Comments Thread For: Olympic Boxing Return Yields Sentimental Sadness

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It's an Olympic year. There's boxing to be watched. But this year, as my Olympic rings are mixed with my boxing rings, I'm sad. I miss Howard Davis Jr. Perhaps the greatest U.S. Olympic boxer who not every fan is familiar with, Davis was not just a gold medalist during his Summer Games star turn in Montreal 40 years ago, he was a rock star...
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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It's an Olympic year. There's boxing to be watched. But this year, as my Olympic rings are mixed with my boxing rings, I'm sad. I miss Howard Davis Jr. Perhaps the greatest U.S. Olympic boxer who not every fan is familiar with, Davis was not just a gold medalist during his Summer Games star turn in Montreal 40 years ago, he was a rock star...
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I started watching boxing in 83 when Howard was fighting and always remember the last few seconds of the Rosario fight...shame that he passed, he seemed like a nice man