i believe orlando canizales fought on there quite a bit too
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Originally posted by greynotsoold View PostOn a semi-related note, does anybody remember the Harold Brazier/Kevin Pompey fights on ESPN? Know where I might find video of them?
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I got interviewed by the commentators sean ogrady and that albert guy after we weighed in. It was really kind of cool I don't remember what we talked about but it was neat but they had a sheet with my info on it and were just curious about me. I was on the under card of Tony Tubbs vs Alexander Zolkin at the palace of auburnhills. I was to be a swing bout, there were 2-10 rounders as co-features and if there was a ko I was to get the tv spot on usa. I fought this guy from africa, it was a war. It would have been a great fight for the people watching on tv but both fights went the full 10 rounds and I never got on usa. Tyrone Trice vs Thomas Tate was the other big fight that night.
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Originally posted by greynotsoold View PostThe first one that comes to mind is Oba Carr. Pretty good welterweight; freaking amazing that in the 1990s a fighter that good didn't win a world title. He lost to DeLaHoya and Trinidad but gave them good fights. He beat Yori Campos. He was 100% a Tuesday Night Fights product. At one point they had a viewers poll to select his next opponent. It was decided that he should fight...Livingstone Bramble, I think, and Carr was knocked down twice and got a gift decision, but it was only his 16th fight.
You might also look into Alex Garcia. He fought on ESPN a lot, but he was also a regular main-eventer on USA. His KO of Bernard Benton is a brutal exhibition. He started late, learning to box while in prison for 2nd degree murder, and, ultimately, his inability to take a punch let him down. He turned down $500k to fight George Foreman, saying he wasn't ready, then got kod by Mike Dixon (on USA) for much, much less.
I was at the Palace watching the Oba Carr/ Livingstone Bramble fight. I thought that Carr got a gift that night. I had a bout against Oba in the amatuers. I do remember Rock Newman pulling some heavyweight over the top rope and out of the ring during a brawl. Usa fights were a regular part of my youth.
Joseph Kwuinaka was on there, he one one nice guy and a heck of a tough fighter. I honestly don't remember very many bouts that I watched although I watched just about every week.
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Originally posted by Rockin' View PostI got interviewed by the commentators sean ogrady and that albert guy after we weighed in. It was really kind of cool I don't remember what we talked about but it was neat but they had a sheet with my info on it and were just curious about me. I was on the under card of Tony Tubbs vs Alexander Zolkin at the palace of auburnhills. I was to be a swing bout, there were 2-10 rounders as co-features and if there was a ko I was to get the tv spot on usa. I fought this guy from africa, it was a war. It would have been a great fight for the people watching on tv but both fights went the full 10 rounds and I never got on usa. Tyrone Trice vs Thomas Tate was the other big fight that night.
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Originally posted by Rockin' View PostI was at the Palace watching the Oba Carr/ Livingstone Bramble fight. I thought that Carr got a gift that night. I had a bout against Oba in the amatuers. I do remember Rock Newman pulling some heavyweight over the top rope and out of the ring during a brawl. Usa fights were a regular part of my youth.
Joseph Kwuinaka was on there, he one one nice guy and a heck of a tough fighter. I honestly don't remember very many bouts that I watched although I watched just about every week.
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Originally posted by tenpoint View PostI remember Sean O'Grady saying all the time, "Speed is Power"
I used to think of power houses like Foreman and Shavers and how they might disagree.
O'Grady never went one week without saying that missing a punch is more tiring than landing one. It's true, but he didn't have to say it over and over again.
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