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I see that Bobick's KO loss to Ron Lyle hasn't been mentioned by anyone here yet.
I recall that it was more or less the culmination of Lyle's Simon Pure career post prison, but can't remember exactly when that was.
I'm assuming around 1970, before Bobick won the Pan Am championship & was streaking towards the Olympic Games?

I've always wondered what would have happened if Ali had decided to eschew his demand for Norton to fight Bobick & his own title defense vs the totally undeserving ( & coming off of a L8 against Lorenzo Zanon ) Alfredo Evangelista in June of '77 & just fought the 38 - 0 Bobick in The Garden as had been the original plan?

Styles DEFINITELY make fights & had the rather shopworn Ali that met & struggled a bit with Evangelista met the big, strong, aggressive & hungry Bobick before his confidence was shattered by Norton, I believe that Ali may not have come out on top.
Sure, Bobick's chin could be exploited, but let's be realistic, by that point in time, Ali had lost much of the snap on his punches.
After Manila, his only two wins inside the distance were against the woefully out matched Jean Pierre Coopman & Richard Dunn. Fighter's whose own issues with punch resistance made Bobick look like George Chuvalo!
And, while Bobick lacked the quickness & volumous attack that Leon Spinks would bring to his own future contest with Ali & trouble him so much with a matter months later, Bobick was much bigger, more experienced, stronger & had a significant power advantage over Spinks to make up for it.
And with Eddie Futch in his corner, Bobick would have been VERY well prepared with an effective gameplan for Ali.
Therefore, I happen to believe that Bobick could very well have accomplished what superior heavyweights like Young, Norton & Shavers didn't get the official recognition for doing at around the same period of time & that's beat Muhammad Ali.

The Lyle vrs Bobick bout was in January 1971 at Fort Carson Colorado for the USA boxing team elimination tournament.
CBS and Mike Wallace were there filming it for a profile on Ron Lyle that was to air the following month on 60 MINUTES.
I wonder if the CBS archives has the entire two rounds in their vaults.
Ive only seen a clip of the second round knock out.
Bobick afterwards had 60 straight amateur wins up until the bout with Teofilo Stevenson.

I guess Ron Lyle decided to turn pro rather then wait for the Olympics
because he needed the money and he would have been a 32 year old amateur
boxer at Munich if he had won the Olympic Trials.

Thanks much Bruto for the details & info concerning the Lyle - Bobick fight.

Speaking of which, can you imagine ANY fighter today somehow managing to fit in 60 some odd sanctioned contests within about a year & a half's time?
That's just ASTOUNDING. Times sure have changed, eh?

Peace,
Jim

Il Duce wrote:Bluerosekiller,

I agree on the Muhammad Ali vs. Duane Bobick fight, which I believe was supposed to take place, as contracts were signed
in November 1976.

Ali and Bobick was slated to take place between February 1 and February 18 in 1977, with Madison Square Garden
as co-promoter.

Styles is what makes fights, and Duane's pressure style and constant punching would have been a problem for the fading
Champion, and at worst would have lost a close fight.

Muhammad just didn't have the punch anymore.

It would have been a close fight, but the 'Judges' would rallied to pull it out again for Ali, setting up a lucrative rematch.

Your hypothesis on the fight that almost was is one that almost mirrors my own & could VERY well have occurred.
In fact, back in my youth, I used to imagine all sorts of different scenarios.
One of which was Bobick getting the nod & subsequently making his first title defense against an easy BIG $$$ opponent back in The Garden against ol' Jerry Quarry following Quarry's comeback KO over Zanon underneath Norton - Young. After which, he'd have been obliged to meet Norton. Resulting in the same brief affair we got in May of '77...

Or, in the event of a Bobick victory over Ali, we may have seen any one of another dozen or more possible scenarios. With an immediate rematch with The Greatest another likely possibility.
In which case... could Ali have pulled off what he had in Spinks II?
Possible, but IMO, far more unlikely as Bobick was a more skilled, learned, disciplined fighter than "Neon" Leon was. And, again, he'd have come in without all the chaos that allowed a well past it Ali to school the green Spinks. Eddie Futch would've had Bobick prepared like the true pro he was.
But, were Ali able to make an even remotely close fight of it, there's a good chance that sentiment would've gone the legends way...

bluerosekiller wrote:I see that Bobick's KO loss to Ron Lyle hasn't been mentioned by anyone here yet.
I recall that it was more or less the culmination of Lyle's Simon Pure career post prison, but can't remember exactly when that was.
I'm assuming around 1970, before Bobick won the Pan Am championship & was streaking towards the Olympic Games?

