On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:09:56 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

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

Ah - didn't know that. I knew what's his name knocked Marvis down so
I just guessed.

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.

I had a concussion like that once a long time ago. When I was
starting training for my Kodokan school Judo black belt, the sensi,
Lt. Paul Miriyama, hit me with a foot sweep I wasn't expecting and
went head over heals right on top of my head. Felt fine, got up,
bowed and just kept right on going doing a face plant on the mat. :)

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.

Ed "Too Tall" Jones - there's a name for the ages.

And the Steelers suck. :)

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