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Has there been a better uppercut ever thrown than the one Michael Spinks took out Marvin Johnson with?Comment
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Just to show I wasnt spinning you bull**** Burner .
Journal Of Combative Sports Fatalities
1st fatality
Hector Thompson
6-Oct
1970
KO
10
Roko Spanja
21
Newcastle
New South Wales
Australia
Welter (Jr Welter)
Harlingen (Texas) Valley Morning Star, October 8, 1970; Butte (Montana) Standard, April 3, 1976. Spanja was hit with a right uppercut to the jaw, and he went down. He never regained consciousness. Cause of death was brain hemorrhage.
2nd fatality
Hector Thompson
1-Apr
1976
TKO
10
Chuck Wilburn
22
Blacktown
New South Wales
Australia
Welter (Jr Welter)
New York Times, April 6, 1976. The fight was considered even into the tenth round, when Thompson began pounding Wilburn in the head. Wilburn’s knees buckled, and the referee stopped the fight. Wilburn staggered to his corner, where he collapsed. He was carried from the ring on a stretcher, and he died in hospital. Cause of death was brain injury. Wilburn, who had been brought to Australia from the United States specifically for this match, had lost 4 of his last 5 fights, whereas Thompson’s record was 56-5-2.Comment
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If you could change one thing about boxing (nothing to do with the fans) that would better the sport, what would it be?Comment
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1) Who would win in a fight between

Thomas Hearns
and

Paul Williams?
2) Do you think this man was the hardest p4p puncher of all time? If not, who is?
3) Who has a better chin,

Antonio Margarito
or

Carlos Baldomir?
4) Is Floyd Mayweather the p4p best fighter of all time? If not, who is?
Other people are allowed to answer as well...Last edited by TheGreatA; 05-14-2008, 02:17 AM.Comment

it was Hector Thompson .
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