Living HW contenders from the 1950's/1960's & early 1970's

Caractacus
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Rudi Lubbers is 78 years old.
BTW Last month (October.20th) was the 50th anniversary of his fight with Muhammad Ali.

Caractacus
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Boone Kirkman is still around ( 78 yrs old)
He fought George Foreman (twice)
Ken Norton, Gerry Cooney and sparred with Joe Frazier.
goose 5
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I read that Cooney really opened up on Boone during their exhibition bout; Gerry had a bad reputation in that regard.
hhaehre
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goose 5 wrote: 16 Jan 2024, 20:49 I read that Cooney really opened up on Boone during their exhibition bout; Gerry had a bad reputation in that regard.
There's a video of it, didn't look good. Kirkman had good reason to be pissed off.
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