Boxing Clever?

[drol 10,035]

On 20/09/2017 at 17:15, Spade_Cooley said:

So Robert Cohen becomes the oldest lineal boxing champion still alive. Living in South Africa according to this 2012 article, but not much else recent out there.

Robert Cohen dead at 91.

[Ulitzer95 10,973]

On 20/09/2017 at 16:15, Spade_Cooley said:

So Robert Cohen becomes the oldest lineal boxing champion still alive. Living in South Africa according to this 2012 article, but not much else recent out there.

Robert Cohen (wiki), French world bantamweight champion (1954–1956), dead at 91.



Edit: Ninja'd by the drol.

[Spade_Cooley 9,018]

So that means the oldest lineal champion alive is now the American Freddie Little (85), who was lineal junior middleweight champ between March 17, 1969 (when he unified the titles) and July 9, 1970 (when he lost to the Italian Carmelo Bossi). Not seeing much recent news on him since he was inducted into the Nevada Boxing HoF in 2016.

[Perhaps 1,365]

Ron Stander (wiki) dead at 77.

 

DDP pick in previous years, doesn't look like he was this year.

[Death Impends 7,361]

7 minutes ago, Perhaps said:

Ron Stander (wiki) dead at 77.

 

DDP pick in previous years, doesn't look like he was this year.

 

Indeed, only a pick in 2021 by one of the Crumbles.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

41 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

 

Indeed, only a pick in 2021 by one of the Crumbles.

Pity - Ron Stander's KO QO-ed: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10592005/Ron-Stander-Bluffs-Butcher-dies-fought-Frazier-1972.html

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,204]

17 hours ago, Death Impends said:

 

Indeed, only a pick in 2021 by one of the Crumbles.

That is now three of my drops from 2021 who have died this year!

Ron Stander,  Bob Falkenburg and Sally Kellerman!

 

[Redrumours 814]

1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

That is now three of my drops from 2021 who have died this year!

Ron Stander,  Bob Falkenburg and Sally Kellerman!

 

That's the way the cookie crumbles i'm afraid.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,204]

4 minutes ago, Redrumours said:

That's the way the cookie crumbles i'm afraid.

Indeed it is!

Regardless I have high hopes that my DDP teams in 2022 will perform better than last years but time will tell... !

[drol 10,035]

Legendary Brazilian boxer Eder Jofre receiving treatment for pneumonia.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,447]

Will Smith looking good physically, not so sure about his mental state. Rock took the shot well, no sign of a glass jaw, but dementia now a possibility.

 

Next up: they either get in the ring for charidee, or it's a duel at dawn with uzis.

 

[prussianblue 787]

2 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

Will Smith looking good physically, not so sure about his mental state. Rock took the shot well, no sign of a glass jaw, but dementia now a possibility.

 

Next up: they either get in the ring for charidee, or it's a duel at dawn with uzis.

 

 

All that training for Ali (2001) has clearly not been forgotten.

[Toast 14,803]

What a cunt.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,204]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18287858/ali-tazeem-dead-car-crash-boxing/

 

 

 

Ali Tazeem,  a teenage boxer tipped to  be the' next  Amir Khan' has died in a car crash aged 18.

[Sir Creep 7,011]

3 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18287858/ali-tazeem-dead-car-crash-boxing/

 

 

 

Ali Tazeem,  a teenage boxer tipped to  be the' next  Amir Khan' has died in a car crash aged 18.

Exact same story as Diego Elizondo whom I used on my Cup team last month, with less success (unless you are señor Elizondo).  Creepy coincidence.

[gcreptile 10,214]

Jürgen Blin, former European boxing champion who fought against Muhammad Ali dead at 79:

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/boxing/8762791/jurgen-blin-dead-muhammad-ali-boxer/

[Spade_Cooley 9,018]

So, the list of still living Ali opponents now looks something like:

 

Larry Holmes (1949)
Earnie Shavers (1944)
Alfredo Evangelista (1954)
Richard Dunn (1945)
Jean-Pierre Coopman (1946)
Joe Bugner (1950)
Chuck Wepner (1939)
George Foreman (1949)
Rudi Lubbers (1945)
George Chuvalo (1937)

 

And then it starts to get a little hazy as these guys from now on were basically club fighters.

