BoxRec

Mike DeJohn vrs Willie Besmanoff II
June 1959 Milwaukee WI.

Mike DeJohn
(one of the hardest punching heavyweight contenders ever).
had appeared on the ABC-TV Saturday Fight of the Week on a regular basis.
here is a listing of some of his television appearences
on that show.
or are they all considered lost ?

Mike DeJohn vrs Zora Folley-March.16.1960(Cleveland,Ohio)
Mike Dejohn vrs Billy Hunter-November.26.1960(MSG,NYC)
Mike DeJohn vrs. Eddie Machen(II)September.16.1961(Syracuse,NY)
Mike DeJohn vrs. Bob Cleroux-July.23.1962(Miami Beach,Fl.)
Mike DeJohn vrs. Billy Daniels-November.3.1962(Miami Beach,Fl)

It's interesting that Mike DeJohn was a slugger who could bang with both of his hands. I wonder if APerno could research how many reach advantages for Sonny Liston, which was 84 inches against DeJohn like in the tale of the tape from the newspaper that was lost in time or other fights that DeJohn had the long reach advantages after watching lowering his arms? Just asking.

Brutu wrote: ↑23 Sep 2010, 05:56 Sonny Liston vs Mike DeJohn aired live on ABC-TV WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS,February.18.1959.
(Although I have never seen a tape of it)
Here is a link to a photo of Sonny Liston fighting Mike DeJohn.
Reportely,DeJohn Buckled Liston's knees with a punch in one of the early rounds,and drew some blood from his nose.
Liston gave DeJohn a right uppercut,when DeJohn was on one knee in the sixth(probably unintentional),
there was an almost mele after the decision,when DeJohn called Liston a name apaprently they took another swing at each other.

http://books.google.com/books?id=sEEDAA ... pg=PA53&dq

Hey, I think I may just notice a clip of it dude.

must have seen this video some 20 times over the past 30 years.
but just now noticed it.
Check it out at (apprx) 1:40 seconds into this clip !
sure looks like it may be Mike DeJohn there to me.

Caractacus wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 16:42 must have seen this video some 20 times over the past 30 years.
but just now noticed it.
Check it out at (apprx) 1:40 seconds into this clip !
sure looks like it may be Mike DeJohn there to me.

Its Liston-Besmanoff but go ahead and invent some convoluted reason why Im wrong…

Caractacus wrote: ↑14 May 2024, 16:37

Brutu wrote: ↑23 Sep 2010, 05:56 Sonny Liston vs Mike DeJohn aired live on ABC-TV WEDNESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS,February.18.1959.
(Although I have never seen a tape of it)
Here is a link to a photo of Sonny Liston fighting Mike DeJohn.
Reportely,DeJohn Buckled Liston's knees with a punch in one of the early rounds,and drew some blood from his nose.
Liston gave DeJohn a right uppercut,when DeJohn was on one knee in the sixth(probably unintentional),
there was an almost mele after the decision,when DeJohn called Liston a name apaprently they took another swing at each other.

http://books.google.com/books?id=sEEDAA ... pg=PA53&dq

Hey, I think I may just notice a clip of it dude.

but dont you think it looks a lot like the photograph link there ?

LoL, knew it was Willie Bestamoff all the time.
just checking to see who's paying attention on here.