Curiously both Duane Bobick's and Ron Lyle's compleat amateur records are incomplete(at least on the web).
I have been trying to find the exact date as to when the Lyle vs Bobick match at Ft. Carson CO. for the USA Boxing team had been.
and if either man had fought any other boxers in the same tournament before they fought.
But it would seem the bout was in mid-January as reportedly about a week later
Ron Lyle fought Kamo Saroyan, USA Vrs Soviet Union which was shown live
on ABC WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS January-23-1971.
Lyle TKO'd Saroyan in the second round.
I guess the controversary was that Lyle rushed Saroyan before the ref finished counting or was at least pausing to see if he could continue.
here is a very brief clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZZl8MRquSA

Saroyan(who was actually Armenian I read somewhere) was 89-9 going into the bout.
Duane Bobick would KO Saroyan in round three a year later Febuary 1972 in a USA vs USSR tournament.

Il Duce wrote:1970 National AAU Championships

Trenton, New Jersey

May 1, 1970

29 year-old Ron Lyle 'flattened' Duane Bobick (19 1/2 year-old) by a devastating knockout in Round 2.

Duane, who was only 19 years, 8 months - and had a record of 31-8 when entering the ring against Ron Lyle.

Following that loss, Duane went on a 28-month / 60-bout unbeaten streak, enroute to entering the September 1972 Olympics.

What is your source for this info?
Would you please provide a link?
Did Ron Lyle knock out Duane Bobick twice on two different occasions ?
here is Ron Lyle's(incomplete)amateur record

http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/ronlyle.htm

The knockout at Fort Carson Colorado is mentioned in his biography OFF THE ROPES.
Also the 60 Minutes feature,unless they were using video-tape from months earlier,
gave the impression it was shot around January 1971,as they also
took Ron Lyle down to the Fifth Street Gym in Miami to spar 2 rounds
with Muhammad Ali,then flew him up to the Concord Hotel in the Catskills
to spar with Joe Frazier(who refused to spar with an amateur)
so Lyle sparred instead with Ken Norton.

delisa wrote:Just to put Bobick's amateur "hype" in perspective -- he was on a roll, and had already BEATEN Stevenson! Bobick entered the Stevenson bout with an inured and swollen eye. Teofilo, great as he was, took advantage.

Duane was dominant -- here is the best efforts amateur record I compiled for him:

1968
Mar 21 Opponent Salt lake City, UT Win Natl. GG
Mar 21 Tony Land, NM Salt lake City, UT W 3 Natl. GG
Mar 22 Opponent Salt lake City, UT ? Natl. GG QF

1970
Jan 25 Louie Hall Little Falls, MN W 3
Mar Opponent Honululu WON HI Golden Gloves Championship
Mar 17 Larry Podesta, S. Fran Las Vegas, NV L 3 Natl. GG/Podesta down in 1st
Apr 8 John Hunter Florida W 3 All-Navy Championship
Apr Joe Thomas, Army Fort Dix, NJ KO 2 Interservice Semi-f
Apr Percy Price Fort Dix, NJ L 3 (2-3) Interservice Championship final
Jul 27 Oseni Young, Ghana Abidjan, Ivory Coast W 3 World Military games Champion semi
Jul 28 Opponent Abidjan, Ivory Coast Win World Military games Champion semi

