little more polish and stamina........JMHO :)

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 25 Jan 2004, 17:44

Was he tall as the great Carlos Monzon when he was the middleweight contender?

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 26 Jan 2004, 07:28

No, he didn't get to be tall as Carlos Monzon until he was a light heavyweight

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 26 Jan 2004, 18:21

What was Billy Douglas' best fights in the middleweight and light heavyweight division?

barry · Post by **barry** » 26 Jan 2004, 19:11

The ones he won!

kovit · Post by **kovit** » 26 Jan 2004, 23:28

Both winning and losing

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 27 Jan 2004, 00:24

Probably his two fights against Bennie Briscoe and Matthew Saad Muhammad. I believe he nearly stopped Muhammad before getting stopped himself.

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 27 Jan 2004, 12:47

He was a better than average journeyman. Had he been pampered and groomed he would have been a top ten fighter and contender. He took a lot of fights on one or two day notice and often when he was in decent -but not terrific- shape. I have a couple of his fights on film and he was competent boxer with a fair punch.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 27 Jan 2004, 15:10

Kovit, Billy Douglas was a very tough contender a very good slugger who could give any of the top contenders in either the lightheavy or Middleweight divisions in the 70s when both divisions were laden with golden talent... sort of fighter that if he was around now would be a 'world champion'......