Rick Farris writes: "Patterson-Ellis This fight was televised live in the U.S. and Floyd's decision loss, preventing him from regaing the title an unprecidented third time, remains the worst decision I have ever seen in a heavyweight title fight. For U.S. TV reasons, the bout was held in the dark early morning hours, outdoors while snowing. I still recall both boxers entering the ring wearing ski pants. -Rick
John Bardelli writes: Rick ... Patterson beat a good fighter in Jimmy Ellis ... beat him coming and going. Beat him bad. Ellis hit Patterson with some wicked right hands and Patterson's jaw took all that Ellis had to offer and Patterson gave five times what Ellis delivered. I felt so bad for Patterson after this fight .... it made me sick! This was a low point in boxing history ... a black eye for the sport! Here is the fight in seven parts ... it bears looking at. Patterson was a real credit to life ... let alone boxing.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Joe Louis vs Billy Conn I
Just to follow up a bit on the previous photo of Joe Louis and Billy Conn II, the following videos are of their first fight from June 18, 1941 at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Conn, the consummate boxer was outboxing the harder hitting Louis and was winning the fight. It seemed a foregone conclusion until.... As my father stated so simply "Conn got a little too cute and Louis knocked him out". Louis was a finisher, one of the best. He proved it that night. Louis knocked out Conn in the thirteenth round.
The bottom video shows highlights of the fight up to the eleventh round and show Conn at his best. The top video shows the knockout and has commentary by Bert Sugar. Both are worth a look.
Conn, the consummate boxer was outboxing the harder hitting Louis and was winning the fight. It seemed a foregone conclusion until.... As my father stated so simply "Conn got a little too cute and Louis knocked him out". Louis was a finisher, one of the best. He proved it that night. Louis knocked out Conn in the thirteenth round.
The bottom video shows highlights of the fight up to the eleventh round and show Conn at his best. The top video shows the knockout and has commentary by Bert Sugar. Both are worth a look.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Exclusive Interview With "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler
This interview is from ESPN. Marvin Hagler reflects on his November 10, 1983 title fight with Roberto Duran. Hagler was defending his middleweight title. Roberto Duran was and is my favorite fighter. Hagler is also one of my favorites and this was probably the only time I was looking for Hagler to lose. This was a great technical fight won by Hagler. I also posted a video of the fight in it's entirty. The 1980's was a great era for boxing, especially the middleweights, which, in addition to Hagler and Duran (Duran was actually a lightweight), included Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns, former champions Vito Antuofermo and Alan Minter, and to a lesser degree but still hard fighting guys like John "The Beast' Mugabi, Mustafa Hamsho and Juan Roldan. It was a great time to be a boxing fan.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Rocky Castellani
Sugar Ray Robinson vs Rocky Castellani
June 22, 1955 Part I & II
You'll have to deal with the language barrier.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Budweiser Clydesdale Team Commercial
I love this Budweiser commercial. Yeah, there's the beer, and that's always a good thing. There's the Rocky theme and you gotta like that too, but what really grabs me is the bottom line message in this commercial. All things being equal, fights are won and lost in the gym, that is an indisputable truth, and you can't do it alone. It probably holds true for most sports. Great commercial. Who knew a Budweiser commercial could be so profound?
Sunday, August 10, 2008
ESPN Ringside Remembers: Foreman Vs. Chuvalo
Bert Sugar looks back Foreman vs. Chuvalo
Check out George Foreman's sledgehammer punches. It's unbelievable that George Chuvalo never went down. One boxing's toughest men to ever step into the ring. Chuvalo's personal life has to be one of boxing's toughest story as well, losing three sons, two to drug overdoses and one to suicide, and then losing his wife to suicide as well. It doesn't get any more tragic or tougher than that.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Tony "The Tiger" Baltazar vs Danny Vargas
Popular Los Angeles area fighter and former contender Tony "The Tiger" Baltazar vs Danny Vargas at the Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico March 10, 1990
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Carlos Ortiz Knocking Out Flash Elorde
Speaking of great Puerto Rican fighters, here is a quick video clip of one of the greatest, Carlos Ortiz, knocking out Flash Elorde in the fourteenth round of their second fight on November 28, 1966 at the Madison Square Garden.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto
This video is courtesy of Made2Bepic and Youtube.com.