1971
--- Opponent --- Win NC AAU
--- Opponent --- Win GA AAU
--- Opponent --- Win Camp Lejune, NC AAU
Mar 30 Ben Carr Richmond, VA W 3 VA AAU
Apr 8 Opponent Bainbridge, MD W w/o MD AAU
Apr 8 Salazor McGill Bainbridge, MD KO 1 MD AAU Final
APR Opponent San Francisco --- All-Navy Tournament
Apr 20 Ken Hassan, Air force Vallejo, CA KO 1 Interservice Championship (11th straight win)
Apr 22 Lou Slaughter, Army Vallejo, CA W 3 Interservice Championship final/Lou down 6x
Apr 29 Jim Anderson, KY New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU (Anderson had beaten Mike Weaver)
Apr 29 Michael Anderson, Marines New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
Apr29 Jerry Nelson, CO New Orleans, LA KO 1 Natl. AAU
Apr 30 Fred Houpe, IL New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
May 1 Ron Draper New Orleans, LA [W] Natl. AAU Final
--- Don Nelson --- [W]
Jun 2 Jack Meda, Canada Albany, NY KO 2 North American AAU (USA-Canada)
Jun 2? Nick Wells Fort Bragg W 3 Pan Am Trials
Aug Opponent Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am
Aug 3 Wesley Zuleta, COL Cali, Colombia KO 1 Record is 56-9 (33 kayos at this point)
Aug 7 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am Semi-F
Aug Manuel Joaquin Rocha, MEX Cali, Colombia KO 2 Pan Am GOLD
Aug 26 Fred Houpe, IL Minneapolis, MN W 3
Sep 1 Duane Bobick Day -- MN
Sep 4 Ion Alexe, ROMANIA Lake Geneva, WI W 3 USA-Romania


1972
Mar 19 Nick Wells Minneapolis TKO 3 Natl GG Semi-F
Mar 20 Steve Williams Minneapolis KO 2 Natl GG Final
Jul Dino Dennis Fort Worth, TX KO 2 Oly Trials
Jul 19 Clifford Stevens Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 21 Leroy Jones Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 22 Nick Wells Fort Worth, TX TKO 3 Oly Trials -- Wells had KO 1 Holmes
Bobick ran record to 91-9 (58 kayos) with Wells bout -- Bobick now 4-0 against Nick
Aug 5 -- Box off against Wells scheduled but Wells replaced by Holmes
Aug 5 Larry Holmes --- W DQ 3 Oly Box Offs
Sep 3 Yuri Nesterov, Russia Munich, GER W 3 Olympics -- 60th consec win for Bobick
Sep 5 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Munich, GEr LK 3 Olympics QF

Here is another web page with a listing of Duane Bobick's amateur record.
That does list his bout with Ron Lyle May 1970 Trenton New Jersey.

http://www.reocities.com/pedrinet/bobick.html

Here is a link to a photo of Duane Bobick knocking out Clifford Stephens in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Trials
Fort Worth Texas July-19-1972.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BS-PHOTO-bik-65 ... 56508b3a52


Clifford Stephens aka Randy Stephens
heavyweight boxer 1974-1985.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?ca ... man_id=333

Randy Stephens was a good, solid heavyweight that could have probably gone a lot further than he did had he been managed & moved properly.
Unfortunately, it appears to me that his people were in a bit too much of a hurry with him as far as the $$$ fights & rather through him to the wolves. Putting him in there with a far too experienced for him slick, spoiler in Harold Carter & then the much larger, big punching unbeaten contender Bernardo Mercado.
Sure, times were different back then, but still...
He rebounded well with a nice W10 over Stan Ward to make it into the top ten, but was quickly knocked out of it by Kenny Norton.

He earned his way to a cruiserweight world title opportunity several years later & gave Ozzie Ocasio a good go, but dropped a decision in the effort.
Then, in a bit of shenanigans, after a mostly inactive period of two years he was given another ( this time undeserved ) title shot vs unbeaten South African Piet Crous & looked woefully out of shape & unprepared as he was KO'd in 3 rather pathetic rounds. An obvious final money grab on his part as he never fought again.

I havent seen any video tape of Duane Bobick vs Yuri Nesterov
from the 1972 Summer Olympics as of yet on the inter-net,
but here is a link to an action photo of it.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Duane-Bobi ... 2ec5acf185

link to ring action photo of Duane Bobick vs James Summerville
05.February.1974
Miami Beach Florida

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Duane-Bobi ... 2ec5a18acb

(scroll down for larger image,
also see worst ring beatins thread )

here is another ring action photo of Duane Bobick vs James Summerville
05.February.1974
Miami Beach Florida

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Duane-Bobi ... 2ec5a18adc

(scroll down for larger image).

here is a newspaper article of Duane Bobick vs James Summerville.
Notice the photo of Bobick almost having a Tyson Fury moment,
but with that punch, James Summerville had helped him do it to himself.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X8 ... 2828638&dq

Here is what Duane Bobick is quoted as saying to reporters there in Munich Germany a couple days before the bout
"I know he's tall and strong,but the last time all he had was a good jab-no right hand".

here is the results of how all the heavyweights placed at the 1972 Olympics.

