Page 2 of 2
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:18
by HomicideHenry
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:15
Is Cuba considered Latin America?
Johnson losing to Willard in the Havana heat would be my guess too.
Other than that, I don't believe any heavyweight title fights have been staged in Latin America since.
Wait. Wasn't Ali-Coopman fought in Puerto Rico?
No. Belgium.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:19
by gilgamesh
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:15
Is Cuba considered Latin America?
Johnson losing to Willard in the Havana heat would be my guess too.
Other than that, I don't believe any heavyweight title fights have been staged in Latin America since.
Wait. Wasn't Ali-Coopman fought in Puerto Rico?
Foreman vs Ken Norton was in Venezuela I remember that.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:20
by oogiebe
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:15
Is Cuba considered Latin America?
Johnson losing to Willard in the Havana heat would be my guess too.
Other than that, I don't believe any heavyweight title fights have been staged in Latin America since.
Wait. Wasn't Ali-Coopman fought in Puerto Rico?
Norton/Foreman. Caracas, Venezuela.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:21
by SenorPipino
gilgamesh wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:19
Foreman vs Ken Norton was in Venezuela I remember that.
Good one. The Caracas Caper in 1974. True Latin America.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:23
by Contendeh
oogiebe wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:20
Norton/Foreman. Caracas, Venezuela.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:24
by SenorPipino
oogiebe wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:20
Norton/Foreman. Caracas, Venezuela.
Recall Foreman, walking on crutches, ready to leave the country with an oh-so-sudden knee injury.
A quick upward adjustment to his purse rapidly relieved all the pain. Although Norton felt plenty pain hours later.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:25
by oogiebe
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:24
Recall Foreman, walking on crutches, ready to leave the country with an oh-so-sudden knee injury.
A quick upward adjustment to his purse rapidly relieved all the pain. Although Norton felt plenty pain hours later.
LOL! I didn't remember that. I do remember the mysterious disappearance of Norton's ring shoes.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:25
by SenorPipino
I haven't checked yet but wasn't Coopman from Belgium (the Lion of Flanders) but the bout was held in Puerto Rico?
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:26
by SenorPipino
oogiebe wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:25
LOL! I didn't remember that. I do remember the mysterious disappearance of Norton's ring shoes.
Now that part I don't remember. How was it solved?
Seems a lot of strange things went down in Caracas.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:27
by HomicideHenry
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:25
I haven't checked yet but wasn't Coopman from Belgium (the Lion of Flanders) but the bout was held in Puerto Rico?
I stand corrected. It was Puerto Rico.
My apologies.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:28
by Contendeh
gilgamesh wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:19
Foreman vs Ken Norton was in Venezuela I remember that.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:28
by oogiebe
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:26
Now that part I don't remember. How was it solved?
Seems a lot of strange things went down in Caracas.
They had to scramble to find new ones. LMAO! I wonder if Big George's corner stole them! It happened not too long before the card started.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:30
by SenorPipino
oogiebe wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:28
They had to scramble to find new ones. LMAO! I wonder if Big George's corner stole them! It happened not too long before the card started.
Let me guess. Norton later claimed that the shoe replacements affected his performance??
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:32
by oogiebe
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:30
Let me guess. Norton later claimed that the shoe replacements affected his performance??
I don't remember that, but it was the Norton camp who reported it. Silly if he did.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 15:36
by Contendeh
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:30
Let me guess. Norton later claimed that the shoe replacements affected his performance??
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 16:35
by SenorPipino
HomicideHenry wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 15:27
I stand corrected. It was Puerto Rico.
My apologies.
Not a problem HH.
Unlike some here, I don't go postal over someone erring. Can't remember everything off the top of our heads.
Re: Opinion: The Rematch, USA or UK?
Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 16:41
by HomicideHenry
SenorPipino wrote: ↑02 Jun 2019, 16:35
Not a problem HH.
Unlike some here, I don't go postal over someone erring. Can't remember everything off the top of our heads.
I knew Belgium was in there somewhere
I guess I assumed that's where it happened because Ali fought Dunn in Germany (I think) so I would have thought it'd make sense for it to be Belgium rather than some island.