Who remembers Pietrzykowski - Clay fight ?...

[Dariusz]

...during the Olympic Games in Rome when Clay's carreer started ? My Father (who was an avid boxing fan) told me that Clay was slightly better but somehow lucky that Pietrzykowski (who had a deadly punch) did not reach Clay's chin. I wonder what would happen with Clay if he had been KO'd (let's speculate) -- would he have shared Tate's problems who was brutally KO'd by Stevenson 20 years later ? Or would he have been able to start a carte blanche when turning pro ?

[Dariusz]

Found this on YT, forget some idiot put the ****** name Zigzy, it's of course Zbigniew. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. These silly US commentators not paying attention how to present and pronounce properly the sportsmen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8eqAve3sZw

[Dariusz]

Guess only ****heads are remebered here, so much for good fights. FYI some amateur fights are much better than pro ****** clapping. What I wonder, this Clay is your Ali, or whomever he called.

[joseph5620]

Guess only ****heads are remebered here, so much for good fights. FYI some amateur fights are much better than pro ****** clapping. What I wonder, this Clay is your Ali, or whomever he called.

This is so far ahead of my time that I have no perspective on it. Maybe someone else here can offer more than I can. As far as getting KO'd, either the fighter has a chin or he doesn't. I don't think one amateur fight has any relevance to an entire professional career.

[saintpat]

Lots of things happened 4 years before I was born that I don't remember.

Don't be so bitter, OP. We call get old.

[_Gatti_]

Guess only ****heads are remebered here, so much for good fights. FYI some amateur fights are much better than pro ****** clapping. What I wonder, this Clay is your Ali, or whomever he called.

when he fought Ali wasnt he Pietrzykowski two weigh classes out is weight class?

[Dariusz]

Yep, they fought in the lightheavyweight division. Amateur boxing had a bit different weight divisions.