1.Teofila Stevenson(Cuba)
2.Ion Alexe(Romania)
3.Peter Hussing(Germany)
4.Hasse Thomsein(Sweden)
5.Duane Bobick(USA)
Jurgen Fanghanel(GDR)
Carrol Morgan(Canada)

Saturday.August-5-1972
ABC's WILD WORLD OF SPORTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnLeFFAFCW0

here is link to a page of the Bowlus Minnesota Historical Society that shows some of Duane Bobick's Boxing
medals that were on exhibit there,
that he had won over the course of an amateur record of over 100 bouts.
I cant count them all but there is a whole bunch of em.
(scroll down to see photo)

http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/?cat=17

In 2011 Duane Bobick was inducted to the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame
and earlier this year in 2014
Duane Bobick was inducted into the
National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame(NPASHF)
here is some video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhCU9IyZ9I

delisa wrote:Just to put Bobick's amateur "hype" in perspective -- he was on a roll, and had already BEATEN Stevenson! Bobick entered the Stevenson bout with an inured and swollen eye. Teofilo, great as he was, took advantage.

Duane was dominant -- here is the best efforts amateur record I compiled for him:

1968
Mar 21 Opponent Salt lake City, UT Win Natl. GG
Mar 21 Tony Land, NM Salt lake City, UT W 3 Natl. GG
Mar 22 Opponent Salt lake City, UT ? Natl. GG QF

1970
Jan 25 Louie Hall Little Falls, MN W 3
Mar Opponent Honululu WON HI Golden Gloves Championship
Mar 17 Larry Podesta, S. Fran Las Vegas, NV L 3 Natl. GG/Podesta down in 1st
Apr 8 John Hunter Florida W 3 All-Navy Championship
Apr Joe Thomas, Army Fort Dix, NJ KO 2 Interservice Semi-f
Apr Percy Price Fort Dix, NJ L 3 (2-3) Interservice Championship final
Jul 27 Oseni Young, Ghana Abidjan, Ivory Coast W 3 World Military games Champion semi
Jul 28 Opponent Abidjan, Ivory Coast Win World Military games Champion semi

1971
--- Opponent --- Win NC AAU
--- Opponent --- Win GA AAU
--- Opponent --- Win Camp Lejune, NC AAU
Mar 30 Ben Carr Richmond, VA W 3 VA AAU
Apr 8 Opponent Bainbridge, MD W w/o MD AAU
Apr 8 Salazor McGill Bainbridge, MD KO 1 MD AAU Final
APR Opponent San Francisco --- All-Navy Tournament
Apr 20 Ken Hassan, Air force Vallejo, CA KO 1 Interservice Championship (11th straight win)
Apr 22 Lou Slaughter, Army Vallejo, CA W 3 Interservice Championship final/Lou down 6x
Apr 29 Jim Anderson, KY New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU (Anderson had beaten Mike Weaver)
Apr 29 Michael Anderson, Marines New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
Apr29 Jerry Nelson, CO New Orleans, LA KO 1 Natl. AAU
Apr 30 Fred Houpe, IL New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
May 1 Ron Draper New Orleans, LA [W] Natl. AAU Final
--- Don Nelson --- [W]
Jun 2 Jack Meda, Canada Albany, NY KO 2 North American AAU (USA-Canada)
Jun 2? Nick Wells Fort Bragg W 3 Pan Am Trials
Aug Opponent Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am
Aug 3 Wesley Zuleta, COL Cali, Colombia KO 1 Record is 56-9 (33 kayos at this point)
Aug 7 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am Semi-F
Aug Manuel Joaquin Rocha, MEX Cali, Colombia KO 2 Pan Am GOLD
Aug 26 Fred Houpe, IL Minneapolis, MN W 3
Sep 1 Duane Bobick Day -- MN
Sep 4 Ion Alexe, ROMANIA Lake Geneva, WI W 3 USA-Romania


1972
Mar 19 Nick Wells Minneapolis TKO 3 Natl GG Semi-F
Mar 20 Steve Williams Minneapolis KO 2 Natl GG Final
Jul Dino Dennis Fort Worth, TX KO 2 Oly Trials
Jul 19 Clifford Stevens Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 21 Leroy Jones Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 22 Nick Wells Fort Worth, TX TKO 3 Oly Trials -- Wells had KO 1 Holmes
Bobick ran record to 91-9 (58 kayos) with Wells bout -- Bobick now 4-0 against Nick
Aug 5 -- Box off against Wells scheduled but Wells replaced by Holmes
Aug 5 Larry Holmes --- W DQ 3 Oly Box Offs
Sep 3 Yuri Nesterov, Russia Munich, GER W 3 Olympics -- 60th consec win for Bobick
Sep 5 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Munich, GEr LK 3 Olympics QF

This list may be helpful.

