Via Ken Hisner: Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury has breathed new life and humor in and out of the ring since Muhammad “The Greatest” Ali, in this writer’s opinion!
I’m not comparing them in terms of skill because Ali is possibly the best heavyweight boxer of all time, along with Joe “Brown Bomber” Louis. In my opinion, Fury is the best heavyweight fighter right now.
Ali had a lot of ISAM’S like “don’t ask for alms but raise your hand!” I mentioned it to many of his race when they thought they owed something by telling them Ali said it.
Met Ali four times; the first was in 1973 in downtown Philadelphia after losing to Ken Norton in their first game. In a crowd, someone told him, “next time you fight Norton, be a man, not a boy!” Ali replies, do you call me Roy?
Two weeks later, I invited myself into his Cherry Hill, New Jersey home, which was let in by the second of his four wives, Belinda (Boyd). I know I have to get the first comment, or else I won’t get any when I say, “why don’t you give Doug Jones a rematch?” He fired back once, I forgot, and told me to go with him to his destination. Norton’s mentor and matchmaker at Madison Square Garden, Bobby Goodman, joined us shortly after and became Ali’s friend.
When I saw Fury entering the ring to fight sitting on a throne carried at the entrance to his ring, I had to laugh! Then, after a fight, singing country reminded me of not only Ali but former heavyweight boxer Randall “Tex” Cobb of Texas, who trained in Philadelphia, where I met him while training. member George Benton worked with him. Cobb kicks the heavy bag at the North Broad Street Gym of “Smokin” Joe Frazier, a former boxer.
Cobb was in New Jersey during a talk event when Renaldo Snipes played Larry “The Easton Assassin” Holmes in Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena in November 1991, and he defeated Bernardo Mercado, a year before he lost. Holmes. He said he was the last person to come to the press conference and look at all the heavyweights on the cards on the table. He said, “look at this, some of the ugliest nigxxx in the world at a table!” They all laughed, but Snipes jumped to his feet and said, “I’m upset about that, and when I’m done with Holmes, you’ll be next!” Cobb replied, “if we had to wait until you beat Holmes, we would never have fought because you didn’t beat him, but we can start now!” Snipes sat down without saying a word.
After the game against Mercado, Cobb stopped Jeff Shelburg at Resorts International in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in April 1982. During the tug-of-war on television, I heard Cobb say, “After this we have to go. have a few beers at a time!”
Cobb was more than just a club boxer, he stopped Earnie “Black Terminator” Shaver at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1980. In the next fight, he lost to Ken Norton by split decision at the Hernis Fair Arena, San Antonio, November 1980.
He next lost to Michael “Dynamite” Dokes by majority decision at Caesars Palace Sports Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, in March 1981. Cobb is perhaps best known for losing to Holmes at the Astrodome. , Houston, Texas, in November 1982, lost all 15 rounds on two judges’ scorecards and won the remaining one.
He was so brutally beaten Howard Cosell has stopped commenting, many are glad he did. Cobb said, “I had him, but I ran out of time,” adding, “Larry told me he wouldn’t give me a rematch; His hands can’t stand the abuse.
Here are some comments from Ali:
“If you even dreamed of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize!”
“It is wrong to hate people because of the color of their skin. And it doesn’t matter which color you hate. It is simply wrong!
“I am so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and got into bed before the room went dark!”
That’s all, guys!
