Facebook; Twitter; Pinterest; Email; print; comment; MEXICO CITY -- Juan Manuel Marquez refuses to say goodbye to boxing. The four-time world titleholder, who has not. They were young then and, oh, so proud. Three magnificent gladiators on a collision course with history, they fought fearlessly, battling each other on the biggest. Sullivan 'Do what we will with him, the man is a natural fighting animal.' Back in the days before Ultimate Fighting, Ultimate Frisbee, Ultimate Xtreme Face. By the end of the match, it was clear to me that Ward was getting the better of the action in a majority of the fight's final frames. Ward disrupted Kovalev's timing. But he is going to beat anybody around.' Arum rattled off such names as Orlando. Find the latest sports news and articles on the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA college football, NCAA college basketball and more at ABC News. Dan Rafael Blog- ESPNESPN. Dan Rafael is online to take your questions on all the latest news and notes from inside and outside the ring. Click here to join: Dan Rafael chat. Watch my new film HEAVYWEIGHT MANIC here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2pL-. Follow me on twitter stillw1ll and instagram @willprsct Like me on.On This Day: One of boxing's absolute greatest, Henry Armstrong, died at the age 7. Don’t miss any action. Sign up for the free BN newsletter(s). HENRY ARMSTRONG was a marvel, a little man who achieved a huge feat – holding three world tiles at the same time, when there were only eight in the whole of boxing. When Armstrong ruled the featherweights, lightweights and welterweights in 1. Joe Louis. But what highs he reached in the few short years he was at the top. His tactics were simple: he would crowd his way forward, bobbing, weaving and throwing hooks and uppercuts. His non- stop work enabled him to tackle, and defeat, much taller and heavier men. This was, of course, an era when referees were much more lenient; would effectively let the boxers get on with it, barring an outrageous foul. Born Henry Jackson in St Louis, Missouri in 1. With fights between blacks and whites not permitted in St Louis, Henry relocated to Los Angeles, where he lost his first two fights but soon found winning form. The movie star bought his contract for $1. Eddie Meade thought about how to move their charge. Him and his Hollywood ideas. Birmingham, Alabama man in round six. Logically, the lightweight championship would be next, but holder Lou Ambers had a shrewd manager in Al Weill. He’d beaten everybody in the 1. I was drawing so much money. Yet he swarmed all over the champion, dishing out a belting for a lopsided 1. Ross never boxed again. Admitted Henry, “That was my toughest title fight – Ambers cut me up pretty bad.”. Armstrong relinquished his 9st belt and set about making money by defending the welter crown, while regularly scaling only around the lightweight limit. Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. Its first series was broadcast in October 2003, presented by. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Slightly shortened version of a sportsnetwork special on the fight between. There was plenty of travelling involved. He trained at Butlin’s new holiday camp at Clacton and found it so cold he sometimes went out wearing three jerseys. The Boxing News report gave an interesting insight into Henry’s fighting style: “Armstrong takes many punches on the top of his head or upon his forearms and elbows, but he scorns completely the orthodox methods of defence adopted by the majority of present- time ringsters. In his own way Armstrong is the complete fighting machine.”. Yet three months later, in his next fight, Armstrong suffered his first serious setback for many years when Ambers regained the lightweight title with a unanimous points decision. Penalties for repeated low blows cost Henry the fight. Garcia, whom Armstrong had beaten in a welter title defence, was really a light- middle at 1. Armstrong a light- welter at 1. A capable fighter, and a dirty one too, Zivic almost stopped the champ in the last round but had to settle for a unanimous decision. But he showed great courage as he never stopped taking the fight to Zivic. But fighting was what he did, so he kept going, and in August 1. Madison Square Garden met a talented youngster named Sugar Ray Robinson. He lost unanimously over 1. Mecca the following year to stop the ill- fated Al Bummy Davis in two rounds. He dropped so- so Chester Slider in round three but was declared a points loser after 1. He didn’t really follow boxing, which he felt was neither as glamorous nor competitive as it had been in his day. He told a story that explained Armstrong’s incredible workrate. Said Butler, “His huge manager Eddie Mead warned me that Henry would shadow- box for at least six minutes before leaving for the ring.“It duly happened and Henry pranced around the room at a terrific place for two rounds. I’ve never seen a fighter so active in the dressing room. Mead told me the fighter had a slow heart- beat which he claimed was the reason he could keep going for 1. When the bell sounded for the first round, Armstrong didn’t seem to be warmed up despite his actions in the dressing room. He came out slowly and Roderick, boxing superbly, jabbed the champion with straight lefts and let go with his right several times.“But Armstrong came out faster for the second round, faster still in the third and from then on threw so many punches that Ernie could never settle down to get his left working again. He was too busy defending himself.”Henry Armstrong was ranked No. Boxing News 1. 00 Greatest Fighters of All- Time. Order your copy here. Read more ON THIS DAY articles here. Subscribe to BOXING NEWS, established in 1. SAVE MONEY and GET THE BEST COVERAGE EVERY WEEK.
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