Does anyone have any information on this fighter. I've heard he was a very talented Amateur. He beat Milton McCrory and Donald Curry, but aside from that i don't know much more about him other than he died in a plane crash. McCrory and Curry won World Titles, of course, so Steeples must've been very talented... Any other information would be appreciated.
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Lemuel Steeples was a 23 yr old 139 pounder based out of St Louis. He had won the National AAU and Pan American Games 139lb titles. He was the top rated fighter in his division at the time of his death on March 14, 1980.
14 USA amateur boxers, 8 people associated with the team, including coaches, as well as 55 other passengers and 10 crew members died in the crash near Warsaw, Poland. -
I understand that Marvis Frazier, Tony Tucker, and Bobby Czyz were supposed to be on that flight.Very interesting.Comment
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