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After his huge upset over Muhammad Ali on March 31, 1973, a rematch was signed for September 10 at the Forum in Los Angeles. I didn’t see the bout on closed circuit, but settled for newspaper clippings, and the replay on ABC not long after. Ali came in lighter for the rematch, but barely won […]

,Kenneth Howard Norton Sr., was born born on August, 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was an outstanding athlete in high school, and enlisted in the United States Marines Corps after two years at Northeast Missouri State University. He served from 1963 until 1967, and it was there that he discovered boxing. He compiled a record

Here is my list of the Top 10 Greatest Fighters of All Time.

Here is my list of the Top 10 Middleweights of All Time.

This is my list of the Top !0 Light Heavyweights of all Time. 1. Michael Spinks 2. Bob Foster 3. Archie Moore 4. Roy Jones Jr. 5. Ezzard Charles 6. Matthew Saad Muhammad 7. Dwight Braxton 8. Virgil Hill 9. Victor Galindez 10. Billy Conn                    

After the tremendous win over Arguello in November of 1982, talks of a rematch immediately were in the works. However it’s rare that rematches take place immediately, and it was the same in this case. Pryor took a bout on April 2, 1983 at the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, and stopped Sang Hyun

 The biggest fight of Aaron’s career took place on November 12, 1982 against Alexis Arguello at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The bout was on HBO, and at the time, we didn’t even have cable TV in our house. I had to hear about it in on late night sports reports on news radio from

Aaron’s first bout of 1981 was on June 27 at the Hacienda Hotel in Las Vegas. I remember staying at that hotel in 1985 after I drove from Los Angeles on vacation. It was the first major hotel on the strip, and I was glad I had a chance to experience ‘old school’ Vegas. Pryor

Aaron Pryor was born on October 20, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had a tremendous amateur career record of 204 wins and 16 losses, and was a two time NAAU Lightweight Champion, both in 1973 and 1975. In the 1976 Olympic Trials, Aaron lost to Howard Davis Jr., but participated in the Games as an

Here is my list of my top 10 favorites fight I watched on free TV.