espn heavywieght title tournament

[MEISINGER]

back in 1981 and 1982 espn held a tourny for there own
heavyweight championship
this was won by james broad axe broad

i have been looking for any info on this tourny and who competed
does anyone else remember this
and what ever happened with there championship

[MEISINGER]

i guess no one remembers this one but me. :(

[THEHAMMER321]

i guess no one remembers this one but me. :(

I remember they also had Championships for other weights but I think James Broad won his title by beating Randy Mack,Slammin Sammy nesmith was another champ I think at middleweight,They also had a form of ''overtime'' if the fight was a draw at the end they fought an extra round which they should do in all championship fights imo.
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[Brutu]

The ESPN Heavyweight Championship Belt?

That and a nickel will get you a cup of coffee,
as they use to say in Jersey back in the olden days.

[THEHAMMER321]

The ESPN Heavyweight Championship Belt?

That and a nickel will get you a cup of coffee,
as they use to say in Jersey back in the olden days.

Yur right same can be said for these phony state titles like one fight I remember billed as ''The west Virginia state Heavyweight championship'' first of all how many heavies in the whole state

[jrc26]

The ESPN Heavyweight Championship Belt?

That and a nickel will get you a cup of coffee,
as they use to say in Jersey back in the olden days.

Same could be said for just about any belt these days.

[Ambling Alp]

The ESPN title was not meant to be in competition with the various WBS belts. I don't remember all of the details, but ESPN staged 8 man tournaments for a few years in the 1980's. Jessie Ferguson won it in 1985, beating Tony Anthony in the finals. Ferguson beat Buster Douglas in the semi-finals.

The fighters were prospects on their way up. It was actually an interesting idea. Strohs Beer sponsored tournaments in the 1980's as well. I believe their tournaments usually consisted of veterans with some ability but not quite Top 10 material. Unlike the mismatches that ESPN shows now, there were a lot of entertaining fights with fairly evenly matched fighters. It gave these guys a rare chance to make a decent payday.

[Brutu]

I use to watch ESPN boxing all the time.
But nowdays i find myself rarely watching it.
It comes on infrequently and boxing match ups are of little but mostly no interset.
Remember the early 1990's?USA Boxing,ESPN boxing twice a week?
use to watch it all the time with great match ups.

[jrc26]

I use to watch ESPN boxing all the time.
But nowdays i find myself rarely watching it.
It comes on infrequently and boxing match ups are of little but mostly no interset.
Remember the early 1990's?USA Boxing,ESPN boxing twice a week?
use to watch it all the time with great match ups.

The good old days...USA boxing was the best. Holmes, Whitaker, Morrison, Toney, Jones...

ESPN hasn't had a star of that caliber on in years. Even Fox Sports Net used to have some decent cards every couple of months. Now we are lucky to get a local card or a replay anymore. Free quality boxing is dying.

[Brutu]

anyone remember who the last ranked heavyweight was that fought on ESPN boxing?

[allworld80]

anyone remember who the last ranked heavyweight was that fought on ESPN boxing?

Eddie Chambers/Sam Peter was on Friday Night fights not too long ago.