Fighters: 1970 to 1979

[jofre]

Frank Santore
Global ID 298
sex male
division light welterweight
nationality United States
residence Melbourne, Florida, United States
1973-1978

[jofre]

Enrique Solis
Global ID 9518
sex male
division super featherweight
nationality Puerto Rico
alias Kiko
residence
won 15 (KO 4) + lost 14 (KO 4) + drawn 2 = 31
1972-1983

[jofre]

Hilbert Stevenson
Global ID 22112
sex male
division super featherweight
nationality United States
residence Bristol, Tennessee, United States
won 17 (KO 11) + lost 12 (KO 5) + drawn 0 = 29
1973-1980

[jofre]

John Sullivan
Global ID 32498
sex male
division lightweight
nationality United States
alias New Jersey
residence North Arlington, NJ
1972-1978

[jofre]

Johnny Turner
Global ID 9734
sex male
birth date 1954-03-15
division welterweight
nationality United States
residence Brooklyn, New York, United States
won 42 (KO 32) + lost 6 (KO 4) + drawn 2 = 50
1975-1984

[jofre]

Ed Turner
Global ID 280
sex male
division heavyweight
nationality United States
alias Savage
residence
won 22 (KO 11) + lost 24 (KO 12) + drawn 1 = 47
1975-1983

[jofre]

Santiago Valdez
Global ID 480
sex male
birth date 1956-01-29
division light middleweight
nationality United States
residence Hamilton, Ohio, United States
won 15 (KO 11) + lost 10 (KO 8) + drawn 0 = 25
1975-1988

[jofre]

Karl Vinson
Global ID 16625
sex male
division middleweight
nationality United States
alias The Motor City Viper
residence
won 19 (KO 6) + lost 11 (KO 4) + drawn 4 = 34
1974-1985

[jofre]

Felton Woods
Global ID 95819
sex male
division light heavyweight
nationality United States
residence Bay City, Michigan, United States
stance southpaw
won 20 (KO 16) + lost 2 (KO 2) + drawn 0 = 22
1976-1982

[jofre]

Michele Siracusa
Global ID 8472
sex male
birth date 1951-12-01
division light welterweight
nationality Tunisia
residence France
birth place Tunisia
stance orthodox
won 46 (KO 20) + lost 11 (KO 4) + drawn 6 = 63
1973-1986

[Tosti]

Tadashi Tomori
Global ID 52614
sex male
birth date 1959-12-28
division light flyweight
nationality Japan
residence Tokyo, Japan
birth place Okinawa, Japan
stance orthodox
height 5′ 3″
won 19 (KO 5) + lost 7 (KO 1) + drawn 0 = 26
1978-1982

[professordp]

There's always been speculation/debate as to what Stevenson could have done had he turned professional. Personally, I've always thought he would have been the heavyweight champ for the following reasons.

1) If he turned pro following the 1976 Olympics, whomever was handling him would have spent at least a year getting Stevenson adjusted to the pros. So he would have been ready to crack the upper ranks in 1978. He would have been twenty-six and just entering his athletic prime.

2) Although we look back at the 1970s as a "golden age" for the heavyweight division, by 1978 there really wasn't a great deal of quality out there. Ali was well past his prime. Foreman, Frazier, and Quarry were no longer fighting. Norton's glory days were behind him.

3) The only major roadblocks would have been Larry Holmes and Earnie Shavers. Could he have beaten either or both? Perhaps--perhaps not! How long he could have held the title is another question.

Right now, I've just started a mini-universe for Stevenson's pro career. I'm using a rating created by either Rocco or Skye a couple of years ago. It seems to be pretty balanced, and if you want it, you can find it in one of the heavyweight packs at Cornerwork.

Just a final note on Stevenson's refusal to turn pro.

His statement, "What is a million dollars compared to the love of my people," is rather disingenuous.

Comrade Castro and his gang gave Teofilo a two story house in Havana. a five bedroom villa in the town of Delicias, and two cars. Why would Stevenson need to dirty his hands with capitalism by turning pro?

[professordp]

Actually, I wanted to post this one above.

[professordp]

boxer: Clayman Sandman Parker

Global ID	2195
sex	male
division	heavyweight
nationality	United States
residence	Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
won 31 (KO 18) + lost 19 (KO 11) + drawn 1 = 51 rounds boxed 280 : KO% 35.29

Career: 1974-1984

Do you remember that scene in "Easy Rider" when Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper meet up with Jack Nicholson in that little Southern town? If you do, you'll recall that they were in a diner getting some hard, dirty looks from the local good ol' boys. I swear this guy was there!

Anyway, Ol' Clayman spent the first five years of his career in the Carolinas beating up on the local "talent". In 1979 he left his home turf for Italy where he suffered the ultimate indignity--being stopped by Lorenzo Zanon.

For the remainder of his boxing career, he was pretty much a punching bag for young, upcoming fighters like Alonzo Ratliff, John Tate, Greg Page, and Tony Tubbs. Sandman was an appropriate moniker insofar as he was frequently put to sleep by his opponents.

[Thunder]

boxer: Johnny Aba

Global ID	12738
sex	male
birth date	1956-03-03
division	featherweight
nationality	Papua New Guinea
residence
birth place	Roravana, Bougainville
won 31 (KO 14) + lost 3 (KO 2) + drawn 3 = 37 rounds boxed 321 : KO% 37.84

[Romultiltus]

Ray Leonard - 000269

Global ID	269
sex	male
birth date	1956-05-17
division	welterweight
nationality	United States
alias	Sugar
residence	Palmer Park, Maryland, United States
birth place	Wilmington, NC, USA
birth name	Ray Charles Leonard
stance	orthodox
height	5′ 10″
reach	74“
won 36 (KO 25) + lost 3 (KO 1) + drawn 1 = 40 rounds boxed 305 : KO% 62.5

Career: 1977-1997

[jofre]

boxer: Gert Steyn
Global ID 55114
sex male
birth date 1951-02-12
division light middleweight
nationality South Africa
residence
won 32 (KO 15) + lost 8 (KO 5) + drawn 2 = 4
1971-1981

[jofre]

Hisami Numata
Global ID 44816
sex male
birth date 1951-09-19
division bantamweight
nationality Japan
alias Go Numata
residence Tokyo, Japan
birth place Sendai, Japan
stance orthodox
won 20 (KO 5) + lost 8 (KO 2) + drawn 1 = 29
1973-1978

[jofre]

Shoji Oguma
Global ID 10047
sex male
birth date 1951-07-22
division flyweight
nationality Japan
residence Tokyo, Japan
birth place Koriyama
stance southpaw
1970-1982

[jofre]

Doug Lumley
Global ID 76566
sex male
birth date 1955-07-14
division middleweight
nationality South Africa
residence
won 23 (KO 8) + lost 4 (KO 3) + drawn 0 = 27

1975-1982