Yesterday, at 72 years of age. Former welterweight champion of the world, top level pro, he taught boxing in the Dallas area for years.
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Yesterday, at 72 years of age. Former welterweight champion of the world, top level pro, he taught boxing in the Dallas area for years.
My neighbor was at his fight with Kitten Hayward at the blue horizon in 1969.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Remember him very well. Good fighter. I remember the night when he beat the great Jose Napoles. R.I.P Champ.
RIP Champ.
Were you at the fight? It wouldve been great. And Here is the fight, Round 12 Cokes laid a battering, and 13 Napoles couldnt come out at the bell. Its in Spanish, only one I could dig upQuote:
Originally Posted by mrbig1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvdY8Jx-mEM
very emotional, when it was stopped, Mantequilla Napoles was crying very hard and fighting with everyone with emotions, the announcer is saying.
And here's a tribute to Napoles, a great fighter, we need to pay respect to this great man: he is forever intertwined with Curtis Cokes for all of eternity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG0oI8f8Mek