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After the huge loss to Sugar Ray Leonard on November 30, 1979 in Las Vegas, Wilfred Benitez had no choice but to stage a comeback. He returned to the ring on March 16, 1980 against Johnny Turner in Miami, and stopped him in nine rounds. Five months later he took on the tough Tony Chiaverini […]

   Wilfred Benitez was climbing the rankings as a welterweight as the year 1977 marched on. He won a split decision victory over Bruce Curry on November 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York, and three months later defeated Curry again. Wilfred won the rematch easier on February 4, 1978 back at the Garden,

Wilfred Benitez was born on September 12, 1958 in Puerto Rico. He turned professional at 15 years of age, and was managed by his father Gregory, who also managed his two brothers. He grew up training in New York gyms, and split his early career boxing between Sint Maarten, San Juan and New York. He

After his huge knockout of Ken Norton on ABC tv on March 23, 1979, Earnie Shavers was back in the ring two months later against Eddie Parotte at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. Earnie knocked him out in three rounds, which set up a shot at Larry Holmes’ WBC heavyweight championship in September. At

  After losing to Muhammad Ali on September 29, 1977, Earnie Shavers didn’t lose a step in his career. His fine performance against the champ actually helped it, so much so that he was matched with Larry Holmes on March 25, 1978 in Las Vegas, with the winner promised at shot at the WBC championship.

  After the humiliating knockout loss to Jerry Quarry on December 14, 1973, Earnie Shavers stayed out of the ring for five months. He met Roy Wallace at the Civic Auditorium in San Jose on May 16, 1974, and knocked him out in one round. It would be yet another six months of inactivity until

Earnie Shavers was born as Earnie Dee Shaver on August 31, 1944 in Garland, Alabama. His family moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where he was a football and track star. Earnie didn’t start boxing until he was 22, and had a short amateur career that saw him win the 1969 National AAU title. It was obvious

This is my list of the Top 20 Heavyweights of All Time.

   After losing his shot at Jimmy Ellis’ heavyweight title on September 14, 1968, Floyd Patterson took the year 1969 off. In fact, he did not have a fight for two whole years, when he finally returned on September 15, 1970 against Charley Green at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Floyd won the

After losing to Muhammad Ali on November 22, 1965 in Las Vegas, Floyd Patterson took ten months off from boxing. He didn’t fight again until September 20, 1966 when he traveled to Wembley, England to fight Henry Cooper. Floyd knocked Cooper down three times, and stopped him in four rounds, to put his name back