Quote Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom View Post
January 1974

"Nobody Wants to Fight Howard Smith'

Howard 'Kayo' Smith, is the California Heavyweight Champion.
But nobody knows him, and nobody wants to fight him either.

The now 27 year-old is waiting for an opportunity to fight anybody
in the Top 15, but he continues to wait.

Though Howard sits with an 'undistinguished' record of 9-1-0 {5 KO's},
he is a very capable > 6' 2 1/2" @ 205 lb. boxer-puncher.

Howard Smith >

"I have sparred with Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton, Jerry Quarry and Jimmy Ellis.
Those fellows know what I can do in the Ring. That's why they won't fight me
in a real bout."
GUYS LIKE sMITH were the unsung heroes of the 70s. The 2nd stringers, some would say. But those 70s "2nd stringers" would blow away the current crop of heavyweight morons @Max Power