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Marvin Stinson What was Marvin's amateur record, and did he face Igor Vysotsky?

As an amateur, was he considered one of the top ten heavyweights before the 1976 Olympics?

Ray Leonard Is it true that Sugar Ray Leonard had to forfeit a match in the 1976 National Golden Gloves, and if that so, wouldn't that be six losses for him at the amateur level?

Barney Felix's date of death? SSDI says "October 1985." An online NY Times article dated October 3 says [the previous] Monday, which would have been September 30. Anyone???

I have no clue why McCaffrey is listed as being the first gloved championship bout. I think this is in error. There is no primary source to support it. It was just another Sullivan gloved fight. Sullivan was in truth the gloved champion since 1880. Only, there was no gloved champion because there was no such thing, and a real fight was an LPR fight. Gloved fights were called "exhibitions" ...

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2 Questions about Ceferino Garcia's record First, about Garcia's date of birth... CBZ lists his date of birth as being August 26, 1906, as does boxrec. However, contemporary reports cite him as being 29 years old when he won the title in December 1939, which if true, would make him born around 1910. The Ring Record Encyclopedia that ...

Hello Chris, Is this for Howard? I provided both of those pictures for the internet as I have a copy of the original. PM me for my email address or contact me through here: http://charleyburley.com Cheers H

Who was the guy that kayoed Ali in the amateurs? I was surprised to find out that a guy named Al Evan kayoed Tyson in the amateurs..... and even more surprised to find out that even Ali when he was Cassius Clay also had suffered 1 kayo loss in the amateurs. I have heard mention of it but don't know who it was? So who was the guy that ...

Soldier Bartfield Here's a tough one. According to Soldier Bartfield himself, he was born in Lanczyn, AUSTRIA. According to the limited sources I've found, Lanczyn was part of the Ukraine around 1945, part of Poland before that(until the Nazis all but annihilated the place). Boxrec has it as part of "Budapest". Does anyone know if ...

As an amateur, was he considered one of the top ten heavyweights before the 1976 Olympics?

Marvin Stinson What was Marvin's amateur record, and did he face Igor Vysotsky?