In my last column, I mistakenly stated that Frankie Lucas failed to twice the boxing to the British medium title. I said he lost to both Kevin Finnegan and Alan Minter. It was of course Tony Sibson, not Minter, who defeated Lucas in his second attempt in the title in 1979. This error will now be repaired by recognizing the meteor’s growth of juvenile Sibson in the ranks at the beginning of his career. Tony’s five -time victory over Lucas was for a free British title, because Minter actually slowed him down. Sibson also maintained the titles of the Nations Community, as well as European ones at a time when these titles meant something and he boxed three times to the world belts, both in medium weight and in hefty weight.

Ecdicted by the notable “Sibbo army”, Tony had an extremely scarce attribute, which makes the warrior so observed because he could take his man at any time with one blow. His contemporaries, Dave Green and Jimmy Flint, were similar types. Each of them brought drama and strict energy to their competitions, and fans loved them.

Sibson was not the best amateur. In 1975 he reported to Adolescent England against the Irish team, but he was not a fertile winner of the title with a vest. However, he came from struggle wrestling, because his relationship Wally Sibson won 19 of 30 competitions at the beginning of the 1920s. Tony became a professional in 1976 and was managed by Carl Gunns, who then developed a fairly useful stable of Leicester fighters, including Mick Bell, Romal Ambrose, Adey Allen, Tony Hague, Carl North and Larry Richards. Carl was Tony’s coach in Belgrave ABC and he understood the potential of a juvenile boy and Sibson did not last long to become a star of his stable.

The first victory of Sibbo took place on his 18th birthday and after winning the next 12 convincing, the last of them was the 59-second Gareth lightning “Tasha” Jones, he was ready to debut in his hometown in Dave Roden’s show at De Montfort Hall in Leicester.

This aged room was first used for boxing during World War II, when Jack London and Bruce Woodcock, both masters of British heavyweight, fought there. The place was also used in the 1960s, when Bill-Toppers included Mick Greaves, Rocky Campbell and Jack Bodell. Leicester has not seen a professional boxing for nine years, and Sibbo was just a man who managed his awakening.

Bonny McKenzie from Cardiff took the fight at 16:00 the same day after Paddy Doherty from Belfast left his flight, and the Welsh gave Tony a fight before he stopped in cuts in seven rounds, after he was in the competition twice as aged. This victory anticipated Tony in the top ten British, and during the next competition in Hall Sonny Kamunga was easily overtaken.

After completing a series of six straight at the distance of victory, Sibson was tailored to Zambia, Lottie Mwala, during his third competition in a local hall and it was generally expected that Sibson would win, boxing messages correctly predicted that it would not be basic, “gold medalist from the Games of the Community of nations was recognized in six fights.” This opinion turned out to be extremely prophetic when he pulled out Sibson with the law measured, which meant that Leicester was unconscious before he hit the floor.

Sibson returned with revenge, learned from his defeat and became one of the best fighters of Great Britain by the rest of his career and the way the American destroyed the American, John Collins in two rounds in Atlantic City in 1983, is a lesson in the object on the employ of raw, controlled power. The fight is on YouTube, look at it.

In 2000, at the Palace in Detroit, the former heavyweight king Mike Tyson scored a quick TKO over notoriously unstable Andrew Golota, but the victory that occurred when Golota refused to start the third round, was later changed to the lack of because Tyson touched the drug test.

1. The fight, which was called “Showdown in Motown”, was promoted by Lois Hearns, mother of the legendary “Hitman” Thomas Hearnswhich leads in entertainment Hearns.

2. As part of the fight, boxing writers had a day in the field, asking if it is actually possible for Tyson and Golota-Okór with the most controversial bad boys from boxing-to an sincere and flawless competition.

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4. Getting to knock down thanks to his powerful right hand a few seconds before the end of the opening session, Tyson looked on the road to the next explosive victory of KO. But Golota, after injury at the beginning of the second round, held his fire for landing. An unforgettable fight was damaged.

5. However, Golot, who raised the cut above the left eye, and then livid both Tyson and fans, refusing to go to the third round. “I threw,” told Judge Frank Garz. Golota also claimed that Tyson deliberately hit him on the first round, and the violation causes the cut in his eye. The Golota corner, Al Certo, begged his warrior to continue the fight, trying to force the rubber cover to the mouth of Golota in the third round. “I should have pushed his ass,” noted the Certo later.

Or Golota was thrown with beer cups and other things by an annoyed crowd when he went to the wardrobe.

7. Golota, later happened, beat. The trip to the hospital revealed how he suffered, along with cutting above the eye, brain shock, broken cheekbone and a hernia plate around the neck.

8. After the fight and sudden ending, people tried to find out what happened. The then corner of Tyson, Tommy Brooks, said that in his opinion Golota suffered an attack and was not a coward. Certo also revealed how his warrior really wanted to give up after the first round.

9. Advisor Tyson Shelly Finkel told the press that the fight in Golota would be the last fight of Tyson. Instead, the former champion boxed (during the break) for the next five years, winning two more trips and stopped in the other three. Golota returned in 2003, boxing irregularly until 2009, only to return at the beginning of 2013 – with a possible fight this year.

10. The Tyson-Golota fight is in record books as NC 3, because Tyson has obtained a positive marijuana test.

Evander Holyfield in Ko 3 James “Burster” Douglas
October 25, 1990; Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Do not watch this and expect one of the biggest fights in heavyweight history. Nevertheless, it’s worth visiting. Finishing with Holyfield, when he swayed from the Upper Upper Bulban, before he punished Douglas with his right hand, is very impressive, even if the master’s efforts of the uprising attracted understandable criticism at the time. There is also flashes – Buster’s stab and a wise right hand in the third round – about how great the fight it could be if Douglas regained his determination that fuel his victory over Mike Tyson, eight months earlier. Although the hangover has been destroying Douglas for years for years, Holyfield took a long time to generate the respect he deserved.

Do you know? The huge $ 200,000 was accepted by bookmakers for the Holyfield betting to win Douglas (at 246 pounds he was 15 pounds more than when he defeated Tyson) was revealed on the eve of the fight.

Watch out for: Things before the fight are captivating, just like the forecast of the legendary writer Bert Sugar, that Douglas will win. He is so satisfied and authoritative that you were forgiven twice checking the result.