 

George Logan (c 1937): Was definitely alive in 2016 when Ali died, became a policeman after leaving the sport so would probably get some sort of write-up if he was dead.

Don Warner (1939): One of Ali's early sparring partners, later converted to Islam under the name Hasan Muhammad. Can't find any details of him from the past 50 years on a quick Google.

Alex Miteff (1935): Argentine boxer, both he and Ali had small parts in the movie Requiem for a Heavyweight. Guy claiming to be his nephew says he's still alive here, but has apparently been in a rest home for years.

Jimmy Robinson (1924/5): This is the infamous lost Ali opponent, who has been the subject of numerous articles over the years, most famously this ESPN piece. Last confirmed sighting of him was a Sports Illustrated Where Are They Now interview in 1979. Almost certainly died in the poor house.

[msc 17,729]

Given his health issues and his cult status, Chuck Wepner is absolutely a name I could see the Cmme go for.

[alt obits guy 3,091]

Musa Yamak, a German boxer who collapsed in the ring from a heart attack, has died. He was 38.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18589186/musa-yamak-dead-german-boxer-collapses-heart-attack-fight/

[YoungWillz 18,967]

On 15/03/2017 at 16:08, Spade_Cooley said:

Weirdly enough, I was looking at his Wikipedia article this morning out of a bored desire to compile a list of the 20 oldest lineal boxing champions still living. Here is that list:

 

1. Jake LaMotta (Middleweight) 95

    

2. Robert Cohen (Bantamweight) 86

    

3. Tony DeMarco (Welterweight) 85

    

4. Terry Downes (Middleweight) 80

    

5. Freddie Little (Light middleweight) 80

    

6. Carlos Ortiz (Light welterweight) 80

    

7. Éder Jofre (Featherweight) 80

    

8. Curtis Cokes (Welterweight) 79

    

9. Alessandro Mazzinghi (Light middleweight) 78

    

10. Nino Benvenuti (Middleweight) 78

     

11. José Nápoles (Welterweight) 76

     

12. Takeshi Fuji (Light welterweight) 76

     

13. Sugar Ramos (Featherweight) 75

     

14. Billy Backus (Welterweight) 74

     

15. Chartchai Chionoi (Flyweight) 74

     

16. Koichi Wajima (Light middleweight) 73

     

17. José Legrá (Featherweight) 73

     

18. Ismael Laguna (Lightweight) 73

     

19. Fighting Harada (Bantamweight) 73

     

20. Hiroshi Kobayashi (Junior lightweight) 72

     

Carlos Ortiz being reported dead aged 85: 

 

[YoungWillz 18,967]

If Carlos Ortiz is dead (seems a reputable source) he was picked for the 2012 DDP @Death Impends http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2012/celebs_O.html#ortizc

 

But not the current one.

 

List of the Missed.

[Toast 14,803]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

If Carlos Ortiz is dead (seems a reputable source) he was picked for the 2012 DDP @Death Impends http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2012/celebs_O.html#ortizc

But not the current one.

List of the Missed.

 

And a popular pick in Scavvy Hunt 2.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

2 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

And a popular pick in Scavvy Hunt 2.

Think he's picked for the Knockout Derby whatever that is.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Report of the death of Roger Tighe, represented England at Commonwealth level winning Gold in Jamaica in 1966: 

 

[Captain Hemlock 635]

Is Mike Tyson trying to tell us something?

https://nypost.com/2022/07/20/mike-tyson-thinks-hes-going-to-die-really-soon/?utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1wrOeMUsM70fIT6pdQ_KaUsX-vOcNqBHbP4BMtGimp5AAz4uSXH4EQzzU&fs=e&s=cl