Does anyone remember (or has anyone heard of) a retired fighter named Harold Brazier?

[SBleeder]

The best fighter to come out of my hometown... finished with a record of 105-18-1 with 64 knockouts. He retired for the last time at age 48. Could never win "the big one", but does hold a victory over a younger Micky Ward.

[TBear]

I do. He was really good. He did lose to alot good fighters but some, like his title fights with Roger Mayweather and Juan M. Coggi were really close fights. I could see an argument that he might have beat Mayweather. Alot of his bouts were televised by espn. A few were on national tv. He actually was one of the most televised fighters of that era.

I think he really broke into the big time when he beat top contender Robin Blake in a thrilling bout. But fought everbody and he was one of the most active fighters this side of Buck Smith. The level of his competition was much better than Smith's however.

[Emon723]

Brazier was already locked to fight the Great Julio Cesar Chavez in 1991, can't recall what cancels the scheduled match but I think there were some issues then when Chavez had to give up the IBF belt, he instead fought former 140-pound champ Lonnie Smith.

Brazier nontheless fought Sweet Pea, Pernell Whitaker in a non-title bout the following year and lost by decision.

[BennyST]

Yep, sure do. Great fighter with an excellent defense and technique. As everyone has said, always just missed out on the big one and each of those fights were usually with a very good champion.

Nonetheless, he gave us a lot of really exciting fights. His war with Mayweather was epic.

[StarshipTrooper]

Yes