Caractacus wrote:

delisa wrote:Just to put Bobick's amateur "hype" in perspective -- he was on a roll, and had already BEATEN Stevenson! Bobick entered the Stevenson bout with an inured and swollen eye. Teofilo, great as he was, took advantage.

Duane was dominant -- here is the best efforts amateur record I compiled for him:

1968
Mar 21 Opponent Salt lake City, UT Win Natl. GG
Mar 21 Tony Land, NM Salt lake City, UT W 3 Natl. GG
Mar 22 Opponent Salt lake City, UT ? Natl. GG QF

1970
Jan 25 Louie Hall Little Falls, MN W 3
Mar Opponent Honululu WON HI Golden Gloves Championship
Mar 17 Larry Podesta, S. Fran Las Vegas, NV L 3 Natl. GG/Podesta down in 1st
Apr 8 John Hunter Florida W 3 All-Navy Championship
Apr Joe Thomas, Army Fort Dix, NJ KO 2 Interservice Semi-f
Apr Percy Price Fort Dix, NJ L 3 (2-3) Interservice Championship final
Jul 27 Oseni Young, Ghana Abidjan, Ivory Coast W 3 World Military games Champion semi
Jul 28 Opponent Abidjan, Ivory Coast Win World Military games Champion semi

1971
--- Opponent --- Win NC AAU
--- Opponent --- Win GA AAU
--- Opponent --- Win Camp Lejune, NC AAU
Mar 30 Ben Carr Richmond, VA W 3 VA AAU
Apr 8 Opponent Bainbridge, MD W w/o MD AAU
Apr 8 Salazor McGill Bainbridge, MD KO 1 MD AAU Final
APR Opponent San Francisco --- All-Navy Tournament
Apr 20 Ken Hassan, Air force Vallejo, CA KO 1 Interservice Championship (11th straight win)
Apr 22 Lou Slaughter, Army Vallejo, CA W 3 Interservice Championship final/Lou down 6x
Apr 29 Jim Anderson, KY New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU (Anderson had beaten Mike Weaver)
Apr 29 Michael Anderson, Marines New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
Apr29 Jerry Nelson, CO New Orleans, LA KO 1 Natl. AAU
Apr 30 Fred Houpe, IL New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
May 1 Ron Draper New Orleans, LA [W] Natl. AAU Final
--- Don Nelson --- [W]
Jun 2 Jack Meda, Canada Albany, NY KO 2 North American AAU (USA-Canada)
Jun 2? Nick Wells Fort Bragg W 3 Pan Am Trials
Aug Opponent Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am
Aug 3 Wesley Zuleta, COL Cali, Colombia KO 1 Record is 56-9 (33 kayos at this point)
Aug 7 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am Semi-F
Aug Manuel Joaquin Rocha, MEX Cali, Colombia KO 2 Pan Am GOLD
Aug 26 Fred Houpe, IL Minneapolis, MN W 3
Sep 1 Duane Bobick Day -- MN
Sep 4 Ion Alexe, ROMANIA Lake Geneva, WI W 3 USA-Romania


1972
Mar 19 Nick Wells Minneapolis TKO 3 Natl GG Semi-F
Mar 20 Steve Williams Minneapolis KO 2 Natl GG Final
Jul Dino Dennis Fort Worth, TX KO 2 Oly Trials
Jul 19 Clifford Stevens Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 21 Leroy Jones Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 22 Nick Wells Fort Worth, TX TKO 3 Oly Trials -- Wells had KO 1 Holmes
Bobick ran record to 91-9 (58 kayos) with Wells bout -- Bobick now 4-0 against Nick
Aug 5 -- Box off against Wells scheduled but Wells replaced by Holmes
Aug 5 Larry Holmes --- W DQ 3 Oly Box Offs
Sep 3 Yuri Nesterov, Russia Munich, GER W 3 Olympics -- 60th consec win for Bobick
Sep 5 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Munich, GEr LK 3 Olympics QF

This list may be helpful.[/quote . Duane Bobick had at least two more fights in the National GGTournament before beating Nick Wells March 19, 1972. He also won the Uppermidwest Golden Glove Tournament in February 1972 winning at least 4 four fights beating Butch Culbertson in the finals.

