By Jim Amato Amato Boxing THE EIGHT MAN ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT April 27th of next year will mark the 38th anniversary of one of the World Boxing Association’s crowning achievements. The grand finale of their eight man elimination tournament to find a successor for the deposed Muhammad Ali. Acting with the swiftness matched only by Mr. [...]
WHAT IF…Sonny vs Ingo By Jim Amato Amato Boxing Champion Ingemar Johansson vs Sonny Liston was a fight that very well could have happened. After Ingo shocked Floyd Patterson to win the title in 1959, he was the ” man “. At this time Sonny was just beginning to establish himself as a heavyweight to [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing It was December of 1969 and Charles “Sonny” Liston, the former world’s heavyweight champion was making a serious run toward another title shot. After his two humiliating losses to Clay-Ali, Sonny was considered washed up. When he began his comeback against weak opposition it drew little attention. With Ali forced [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing For most of the 1960’s and part of the early 1970’s Canadian George Chuvalo was a mainstay in the talent rich heavyweight ratings. RING Magazine founder Nat Fleischer called George one of the most durable fighters he had ever seen. In his long distinguished career the rock jawed Chuvalo was [...]
By Jim Amato Amato Boxing It’s such a shame that Leotis Martin couldn’t get by the injury to his eye after his upset win over Sonny Liston. Although Liston’s best days were behind him, he was still a force to be reckoned with. Martin’s win over Sonny was clean and decisive. Leotis was in line [...]
The heavyweight boxing division is for fighters that weigh between 200lbs and above. These big men have long been the sport of boxing’s biggest draw card until recent times with the rise in popularity of the lighter weight divisions and the lack of entertaining bouts that the divisions past included. Since the retirement of Lennox [...]
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