JAMES BROAD, USA Amateur Heavyweight Champion, 1980

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JAMES BROAD

Born January 27, 1958

Died November 20, 2001

6’ 4” 215

Orthodox stance

1980

Mch. 27 - Woody Clark (Fort Bragg) W pts
All-Army heavyweight champion; Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Pacific Stars and Stripes 3-30-80:20).

Apr. 8 - Mark Mahone (Navy) W ko 1
Broad knocked out Mahone at 2:27 of the first round (European Stars and Stripes 4-10-80:26).
Apr. 10 - Stan Butler (Air Force) W rsc 1
Interservice heavyweight champion; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “The referee stopped the contest at 2:55 into the first round, declaring Butler unable to go any further after being floored and taking a standing eight-count” (European Stars and Stripes 4-12-80:23).

May 15 - CISM (World Military) heavyweight champion; Baghdad, Iraq.

June 16 - Freddie Guzman (Ft. Worth) W ko 1
Broad “sent Guzman to the canvas twice in the first minute of the opening round then finished him off with a left-right combination at 1:18 of the opening round” (New Mexican 6-17-80:15).
June 19 - Marvis Frazier (Philadelphia) W ko 1
Broad “caught Frazier coming in with his only right of the fight - a short blow that traveled about six inches - and sent Frazier down in the middle of the ring [twenty-one seconds into the first round]. Frazier lay on his face unmoving for nearly three minutes before getting up. He then sat on a stool in the middle of the ring for another couple of minutes before retiring to his dressing room. Joe Frazier, one of the first to jump into the ring after his fallen son, explained that Marvis had suffered a pinched nerve temporarily and could not move after the knockout” (Gettysburg Times 6-20-80:15).
After the Frazier fight, Broad recalls: “I didn’t take up boxing until I joined the Army in 1976, but I’m 100 per cent confident anytime I step in the ring. I have a good right, but I consider myself a boxer. [At this point, Broad had won 25 of his 28 amateur bouts, 20 by knockouts. The punch that knocked out Frazier] was a good right hand. It wasn’t my best right hand but I knew I had him when it landed... [My dream] is one day to be heavyweight champion of the world” (Abilene Reporter-News 6-21-80:2-C).
June 20 - Chris McDonald (Tiverton, Rhode Island)W pts
US Olympic Trials heavyweight champion; Atlanta. Broad “pounded out a decision over the tough McDonald. Broad, having knocked out two earlier opponents found the going much tougher against McDonald, who fought from the opening round with a bloodied mouth from the stiff left jabs of Broad. However, McDonald withstood the barrage from Broad and came back in the final two rounds to battle toe-to-toe” (Abilene Reporter-News 6-22-80:4-C).

July 2 - Peter Hussing W rsc 2
USA vs. West Germany; West Berlin.
July 5 - George Helm W ko 1
USA vs. West Germany; West Berlin.

July 19 - The USA boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, proposed by President Jimmy Carter in January and upheld by the U S Olympic Committee several months later, became effective. Broad, and every other American athlete, were denied an opportunity to win Olympic gold.

Sept. 13 - Abdallah Kent (Kenya) W
Gold Cup super-heavyweight champion; Nairobi, Kenya. “The tournament ... was held mainly for the benefit of countries which skipped the Moscow Summer Olympics in protest against the Soviet Union’s military intervention in Afghanistan” (Pacific Stars and Stripes 9-15-80:21).

1981

Broad turned pro.

[Nile4000]

JAMES BROAD

Born January 27, 1958

Died November 20, 2001

6’ 4” 215

Orthodox stance

1980

Mch. 27 - Woody Clark (Fort Bragg) W pts
All-Army heavyweight champion; Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Pacific Stars and Stripes 3-30-80:20).

Apr. 8 - Mark Mahone (Navy) W ko 1
Broad knocked out Mahone at 2:27 of the first round (European Stars and Stripes 4-10-80:26).
Apr. 10 - Stan Butler (Air Force) W rsc 1
Interservice heavyweight champion; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “The referee stopped the contest at 2:55 into the first round, declaring Butler unable to go any further after being floored and taking a standing eight-count” (European Stars and Stripes 4-12-80:23).

May 15 - CISM (World Military) heavyweight champion; Baghdad, Iraq.

June 16 - Freddie Guzman (Ft. Worth) W ko 1
Broad “sent Guzman to the canvas twice in the first minute of the opening round then finished him off with a left-right combination at 1:18 of the opening round” (New Mexican 6-17-80:15).
June 19 - Marvis Frazier (Philadelphia) W ko 1
Broad “caught Frazier coming in with his only right of the fight - a short blow that traveled about six inches - and sent Frazier down in the middle of the ring [twenty-one seconds into the first round]. Frazier lay on his face unmoving for nearly three minutes before getting up. He then sat on a stool in the middle of the ring for another couple of minutes before retiring to his dressing room. Joe Frazier, one of the first to jump into the ring after his fallen son, explained that Marvis had suffered a pinched nerve temporarily and could not move after the knockout” (Gettysburg Times 6-20-80:15).
After the Frazier fight, Broad recalls: “I didn’t take up boxing until I joined the Army in 1976, but I’m 100 per cent confident anytime I step in the ring. I have a good right, but I consider myself a boxer. [At this point, Broad had won 25 of his 28 amateur bouts, 20 by knockouts. The punch that knocked out Frazier] was a good right hand. It wasn’t my best right hand but I knew I had him when it landed... [My dream] is one day to be heavyweight champion of the world” (Abilene Reporter-News 6-21-80:2-C).
June 20 - Chris McDonald (Tiverton, Rhode Island)W pts
US Olympic Trials heavyweight champion; Atlanta. Broad “pounded out a decision over the tough McDonald. Broad, having knocked out two earlier opponents found the going much tougher against McDonald, who fought from the opening round with a bloodied mouth from the stiff left jabs of Broad. However, McDonald withstood the barrage from Broad and came back in the final two rounds to battle toe-to-toe” (Abilene Reporter-News 6-22-80:4-C).

July 2 - Peter Hussing W rsc 2
USA vs. West Germany; West Berlin.
July 5 - George Helm W ko 1
USA vs. West Germany; West Berlin.

July 19 - The USA boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, proposed by President Jimmy Carter in January and upheld by the U S Olympic Committee several months later, became effective. Broad, and every other American athlete, were denied an opportunity to win Olympic gold.

Sept. 13 - Abdallah Kent (Kenya) W
Gold Cup super-heavyweight champion; Nairobi, Kenya. “The tournament ... was held mainly for the benefit of countries which skipped the Moscow Summer Olympics in protest against the Soviet Union’s military intervention in Afghanistan” (Pacific Stars and Stripes 9-15-80:21).

1981

Broad turned pro.

Didn't he fight Tony Tubbs at some point?