Rocky lives! : heavyweight boxing upsets of the 1990s PDF
Preview Rocky lives! : heavyweight boxing upsets of the 1990s
.................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:08:52 PS PAGEi MORESPORTSTITLESFROMPOTOMACBOOKS Boxing’sMostWanted(cid:1):TheTop10BookofChamps,Chumps,and Punch-DrunkPalookas,DavidL.Hudson,Jr.,andMikeFitzgerald,Jr. Indy:TheRaceandRitualoftheIndianapolis500, SecondEdition,TerryReed YouCanQuoteMeonThat:GreatestTennisQuips,Insights, andZingers,PaulFein ForgingGenius:TheMakingofCaseyStengel,StevenGoldman TheSuperBowl’sMostWanted(cid:1):TheTop10BookofBig-GameHeroes, PigskinZeroes,andChampionshipOddities,WalterHarvey BigPlay:BarraonFootball,AllenBarra WrigleyField:TheUnauthorizedBiography,StuartShea ProBasketballForecast:2004–05Edition,JohnHollinger ProFootballForecast:2004Edition,SeanLahman andToddGreanier .................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:08:52 PS PAGEii H B U EAVYWEIGHT OXING PSETS 1990 OF THE S DAVID E. FINGER Potomac Books, Inc. Washington, D.C. .................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:08:59 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2005byDavidFinger. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyPotomacBooks,Inc.(formerlyBrassey’s, Inc.).Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanymanner whatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptinthecase ofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Finger,David. Rockylives!:heavyweightboxingupsetsofthe1990s/DavidFinger. —1sted. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN1-57488-905-2(alk.paper) 1. Boxing—UnitedStates—History. 2.Boxingmatches—United States—History. 3.Boxers(Sports)—UnitedStates—Biography. I.Title. GV1125.F522005 796.83(cid:1)0973—dc22 2004027238 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freepaperthatmeetsthe AmericanNationalStandardsInstituteZ39-48Standard. PotomacBooks,Inc. 22841QuicksilverDrive Dulles,Virginia20166 FirstEdition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:08:59 PS PAGEiv To my parents, who never bet against this underdog. .................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:08:59 PS PAGEv .................11140$ $$FM 01-18-0514:09:00 PS PAGEvi C ONTENTS ListofPhotographs xi Acknowledgments xii Introduction xiii CHAPTER ONE: 1990 James‘‘Buster’’DouglasKO10MikeTyson 1 MarkWillsKO6GregPage 9 Mike‘‘TheBounty’’ HunterWu10PinklonThomas 12 JohnSargentTKO8YuriVaulin 16 CHAPTER TWO: 1991 OliverMcCallTKO9BruceSeldon 25 LeviBillupsWu10James‘‘Bonecrusher’’Smith 29 NathanielFitchTKO1TerryDavis 33 CHAPTER THREE: 1992 LarryHolmesWu12RayMercer 37 JerryArentzenTKO4PaulRoma 42 JerryJonesWu10Carl‘‘TheTruth’’Williams 44 LionelButlerWDQ4DavidDixon 48 Tim‘‘Doc’’AndersonWu5MarkGastineau 51 JimmyLeeSmithTKO7MarkCarrier 56 Everett‘‘Bigfoot’’Martin Ws10TimWitherspoon 59 LionelButlerKO1TonyTubbs 64 RonCranmerWu6JerryQuarry 67 LennoxLewisTKO2Donovan‘‘Razor’’ Ruddock 71 vii .................11140$ CNTS 01-18-0514:08:53 PS PAGEvii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER FOUR: 1993 Mike‘‘TheBounty’’HunterWu12TyrellBiggs 77 Lawrence‘‘Poncho’’CarterTKO7PinklonThomas 81 JesseFergusonWu10‘‘Merciless’’RayMercer 84 MikeWeaverWu10BertCooper 90 JeremyWilliamsTKO2DanellNicholson 96 Mike‘‘TheDuke’’DixonTKO2AlexGarcia 99 JimmyEllisKO1TonyTubbs 102 CarlMcGrewW6John‘‘HoggMan’’Sargent 104 WilliamMorrisWu8 TimPuller 108 LadislaoMijangosTKO1JimmyEllis 111 MichaelBenttTKO1Tommy‘‘TheDuke’’Morrison 113 EvanderHolyfieldWm12RiddickBowe 118 DanDancutaWu3James‘‘Bonecrusher’’Smith 125 CHAPTER FIVE: 1994 WilliamMorrisWs8RayAnis 131 StanleyWrightTKO8PeterMcNeeley 134 EdDonaldsonKO2QuinnNavarre 138 MichaelMoorerWm12EvanderHolyfield 141 NateTubbsKO2CorrieSanders 148 CraigPayneTKO6SamsonPo’uha 152 DougDavisWu8CraigTomlinson 157 OliverMcCallTKO2LennoxLewis 160 JohnCarloTKO1LeonSpinks 165 GeorgeForemanKO10 MichaelMoorer 168 JoshImadiyiTKO2Tom‘‘TheBomb’’Glesby 177 BobbyCrabtreeTKO1KingIpitan 180 CHAPTER SIX: 1995 RobertHawkinsWu4JerryBallard 185 FrancoWanyamaWs10JamesThunder 187 MarionWilsonWs10Mike‘‘TheBounty’’Hunter 192 Brian‘‘B-52’’YatesKO2EarnieShavers 195 MitchRose TKO2Butterbean 199 .................11140$ CNTS 01-18-0514:08:53 PS PAGEviii CONTENTS ix CHAPTER SEVEN: 1996 Maurice‘‘Mo’’HarrisWu8 David(Izon)Izonritei 205 DarrollWilsonKO3ShannonBriggs 208 JamesPritchardTKO4GregSuttington 214 LouMonacoTKO5‘‘Hurricane’’PeterMcNeeley 217 JesseFergusonWu10BobbyJoeHarris 221 CraigPetersenTKO8AlexStewart 225 Peter HrivnakTKO2JukkaJarvinen 230 EvanderHolyfieldTKO11MikeTyson 232 BrianScottKO2 CourageTshabalala 240 CHAPTER EIGHT: 1997 JohnRuizWs12JamesThunder 243 BertCooperTKO1RichieMelito 248 LeviBillupsKO6TerrenceLewis 251 DarrollWilsonKO4CourageTshabalala 255 IkeIbeabuchiWu12DavidTua 258 LyleMcDowellWs12TrevorBerbick 264 RobertHawkinsTKO10GaryBell 267 Paul‘‘Rocky’’RayPhillipsKO2MichaelDokes 272 CHAPTER NINE: 1998 MichaelMurrayTKO3KevinMcBride 277 JoeBugnerTKO1James‘‘Bonecrusher’’Smith 280 TerryVernersTKO3Alonzo Highsmith 283 RossPurittyTKO11WladimirKlitschko 286 JesseFergusonWs10ObedSullivan 290 CHAPTER TEN: 1999 JuliusFrancisTKO3PeleReid 295 ArtisPendergrassWs10GregPage 298 IsraelColeW10DavidBostice 303 DickRyanTKO10BrianNielsen 306 MauriceHarrisWu10JeremyWilliams 313 JeffPeguesTKO5JoeHipp 317 .................11140$ CNTS 01-18-0514:08:53 PS PAGEix
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