Lionel Rose dies at 62

[THE THIRD MAN]

I think the fact that he fought in such a tough era of Bantamweights and was so young, he was 20 when he won the title from the seasoned Harada (arguably the greatest Japanese boxer of all time) Rose should be recognised a lot more. It took Olivares to beat him and he was struggling with weight at the time, in Australia we were always hoping that Rose would fight Johnny Famechon at some point, Rose lost a fight in late 1969 which scuttled that plan and Famechon went onto to fight Saldivar. Rose fought 4 times at the forum in LA and i know he had great respect from LA boxing fans.