This coming Saturday, July 26, 2008, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will meet at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to decide who the best welterweight in the world is. The fight will be shown live on HBO PPV. They will also do their best to add to the already historic Puerto Rican vs. Mexican rivalry, arguably, one of the best in boxing, that reached it’s apex nearly 27 years ago on August 21, 1981, with the Salvador Sanchez vs. Wilfred Gomez fight. Sanchez won that fight by stopping Gomez in the eighth round., but there have been plenty of others before and since; Gomez’ destruction of Carlos Zarate on October 28, 1978, stopping him in the 5th round, or Julio Cesar Chavez’ 11th round knockout of Edwin Rosario in 1987. Oscar De La Hoya, Mexican American, not a Mexican national, and Felix Trinidad were also a part of that rivalry. Trinidad won their fight in 1999, with what many consider, myself included, a controversial decision. The fight itself while entirely not great, did have a lot of anticipation leading up to it. With everything I’ve seen so far, this fight has all the potential to add to this rivalry. This is really a pick’em fight and all things being equal it may become a battle of attrition. It may come down to who wants it more.
Margarito’s loss to Paul Williams can come back to haunt him or it can drive him to a victory. If he remembers why he lost and has learned from it, maybe he can win. I was there the night he lost to Williams, and without taking anything away from Williams, who I thought won the fight, Margarito gave a lot away simply by his inaction. He waited too long to get started, and during the rounds he waited too long to get off. If he waits for Cotto, he loses. Margarito has won 36 of his 42 fights, 26 by knockout, losing five of them. All of his losses, with the exception of his loss to Daniel Santos, in 2004, happened fairly early in his career.
Cotto on the other hand has never tasted defeat, and that too can either work for him or against him, though I have yet to see a chink in his armor. If he has taken Margarito for granted, even an iota, because of his loss to Williams, he loses. Both men are literally at the top of their game right now. Physically, Margarito may have a slight edge but I don’t know if that really factors in with someone as strong as Cotto. Cotto has won 32 out of 32, with 26 knockouts. So far, the word lose is not in his vocabulary, either in Spanish or English.
My hope for the night is a good fight with no controversy and a clear cut winner, no more, no less.
The above video is courtesy of warrkrymez and Youtube.com.
This coming Saturday, July 26, 2008, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will meet at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to decide who the best welterweight in the world is. The fight will be shown live on HBO PPV. They will also do their best to add to the already historic Puerto Rican vs. Mexican rivalry, arguably, one of the best in boxing, that reached it’s apex nearly 27 years ago on August 21, 1981, with the Salvador Sanchez vs. Wilfred Gomez fight. Sanchez won that fight by stopping Gomez in the eighth round., but there have been plenty of others before and since; Gomez’ destruction of Carlos Zarate on October 28, 1978, stopping him in the 5th round, or Julio Cesar Chavez’ 11th round knockout of Edwin Rosario in 1987. Oscar De La Hoya, Mexican American, not a Mexican national, and Felix Trinidad were also a part of that rivalry. Trinidad won their fight in 1999, with what many consider, myself included, a controversial decision. The fight itself while entirely not great, did have a lot of anticipation leading up to it. With everything I’ve seen so far, this fight has all the potential to add to this rivalry. This is really a pick’em fight and all things being equal it may become a battle of attrition. It may come down to who wants it more.
Margarito’s loss to Paul Williams can come back to haunt him or it can drive him to a victory. If he remembers why he lost and has learned from it, maybe he can win. I was there the night he lost to Williams, and without taking anything away from Williams, who I thought won the fight, Margarito gave a lot away simply by his inaction. He waited too long to get started, and during the rounds he waited too long to get off. If he waits for Cotto, he loses. Margarito has won 36 of his 42 fights, 26 by knockout, losing five of them. All of his losses, with the exception of his loss to Daniel Santos, in 2004, happened fairly early in his career.
Cotto on the other hand has never tasted defeat, and that too can either work for him or against him, though I have yet to see a chink in his armor. If he has taken Margarito for granted, even an iota, because of his loss to Williams, he loses. Both men are literally at the top of their game right now. Physically, Margarito may have a slight edge but I don’t know if that really factors in with someone as strong as Cotto. Cotto has won 32 out of 32, with 26 knockouts. So far, the word lose is not in his vocabulary, either in Spanish or English.
My hope for the night is a good fight with no controversy and a clear cut winner, no more, no less.
Mexican - Puerto Rican Rivalry
The above video is courtesy of warrkrymez and Youtube.com.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Oscar Diaz In Critical Condition After Collapsing In Ring
Our thoughts and prayers are with Oscar Diaz and the Diaz family.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
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