Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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badkatt
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Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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On the foreman v ledeox card was merrit v Stan Ward ? Does anybody know if cbs televised this fight ? Does this fight exsist ?
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scartissue
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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They did televise it. It was probably filler because of the abbreviated ending to Foreman-Ledoux. But I remember watching it saying to myself, where has Jeff Merritt been? He closed Ward's eye very early but Jeff wasn't the most Chuvalo-like in the chin department and Ward exploded on him in the 3rd and that was that.
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evrenb
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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It's on YouTube
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sweetsci
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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evrenb wrote: ↑14 Oct 2018, 15:57 It's on YouTube
Do you have a link available or remember how it was tagged? I tried a few searches as well as watching both Foreman-LeDoux videos I could find and I couldn't find Ward-Merritt.
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sweetviolenturge
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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Yeah, I'd love to see a video of the fight myself. I seem to recall reading in the issue of The Ring that covered the Foreman - Ledoux fight that Ward - Merritt was televised but I've always assumed that the film didn't exist aside from perhaps in some private collectors archives somewhere.
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evrenb
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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I can't seem to find it now :maybe:
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:38 I can't seem to find it now :maybe:
I think you may have confused it with Merritt vs. Henry Clark.
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evrenb
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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wouter wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:42
evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:38 I can't seem to find it now :maybe:
I think you may have confused it with Merritt vs. Henry Clark.
No I uploaded that in this forum along with Merritt vs stander....
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Tuan_Jim
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 06:17
wouter wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:42
evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:38 I can't seem to find it now :maybe:
I think you may have confused it with Merritt vs. Henry Clark.
No I uploaded that in this forum along with Merritt vs stander....
The two fights uploaded to this forum were Henry Clark KO1 Jeff Merritt and highlights of Jeff Merritt KO3 Ron Stander. It wasn't the Stan Ward fight.
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evrenb
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 13:30
evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 06:17
wouter wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 05:42
I think you may have confused it with Merritt vs. Henry Clark.
No I uploaded that in this forum along with Merritt vs stander....
The two fights uploaded to this forum were Henry Clark KO1 Jeff Merritt and highlights of Jeff Merritt KO3 Ron Stander. It wasn't the Stan Ward fight.
As said previously I provided the link to those via AP archive. The Ward vs Merritt was on YouTube. ..it isn't now.
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Caractacus
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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I dunno either,but do y'all think that this may be Jeff Merrit sparring with Earnie Shavers here ?
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sweetsci
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 13:54
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 13:30
evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 06:17

No I uploaded that in this forum along with Merritt vs stander....
The two fights uploaded to this forum were Henry Clark KO1 Jeff Merritt and highlights of Jeff Merritt KO3 Ron Stander. It wasn't the Stan Ward fight.
As said previously I provided the link to those via AP archive. The Ward vs Merritt was on YouTube. ..it isn't now.
Bummer. But it wouldn't be the first time something disappeared from YouTube.
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Caractacus
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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This subject was brought up before.I will try and bump it up if I can find it again.
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Caractacus
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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just found out the thread was locked back in 2014 so it can't be bumped up. sorry.
I do remember some people here saying that they did watch it on Television.
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Tuan_Jim
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 13:54
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 13:30
evrenb wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 06:17

No I uploaded that in this forum along with Merritt vs stander....
The two fights uploaded to this forum were Henry Clark KO1 Jeff Merritt and highlights of Jeff Merritt KO3 Ron Stander. It wasn't the Stan Ward fight.
As said previously I provided the link to those via AP archive. The Ward vs Merritt was on YouTube. ..it isn't now.
Okay, sorry, I must have missed that. I vividly remember the Clark and Stander fights being posted because I had been waiting literally decades to see Merritt in action and could not quite believe it was finally happening.
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Tony1244
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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Caractacus wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 15:06 I dunno either,but do y'all think that this may be Jeff Merrit sparring with Earnie Shavers here ?
:salut:
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badkatt
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

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a collector i know just told me he had the fight on dvd and got it from cbs ......hes pretty shady so im not sure of hes telling da truth ...he said for $35 its mine ...i kinda dont beleive him .
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sweetviolenturge
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Re: Does Jeff merrit v Stan Ward exsist ?

Post by sweetviolenturge »

It's funny how we boxing fanatics can become damn near obsessed with seeing fights like this. I've been wanting to see this one ever since first reading the account of it in The Ring magazine back in 1976. As I recall, back at the time it was considered quite the upset as Ward only had five or six pro fights at the time & wasn't considered much of a puncher.
Speaking of heavyweight fights from back in the day that I've always wanted to see but never had the opportunity to another one of those is the John Tate vs Bernardo Mercado fight from 1978. I've searched high & low for many years but I've never even heard of a film/tape of it but it seems like it must have been recorded because it was a major fight held at MSG.
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