Fighters from time past.

[Brother Mouzone]

One of the most dominant champions in ring history, Ricardo Lopez was born July 25, 1966 in Tacubaya, Mexico.

A relentless boxer-puncher, the diminutive (5'4 ˝ ”) Lopez turned professional in 1985 and would never taste defeat in a 52 bout career. “Finito” captured the WBC strawweight (105 pounds) championship on October 25, 1990 when he scored a 5th round TKO over Hideyuki Ohashi. An amazing string of 21 consecutive title defenses followed. Lopez next added the WBO title to his collection in 1997, followed by the WBA title in 1998. On October 2, 1999 Lopez became a two-division world champion with a 12 round decision over Will Grigsby for the IBF light flyweight belt.

Following successful defenses over Ratanapol Sor Vorapin (2000) and Zolani Pethelo (2001), Lopez retired from the sport after reigning as a world champion for over a decade and never suffering defeat (50-0-1, 37 KOs). The formal retirement announcement came on October 25, 2002 - the 12th anniversary of his first world title. The lone blemish on his ledger, an 8th round technical draw against Rosendo Alvarez on March 7, 1998, was avenged in the rematch eight months later.

[Rick Taylor]

One of the most dominant champions in ring history, Ricardo Lopez was born July 25, 1966 in Tacubaya, Mexico.

A relentless boxer-puncher, the diminutive (5'4 ˝ ”) Lopez turned professional in 1985 and would never taste defeat in a 52 bout career. “Finito” captured the WBC strawweight (105 pounds) championship on October 25, 1990 when he scored a 5th round TKO over Hideyuki Ohashi. An amazing string of 21 consecutive title defenses followed. Lopez next added the WBO title to his collection in 1997, followed by the WBA title in 1998. On October 2, 1999 Lopez became a two-division world champion with a 12 round decision over Will Grigsby for the IBF light flyweight belt.

Following successful defenses over Ratanapol Sor Vorapin (2000) and Zolani Pethelo (2001), Lopez retired from the sport after reigning as a world champion for over a decade and never suffering defeat (50-0-1, 37 KOs). The formal retirement announcement came on October 25, 2002 - the 12th anniversary of his first world title. The lone blemish on his ledger, an 8th round technical draw against Rosendo Alvarez on March 7, 1998, was avenged in the rematch eight months later.

great fighter.

but i had alvarez winning in both fights tbh.

lopez looked past it, however alvarez was his best opponent

[QueensburyRules]

great fighter.

but i had alvarez winning in both fights tbh.

lopez looked past it, however alvarez was his best opponent

- -Why U always watch bums?

Toopid?

[Rick Taylor]

- -Why U always watch bums?

Toopid?

aren't you a joe louis fan? (marciano victim)

[QueensburyRules]

aren't you a joe louis fan? (marciano victim)

- -U bum ? Of the day?

Whose bum U got?

[Rick Taylor]

- -U bum ? Of the day?

Whose bum U got?

living in you head rent free 😆

[QueensburyRules]

living in you head rent free 😆

- -U rent free bum now is it?

U bum gets passed around for fun and games by bums living in my neighborhood park.

[Rusty Tromboni]

Will post videos in this thread of a fighter , and hope to hear other fans thoughts on that fighter .
The first will be weird because he never went pro .But man it makes a hell of a what could have been. Teofilo Stevenson

Three time Olympic Champion,
Three time World Amateur Champion
Two Time Pan-American Champion
Val Barker Trophy for the best boxer at the 1972 Olympics
12-0 record at the Olympics with 9 knockouts, 2 decicions and 1 walk over win
Beat future world champions like John Tate, Tony Tubbs and Michael Dokes
Could have won a fourth gold but Cuba boycotted the 1984 games (he beat the eventual winner, Tyrell Biggs, twice)

I question how well Stevenson would have done when exposed to fighters who could test his chin.

The amateurs simply started out as a way young men could cut their teeth before going Professional. Sounds self-explanatory, but when you consider the actual consequence of putting a juvenile into combat with a grown man, you realize the need for amateur ranks. It's actually come back around to that: Lomachenko, Usyk, Rigondeaux, Golovkin, Kovalev, Beterbiev.

But by Stevenson's time, it had evolved into something altogether different. And he exploited the static, upright, technically sound, paint-by-numbers reality of the amateurs. The amateur ranks didn't prepare Boxers for the Ron Lyles and Mike Weavers of the Pro-ranks.

I also suspect that's why many Heavyweights: Ali, Frazier, and especially Foreman, so quickly excelled in the Olympics, but then turned to the Pro's. But also why Holmes, when he failed to make a spot on the Olympic team, opted instead to cut his teeth as Ali's sparring partner and working his way up the ranks in a methodical manner.

I'm not saying Stevenson couldn't have done very, very well. It's not out of the question that he might even become champion. But Dempsey's maxim rings true "to be champ, you need to be able to throw a punch and take a punch". The latter leaves me concerned regarding Stevenson. Either way, it's a shame we never found out.

[Rusty Tromboni]

Today I present to you : Jersey Joe Walcott 49-20-1 .Had some great battles with Joe Lewis, Ezzard Charles and Rocky Marciano. Became HW champ of the world when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in seven rounds.

My Grandfather used to tell us Walcott was fun to watch, but not the greatest technician. He said that a lot of fellas felt the showmanship was to compensate for an absence of skill.

I see that now. When you look at Harold Johnson and Sonny Liston, they're much more textbook, but not really flashy enough to wow folks who have no idea about Boxing. Obviously, none of these guys are on the level of Wolgast or Loughran, but if you had to pick one direction to go in, you would, assumedly, become technically proficient. Growing up, that's how it was done in every sport I played. And when I coached, it was infuriating when kids just didn't follow directions.

But then you realize, maybe Joe couldn't do it right. He spent years floundering. Probably, if the War hadn't happened, we would have never even heard of him. What Tommy did, what the Midge did, that was the product of hours of hard work, but it also came naturally. For Joe, the hard work didn't pay off, but it still had bills to pay. I suspect he realized if he did something different, he'd succeed - at least, in part. And really, if you've ever listened to the radio or gone through a drive through in the last 25 years, being good isn't necessarily "better" than being different. You just need to figure out what sells, and Joe certainly did.


Growing up outside Camden Joe had a really good reputation. He wasn't a star, per se. But his legacy could still be heard in the early 90s, and it was always about what a kind and wonderful man he was.

[Brother Mouzone]

One of my favorites.

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. A cultural icon of the 1920s,Dempsey's aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history.Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first million-dollar gate. Dempsey is listed at number ten on The Ring ****zine's list of all-time heavyweights and seventh among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1951.

"When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn’t. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had one fight were I was knocked down 11 times but got up to win.I had to get up, I was hungry . You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars.When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand"-Jack Dempsey