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re: Best Era to Be a Boxing FAN?
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:34 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:34 am to PurpleandGold Motown
1930s and it's not close. The rules were .more or less modernized by then, and boxing and baseball were the only pro sports of note. Tke most elite athletes went into boxing which really isn't the case any more and hasn't been for a long time. Imagine a Steph Curry or Lamar Jackson training as a boxer from a young age.
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Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:41 am to Bench McElroy
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Early '80s obviously.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 1:13 am to chalmetteowl
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The battling barber Jerry Pellegrini… there’s a gym still in Old Arabi
Yeah, unfortunately, Jerry died about 2 years ago now. He was my barber when I was in high school in the mid to late 60's and was still fighting pretty regularly. He and Percy Pugh, another local N.O. fighter fought twice and Jerry lost by decision both times. Percy couldn't punch with much power, but he sure was slick in the ring and hard to hit. He only had 5 KO's in 78 pro fights.
That gym is where I got my first taste of boxing under the tutelage of Mr. Norman Vancourt, the original boxing coach that started the gym. After Mr. Norman left, a gent by the name of Rene LaRose took over for him.
The gym is now called Norman's Boxing Gym on Community St. It's the oldest boxing gym in the N.O. area now.
Not sure if Boogie is still one of the trainers, but I do know he was working with kids from that area a couple years back until COVID shut things down for a while.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 2:11 am to gumbo2176
The 9th Ward's own Percy Pugh...
He coached some good kids and young men after retiring.
Until Katrina he worked in the family's auto body shop on Florida Ave in the Lower 9th Ward.
He died a couple of years ago.
He wife is still living.
He coached some good kids and young men after retiring.
Until Katrina he worked in the family's auto body shop on Florida Ave in the Lower 9th Ward.
He died a couple of years ago.
He wife is still living.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 6:13 am to Bench McElroy
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Roberto Duran
manos de piedra no mas…
Posted on 11/15/24 at 6:36 am to PurpleandGold Motown
70s. The heavyweight division was loaded. You still had Ali & Frazier at the beginning of the decade. Foreman came on as a killing machine until Ali beat him. Norton had some dramatic fights - both wins and losses. The second tier of heavies included some serious talent: Ernie Shavers, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young, Leon Spinks. At the end of the decade one of the most underrated fighters held the crown, Larry Holmes.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 6:51 am to prplhze2000
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Shiiiii, back in 70s you could see Ali fight on network tv.
True. It was either broadcast live on free TV or rebroadcast a week or so later on free TV. Glorious times.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 6:52 am to JackDempsey
quote:I remember hawking cokes at the Monroe Civic Center for a middleweight fight broadcast. People there by the thousands to watch it on a big screen tv. Can’t remember but it was a Leonard, Hagler, Duran kinda deal
Picture a Saturday afternoon and Ali vs Norton is live on network TV. Or Duran vs Barkley.....Hagler vs Minter or Antuofermo
Point being that boxing was huge.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 7:01 am to tigerfoot
Felix Trinidad
Hector "Macho" Camacho
Hector "Macho" Camacho
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:41 am to SoFla Tideroller
PPV ruined boxing.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 8:59 am to tigerfoot
My Dad took me to see Ali-Frazier ll on closed-circuit at the Rapides Colesseum
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:12 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I was really into boxing when I was in grade school: Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Durán, Muhammad Ali...
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:34 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Based on the styles of fighters I would say the 80's in boxing.
Roberto Duran, Harvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard
Tyson and Holyfield are emerging in this decade
Wars were fought. The boxing might not have been as clean for some of these folks but all had heart.
Roberto Duran, Harvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard
Tyson and Holyfield are emerging in this decade
Wars were fought. The boxing might not have been as clean for some of these folks but all had heart.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 9:37 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Definitely the great Max Schmelling, a dear friend of my late grandfather Heinrich
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:35 am to VABuckeye
Macho Camacho!
I came home from college one weekend and my Dad said I had to watch this guy who would be fighting on Sunday. I said, So he's pretty good, then? My Dad, who boxed in his youth, said He's got the fastest hands I've ever seen. I'd hate to know I had to fight this motherfricker.
I said, OK, what's his name? He said MACHo CaMACHo
I could tell he loved the name and the swag.
I came home from college one weekend and my Dad said I had to watch this guy who would be fighting on Sunday. I said, So he's pretty good, then? My Dad, who boxed in his youth, said He's got the fastest hands I've ever seen. I'd hate to know I had to fight this motherfricker.
I said, OK, what's his name? He said MACHo CaMACHo
I could tell he loved the name and the swag.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 10:53 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Mid 80s- mid 90s were cool.
There were fights on USA and maybe TNT on Tuesdays and Thursdays plus HBO and Showtime had big weekend fights. The family would have watch parties for the PPVs and they always had a box or something on the box to get them for free.
You would see the big names but also remember seeing guys like Holyfield and De La Hoya coming up and then you would see them get big like Holyfield/Bowe.
I was a huge Tyson fan and was able to see basically all his fights. But was cool to see all the other guys with easy access to a bunch of fights every week.
There were fights on USA and maybe TNT on Tuesdays and Thursdays plus HBO and Showtime had big weekend fights. The family would have watch parties for the PPVs and they always had a box or something on the box to get them for free.
You would see the big names but also remember seeing guys like Holyfield and De La Hoya coming up and then you would see them get big like Holyfield/Bowe.
I was a huge Tyson fan and was able to see basically all his fights. But was cool to see all the other guys with easy access to a bunch of fights every week.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:13 am to bigberg2000
The late 80s to 90s, as the 84 and 88 Olympic Teams from the US had so many great fighters.
Breland
SweetPea
Biggs
Holyfield
Hill
Jones, Jr.
Taylor
Carbajal
Then you had guys like Tyson, Lewis, and others not on the US team.
Plus, you already had the pros: Hagler, Hearns, Holmes, Spinks, Chavez, Pryor, Arguello, Duran, etc.
Breland
SweetPea
Biggs
Holyfield
Hill
Jones, Jr.
Taylor
Carbajal
Then you had guys like Tyson, Lewis, and others not on the US team.
Plus, you already had the pros: Hagler, Hearns, Holmes, Spinks, Chavez, Pryor, Arguello, Duran, etc.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 11:40 am to Bass Tiger
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Depends on your age, I'm 65, the early 70's through late 80's were some good times. Ali vs Frazier, Ali vs Foreman, Allexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor,
Aaron Pryor was an unstoppable machine in his prime. He was Pacquiao before Pacquiao.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:21 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I know you said not talking about which era had the best fighters but just as a lover of classic boxing matches, it'd be hard for me not to pick the Ali era. That heavyweight era was just insane good and so many all time classic fights. I watch the Ali, Frazier, Foreman fights every year.
Posted on 11/15/24 at 12:27 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
End of Ali to the Tyson Holyfield II. That’s when all the magic was.
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