"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:40:53 GMT, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:08:55 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:


I have to look for that fight I saw live where Marvis Frazier got hit
directly on top of the head and was floored. One of the weirdest
things I saw, after Ali's phantom punch.
Can't remember the opponent. Maybe it's on youtube.

It was an amateur fight.
"He had said it was ''a fluke'' when Marvis, the top amateur
heavyweight in the country at the time, was knocked out last June by
James Broad in the Olympic Trials. A punch high on the forehead rocked
young Frazier's head back, pinched a nerve in his neck, and left him
conscious but helplessly paralyzed on the canvas."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag... 7C0A967948260

As I recall it Marvis was winning when he got in a crouch and got hit
directly on top of his head. It was odd to see, as he was strong one
second, then flat on his face. The punch didn't appear to be a hard
one. I figured it jammed his spine somehow.
Another of my "most memorable" fights was when Ed Too Tall Jones got
clocked by Yaqui Menses, fell on his ass, and Yaqui kept whaling away
at him, no longer having the height disadvantage to deal with.
You just had to see that one to appreciate it. Funny as hell.
But I wasn't a Cowboys fan. Steelers.

--Vic



My favorite was Bobo Olson. He lived near me in the 1950's and he could be
really wealthy today with his secret diet. Not only was he a great fighter,
did not fight a Chump of the month, but good fighters. He would balloon up
in weight and with seemingly no loss of energy, would lost a lot if pounds
in the month before a fight. Ali was fun to watch, as well as George
Foreman was fun to boo. But I always had a preference for middleweights and
the best to watch for super action was Flyweights. I watch a fight now and
then on the TV and it is either my age or the fighters are just not very
good. No zip to the show.