This is My List of the Top 5 Fighters of the 1970’s.

This is my List of the Top 5 Fighters of the 1950’s.

This is My List of the Top 5 Fighters of the 1960’s.

‘Big John’ Tate signed to fight ‘Hercules’ Mike Weaver on March 31, 1980 in his first defense of his WBA heavyweight title. The bout was part of a mega-card broadcast live on ABC television the last day of March, which also featured Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Holmes. As an early spring snowstorm dumped 8

I started to become a serious boxing fan in the late 1970’s, with the Larry Holmes vs. Ken Norton fight on June 9, 1978 being the one that lit a spark of interest that grew stronger by the day. Sugar Ray Leonard was the darling of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and became a

When heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey finally signed to meet Gene Tunney on September 23, 1926 at Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania it was his first title defense in three years. No fighter today could have gone that long without being stripped of his belt, but in the 1920’s Dempsey was such a popular champion, they

On June 18, 1941, heavyweight champion Joe Louis met the former light heavyweight champ Billy Conn at the Polo Grounds in New York City before 54,487 fans. Louis was coming off of 13 straight title defenses since his knockout of Max Schmeling in June of 1938 and was a 5-2 favorite to defeat Conn. Louis

On May 24, 1968, Dick Tiger took on the challenge of Bob Foster at Madison Square in New York City. Tiger was making the third defense of his light heavyweight title against Foster and had a huge size disadvantage to deal with. Bob stood 7 inches taller than Dick at 6′ 3″, had an eight

When Roberto Duran signed to fight WBA lightweight champion Ken Buchanan on June 26, 1972, he predicted he would knock out the ‘Fighting Carpenter’ in 9 rounds. Buchanan was listed as a 2-1 favorite over the 28-0, 21 year old Duran but downplayed his record by saying, “He may be the #1 contender, but he

Joe Frazier won a portion of the heavyweight championship by stopping Buster Mathis on March 4, 1968 after Muhammad Ali was stripped of his titles in 1967 for refusing induction into the armed services. When Joe fought Jimmy Ellis on February 16, 1970 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it was to unify