I'm forever a fan of Richard Ihetu because

1. Dick Tiger is such a coool nom de guerre
2. He started only 14-7 and kept coming and was a two time undisputed 160 champ as well as the undisputed 175 king;
3. He was a "mirror" fighter. He often fought whatever style his foe chose and he outdid him at it;
4. He caused one of boxing's greatest quotes. Late in his rematch with HOFer Joey Giardello, Tiger was dominating and hurting the champ. Between rounds referee John Lobianco went to Giardello's corner and asked him where he was. Giardello replied "I'm in Madison Square Garden and Dick Tiger is beating the hell out of me!"
5. He took the entire purse from his last fight, leased a jet, loaded it with food and medical supplies and flew it to Biafra where his fellow Christian and Odinani Igbos were being massacred by Nigeria's Muslims in a civil war.

Ihetu was one of the sport's very finest men. Sadly he died at 42, only a year or so after his last fight of cancer.