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    #591
    Originally posted by TBear View Post
    Not sure who this was but I believe it is Randy Shields, welterweight contender from 60-70's
    [url=//flic.kr/p/5MUdpR]
    Sure looks like Shields. who I saw fight many times.

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      #592
      Originally posted by Scott9945 View Post
      Sure looks like Shields. who I saw fight many times.
      You were lucky to have been in California during that era. It was a hotbed for boxing.

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        #593
        Originally posted by TBear View Post
        You were lucky to have been in California during that era. It was a hotbed for boxing.
        Having weekly TV coverage really helped that happen (along with the local talent pool of course). Everyone always talks about the big fights, but it is the weekly shows that lay the groundwork for the big fights. I'll never forget the first time that I saw Mike Tyson fight was on ESPN.

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          #594
          Originally posted by Scott9945 View Post
          Having weekly TV coverage really helped that happen (along with the local talent pool of course). Everyone always talks about the big fights, but it is the weekly shows that lay the groundwork for the big fights. I'll never forget the first time that I saw Mike Tyson fight was on ESPN.
          Donnie Long?

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            #595
            Originally posted by TBear View Post
            Donnie Long?
            The first thing I saw of Tyson, was some KO cavalcade on danish monopoly television. Since it was a monopoly, all my friends had seen it as well. We had so much fun with that Master Of Disaster gimmick.

            Everybody knew Tyson after that. Good times for boxing.

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              #596
              Marvin Hagler vs Ray Leonard



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                #597
                Originally posted by TBear View Post
                Donnie Long?
                Sorry, my memory isn't quite that good.

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                  #598
                  Originally posted by Scott9945 View Post
                  Sorry, my memory isn't quite that good.
                  I was a Top Rank Boxing(espn) regular and I remember hearing that a prospect(Tyson) was going to be on against Donnie Long. Long had quite a bit of experience including a distance losses to ex-champ John Tate and James Broad. To me it seemed like a tough fight for the young start. Tyson came out in the first and boom!. Al Bernstien was quite impressed yet surprised. So was I.

                  That was the first time I seen Tyson.

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                    #599
                    Joe Louis in the corner. Anyone know who the fighter is? It didn't say.

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                      #600
                      Originally posted by jas View Post
                      Joe Louis in the corner. Anyone know who the fighter is? It didn't say.

                      That looks like Ernie Terrell.

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