One big win

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 20 Nov 2006, 15:10

Sweet Scientist wrote:Cosell may not have been as knowledgable as a Nat Fleischer, but he certainly was knowledgable, he covered quite a few fights on both radio & TV in '50's through '80's...he turned a lot of people off, but that doesn't mean he wasn't 'knowledgable'...and when he refered to Young as "unheralded", Young's record was something like 12-4...so I don't think it was an out of line, 'unknowledgable' statement at that time...AND...the second Young-Lyle fight was after the Ali fight...so both boxing people, and the casual observer, knew who Jimmy Young was by then...

As I stated earlier, I can see your point due to the exposure that Young got from the Ali fight, but I’m pretty comfortable with my assessment that Cossell was not particularly knowledgeable.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:39

Another one came to mind.
Tom "The Bomb" Bethea stopping Nino Benvenuti.
I think Bethea wound up with a less than .500 record.

Nels · Post by **Nels** » 03 Dec 2006, 12:00

That dude who beat Chiquita Gonzalez... Rolando Pascua.

I think it's safe to say that when he beat Kaaj Chartbandit (the best name in the world by the way), KC was over the hill...

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 03 Dec 2006, 15:29

Ramon Ranquello beating Mike Rossman in a non title fight while Rossman was Lh champ.
Rossman had just thrashed Victor Galindez.

kick asner · Post by **kick asner** » 03 Dec 2006, 15:57

They showed the highlight of that fight on CBS. Did not air it live. Actually it happened soon after Rossman lost his title in a rematch with Galindez. Ranquello was the Chuck Wepner of the light heaveyweight division if that good. Couldn't figure out what went wrong with Rossman in that fight. Ranquello had that long looping overhand right where all you would have had to do was to step out of the way. Ranquello also left himself wide open and could be easily hit with even an average jab. Definatly Ranquellos one big win and a dismal defeat for Rossman.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 03 Dec 2006, 16:10

Your right it was after Rossman lost the title back to Galindez. I dont know why I thought it was a non title go for Rossman.
Either way it was a dismal loss.

JC · Post by JC » 03 Dec 2006, 16:15

Decagon wrote:
J-C wrote:David over Goliath
Where did the other 99 foreskins come from, then?

Yeah but they were all from WBU defences.