Your thoughts/opinions are greatly appreciated.

[CutMeMick]

Can i add to the list i loved to watch Khoasai Galaxy he was super fly and built like a welter weight , had massive power and was a merciless walk in slugger, he made 20 defences of his WBA title . lost 1 fighton points before he won the title but reversed it with a ko.
Also a guy who i loved to watch was James Buddy McGirt this guy was wonderful to watch prior to his arm injury.
Even after he could no longer throw the left hook he still pushed great SWEETPEA close.
Dick Tiger was a top fighter also and he was subjected to one of the most classic 1 punch KO'S , by Bob Foster.
We could go on and on as this is a good subject but my 2 fav forgoten fighters are Khoasai Galaxy and Buddy McGirt.

Ofcourse you can Dark....
I've only seen 3 Galaxy fights and from what I saw he was relentless as a fighter.

[Dark Lord Al]

Another forgotten fighter who i loved was Rocky Lockridge he was all action swinger , he had some great fights with Tony Lopez ,Mayweather etc.
i always wished he had fought Azumah Nelson or JC Chavez at super feather
you tube has his brutal ko or Roger Matweather its awesome

[El Gamo]

Johnny Owen
Alvaro 'Yaqui' Lopez
Greg Page
Carlos De Leon
Bob Foster
Fritzie Zivic
Freddie Norwood
Carlos Ortiz
Ike Williams
Luisito Espinoza
Frankie Liles
Edwin Rosario
Dick Tiger
Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Howard Winstone
Marlon Starling
Pipino Cuevas
Juan Coggi
Eusebio Pedroza
Fighting Harada
Stevie Johston
Jiro Watanabe
Johnny Tapia
Tony Lopez
Sugar Ramos
Humberto Gonzalez
Lupe Pintor
Sixto Escobar
Efren Torres

That's an AWESOME list Mick and you know me,a student of our game,so te ones highlighted,could you or anyone else give me some more info on them please as I've heard of them but never seen them in action. Thanks!

[taansend]

Great post CMM.

We should have a fighter of the week in which people learn and talk about some of these forgotten hero's.

To be honest, I find it's a waste of time veering away from the P4P list as most people don't know or care.

Coggi's son is now a prospect down in Argentina. Coggi Snr was a sneaky fighter who beat some good names - although he usually lost to the very best. He won the title of off Morris East, one of my favourite boxing stories. Martin Antonio Coggi is now 17-1 although the opposition has been typical "Son of" fare.

So how about that Fighter of the Week?

[Spicoli]

Damn!

OK.... LG added JJLeija.
RottenApple added the Ruelas Bros. and who else


How about Mike Weaver, Miguel Canto, Ezzard Charles, Buster Douglas, Carmen Basilio, Gilberto Roman, Kid Gavilan, Juan LaPorte, Vicente Saldivar.

Marlon Starling This is a fighter I really am developing a like for the more I watch and read In hindsight.He has a histoical bearing that I just heard Him talk about on a tape from when he was of ESPN as an in studio guest.He had a Crazy asz fight with Tomas Molinares in 88' in which he was dominating through 5 rnds.Right at the end of the 6th round without a doubt after the bell,He dropped his guard somewhat and Molinares was following through with a Hook?CRASH AND down Starling fell...In a Heap..it was brutal all stiff like he was shot.
Molinaras was new "champ" in the ugliest of ways (later it was reversed to a No Desicion).Starling had NO IDEA what happened,He argued with Larry Merchant "I was never down,He did not hit me",Poor Merchant told him they could have counted to 100 Lol.He later said He remembered coming out of the locker room into the ring and woke up in the Hospital.Now thats OOUUTT!!!
Right after that the commission in New Jersey Implemented the "banging on the ring apron" 10 seconds before the bell so fighters had an idea of closing rounds.
Regained title WBC by Knocking out Lloyd Honeyghan and his KO of Mark "The paul williams of the 80's" Breland was spectacular to win 1st title.

That was crazy.... Molinares and team celebrated like crazy in the ring while there was still some confusion as to what had just happened.
The way Marlon layed there was crazy I mean he didn't move for minutes...

NO S!!!!.I'll double the Damn Mick.This thread got cut in half due to the Transfer .I added Kennedy Mckinney and Iran Barkley,Frankie Randall and although he never had the chance to see how long He could go..Zack Padillia.
Oh crap..bak to worrk...They need a twelve step program for Saddo's

[fugaziuk]

i used to enjoy watching tapia fights back when i first got into boxing years ago.

just out of interest did anyone read hisbook?

[porkypara]

Bob Fosters 1 punch KO over Dick Tiger was 1 of the best 1 punch KO's in LH history.

[Ring Rat]

this is a neat thread. cutmemick .. anyone remember Scotty" the bulldog" Olson ? he was fun to watch.. great western forum boxing had him on back in the day always a good match when he was on the card.

[Trainer Monkey]

Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters ever
Shame about Page's injury,weird how he just fell off the map the way he did

[Trainer Monkey]

Oh yeah,Id add Joe Bugner to the list

[ICB]

Frankie Randall
Panama Al Brown
Jose Luis Lopez
Lupe Pintor
Dick Tiger
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Juan La Porte
Jose Luis Ramirez
Edwin Rosario
Hector Camacho
Sam Langford
Nino Benvenuti
Emile Griffith
Antonio Cervantes
Nicolino Locche
Ricardo Lopez Doesn't get enough credit or talked about enough imo.
Michael Carbajal
Humberto Gonzalez
Pancho Villa
Johnny Tapia
Khaosai Galaxy
Chalky Wright
Barney Ross
Kid Gavilan
Pipino Cuevas
Stanley Ketchel
Mickey Walker

[Spicoli]

this is a neat thread. cutmemick .. anyone remember Scotty" the bulldog" Olson ? he was fun to watch.. great western forum boxing had him on back in the day always a good match when he was on the card.

CC for digging deep EL Barto.Man,I remember He came up on ESPN.They were pushing hard for showdown with Michael Carbajal off there olympic Fight.Was always entertaining and hard charger.
His "lose" to Jose L. Zepeda at the forum was a joke call..He fought the last half with basically 1 arm and I thought he still won.Maybe he's back selling vacumms now

[Ring Rat]

a worthy mention is Alfred Kotey . Kotey was a good little fighter, when he was fighting at flyweight and bantamweight he was at his best , had very wide shoulders for a little fellow, a good puncher . moving up in weight was not to his advantage.

[Ring Rat]

has anyone ever turned the channel when Ben Tackie was on the card? i know i never did !

[Ring Rat]

thanks