John Conteh's best fights?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 19 Jan 2005, 08:19

I'm reserving a couple of dvds in my next order for a few John Conteh fights, has anyone seen a lot of them & which 3 or 4 would you recommend as his best performances??

cheers.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 19 Jan 2005, 09:20

Conteh was a mean bastard and whatever fights you get, you're guaranteed plenty of subtle head butts (Conteh was the best headbutter since Gene Fullmer) and not so subtle blood spilt.
Sadly, post his fight with Willie Taylor in 1975 (in which he broke his right hand), Conteh was essentially one-handed and I would recommend you get the two-fisted Conteh: the title wins over Jorge Ahumada and Lonnie Bennett in particular.
The first fight with Saad Muhammad is also worth getting. It was Conteh's last great performance.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 19 Jan 2005, 10:53

thx man.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:05

My dad knows the Conteh's.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:07

Max Molyneux wrote:My dad knows the Conteh's.

Any stories about them?

What did your dad think of them?

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:15

He thought John was really tough.

I've only met one of his brothers though.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:18

I met John Conteh at a show recently. I was with a guy called Butch who had spent a long time with Conteh during his career, and he said Conteh didn't at all remember him and didn't seem to have much recollection of the periods he was talking about. Seemed that Conteh's memory wasn't so good, but he otherwise looked pretty healthy, wasn't too much overweight and looked pretty cheerful.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:18

Does John Conteh still live in Liverpool?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:29

I saw him in parking up in Belsize park a while back.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Jan 2005, 12:31

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I met John Conteh at a show recently. I was with a guy called Butch who had spent a long time with Conteh during his career, and he said Conteh didn't at all remember him and didn't seem to have much recollection of the periods he was talking about. Seemed that Conteh's memory wasn't so good, but he otherwise looked pretty healthy, wasn't too much overweight and looked pretty cheerful.

Thats a worry for a man who is only about 53.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 19 Jan 2005, 14:06

KOJOE90 wrote:Does John Conteh still live in Liverpool?

Im Fairly sure I saw him in Bar Hannahs on Brownlow hill in liverpool I think he has something to do with running it.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 19 Jan 2005, 20:05

One of his Brothers owns Hannah's so I wouldn't be suprised if he was there.