"(softly and reflectively) I hope John Tate never fights again.....(loudly and far more decisively) THE MAN WHOSE HUMAN DIGNITY HAS BEEN STRIPPED BY BOXING PROMOTERS, THE WBA, THE WBC - RUMP ORGANIZATIONS!....(quietly and reflectively again) I hope John Tate never fights again.".....LOL My God, why do I even remember stuff like this?
Who doesn't remember Big John Tate?
ReplyDeleteI think it was him who Mike Weaver delivered one of the hardest punches to the jaw froma clinch I ever saw. I thought it killed the guy.
More importantly though Will, I'm an ayatollah now.
It WAS Weaver. And it was in the 15th round. All that Tate had to do was survive and he'd walk away with a victory. He walked into a right uppercut instead......LOL Truthmeni
ReplyDeleteSorry, I guess that was before my time.
ReplyDeleteThe worst was watching an old and out of shape Reberto Duran climb in the ring.
ReplyDeleteI remember when he was the baddest man on the planet.
In fact National Lampoon once did an article on how to die quickly.....eat raw pork....eat Carlo Gambino's wifes pussy.....and piss on Reberto Durans shoes.
Double b, you do Remember Howard Cosell, though, right? "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!".....Rusty, Duran started his career 73-1 (the only loss, a decision loss to DeJesus, which he went on to avenge twice via the knockout). But like you said, he kept going up and up in weight, and even though he still had some good moments (wins over Davey Moore and Iran Barkley), he clearly wasn't the same.
ReplyDeleteRoberto looks pretty bad these days. I remember a fight years ago, might have been Ray Lampkin (?) when Duran pounded the opponent's biceps till he couldn't lift his arms to pick off head shots.
ReplyDeleteI think that Duran was probably the best fighter of the 70s (more consistent than Ali that decade). To channel Mr. Cosell yet again, "Inch for inch and pound for pound!!"
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