Here is what I have on Lyle -- I did this a number of years ago -- I think Lyle's bio may have more -- Cant' recall source for the KO by Lyle of Bobick in Colorado


Amateur Highlights

1961?
--- Texas Johnson --- L
(first bout in penitentiary)

1969
Nov 22 Paroled from Colorado State Penitentiary
after 7-1/2 years, becomes member of "Denver Rocks,"
of the International Boxing League

Dec 19 Fred "Young Sanford" Houpe KO 2 (IBL)

1970
Jan Tommie Garrett Louisville, KY L 3 (IBL)
Jan 21 Opponent --- KO 2 (IBL)
Feb 7 Opponent --- KO 3 (IBL)
--- Joe Brown St. Louis, MO KO 1 (IBL)

Colorado Golden Gloves championship, the other two against Charles Schollmeyer and Charles Bank in Salt Lake City, to win the Regional Golden Gloves. Championship. From there, it was a short jump to Las Vegas and the National Golden Gloves Championship tournament.

[Lerdy] Sargent with a right and left hook combination.” With that fight, Denver boxing fans moved from sitting up and taking notice to becoming an informal traveling booster club, along with the local press.
After watching their local guy perform his fourth consecutive first-round knockout in the opening round of the tournament, sportswriters now called him the favorite for the national heavyweight title, and a contingent of Denver fans arrived in time to watch him run his string of successive knockouts to seven straight with his next opponent in the tournament, Kit Boursse of Las Vegas.

--- Billy Bob Thomson Las Vegas, NV L 3(Amateur)
(part of National GG tournament)
--- New York to face Louis Jimenez in his fourth I.B.L. bout, KO

--- Mike Montgomery Trenton, NJ W 3 (Amateur)
(Wins National AAU Heavyweight Championship)




Jun 4 Jack Meda Vancouver, British Columbia W 3 North American Heavyweight Championship


Jun 19 Billy Freeman Denver, CO W 3 (IBL)
Jun 20 Jasper Evans Denver, CO W 3 (IBL)
(Wins Int'l Boxing League Heavyweight Title)

June 22, Amadeo Laurentic Rome. KO 1 two minutes, 21 seconds gone in the first round, he knocked out

Jun 26 Anton Vukusiz Belgrade, Yugoslavian KO 3

Ron lost his scheduled bout with Romanian Ivan Alexi in a split decision, but it hardly mattered. His driving force was to prepare for his next fight, and his next, and his next.

Aug 20 Pete Chiano Mexico City, Mexico KO 1 (IBL)

--- Nick Wells --- W dec (Amateur)
--- Duane Bobick --- KO 1 (Amateur) ??
--- Ion Alexe, ROMANIA --- L

1971
Jan -- Duane Bobick Ft. Carson, Co KO 2 (Amateur)
Jan 23 Kamo Saroyan (Russia) Las Vegas, NV KO 2 (Amateur)
Jan 25 Jim Wallenburg Denver, CO KO 2 (Amateur)

I have not really done much on this in several years, but here is an updated list by me. I try and put together am records but they are tough!

1967
--- Opponent Minnesota L MN GG (LH) finals

1968
--- Opponent Minnesota L MN GG (LH) finals
Mar 21 Frank Bellomy Salt lake City, UT W 3 Natl. GG
Mar 21 Tony Land, NM Salt lake City, UT W 3 Natl. GG
Mar 22 Charles Durham Salt lake City, UT L RSC-1 (1:21) Natl. GG QF

1969
Mar Mike Weaver --- W 3 Natl. GG Finals

1970
Jan 25 Louie Hall Little Falls, MN W 3 Military Bout
Mar Opponent Honululu WON HI Golden Gloves Championship
--- Opponent San Diego, CA Won West Coast All Navy
Mar 17 Larry Podesta Las Vegas, NV L 3 Natl. GG/Podesta down in 1st
Apr 8 John Hunter Florida W 3 All-Navy Championship
Apr Joe Thomas, Army Fort Dix, NJ KO 2 Interservice Semi-f
Apr Percy Price Fort Dix, NJ L 3 (2-3) Interservice Championship final
May 1 Ron Lyle Trenton, NJ KO by 2 Natl. AAU
Jul 27 Oseni Young, Ghana Abidjan, Ivory Coast W 3 World Military games Champion semi
Jul 28 Opponent Abidjan, Ivory Coast Win World Military games Champion semi

1971
--- Ron Lyle Ft. Carson, Co KO by 2 RESEARCH NEEDED
--- Opponent --- Win NC AAU
--- Opponent --- Win GA AAU
--- Opponent --- Win Camp Lejune, NC AAU
Mar 30 Ben Carr Richmond, VA W 3 VA AAU
Apr 8 Opponent Bainbridge, MD W w/o MD AAU
Apr 8 Salazor McGill Bainbridge, MD KO 1 MD AAU Final
ApR Opponent San Francisco W All-Navy Tournament
Apr 20 Ken Hassan, Air force Vallejo, CA KO 1 Interservice Championship (11th straight win)
Apr 22 Lou Slaughter, Army Vallejo, CA W 3 Interservice Championship final/Lou down 6x
Apr 29 Jim Anderson, KY New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU (Anderson had beaten Mike Weaver)
Apr 29 Michael Anderson, Marines New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
Apr 29 Jerry Nelson, CO New Orleans, LA KO 1 Natl. AAU
Apr 30 Fred Houpe, IL New Orleans, LA KO 2 Natl. AAU
May 1 Ron Draper New Orleans, LA W 3 Natl. AAU Final
--- Don Nelson --- [W]
Jun 2 Jack Meda, Canada Albany, NY KO 2 North American AAU (USA-Canada)
Jun 2? Nick Wells Fort Bragg W 3 Pan Am Trials
Aug Opponent Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am
Aug 3 Wesley Zuleta, COL Cali, Colombia KO 1 Pan Am
Aug 7 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Cali, Colombia W 3 Pan Am Semi-F
Aug Manuel Joaquin Rocha, MEX Cali, Colombia KO 2 Pan Am GOLD
Aug 26 Fred Houpe, IL Minneapolis, MN W 3
Sep 1 Duane Bobick Day -- MN
Sep 4 Ion Alexe, ROMANIA Lake Geneva, WI W 3 USA-Romania
Oct Opponent Rotterdam, Hol KO Military?


1972
Feb 3 Dave McCann London, Eng W 3
Feb 8 Vladimir Churnyshev Moscow, Russia W RSC 2
Feb 11 Valeri Inyatkin USSR W 3
Feb 12 Kamo Saroyan USSR KO 2
Feb 28 Bob Culbertson Minneapolis, USA W 3
Mar 19 Nick Wells Minneapolis TKO 3 Natl GG Semi-F
Mar 20 Steve Williams Minneapolis KO 2 Natl GG Final
--- Rick Harris --- KO 1 All Navy (3d win over Harris)
Jul 19 Dino Dennis Fort Worth, TX KO 2 Oly Trials
Jul 19 Clifford Stevens Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 21 Leroy Jones Fort Worth, TX KO 1 Oly Trials
Jul 22 Nick Wells Fort Worth, TX TKO 3 Oly Trials -- Wells had KO 1 Holmes

Bobick ran record to 91-9 (58 kayos) with Wells bout -- Bobick now 4-0 against Nick

Aug 5 -- Box off against Wells scheduled but Wells replaced by Holmes

Aug 5 Larry Holmes West Point, NY W DQ 3 Oly Box Offs
Sep 3 Yuri Nesterov, Russia Munich, GER W 3 (5-0) XX Olympics -- 60th consec win for Bobick
Sep 5 Teofilo Stevenson, Cub Munich, GEr LK 3 XX Olympics QF

I was a huge fan of Duane Bobick back in the day. I saw him live as a teenager when he outpointed Larry Middleton in The Garden.

In retrospect, I confess he was a bit overrated even though at the time I would tell anyone who would listen how great he was.

He had good power and stamina, but against the limited Fred Sanford Houpe he looked limited in pounding out a decision. He wasn't very hard to hit, and when he stepped up he was stopped. The Bobick-Wepner fight was fun entertainment, but I disagree with another poster who wrote that he beat Wepner easily. They both exchanged some whoppers, and Bobick was lucky to win the fight on cuts.