Who am I?

sweetviolenturg said:
Damn, I thought for sure it was Holmes. But, it sounds like maybe it was someone who wasn't promoted by King & said it as an outside observer. So, I want to say Leonard but he's not linked forever with Holmes so I'll go with his fellow '76 Olympian, Michael Spinks. It seems out of character for him but...
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it was in fact Mr. Spinks!
 
I was a Brooklyn, NY road warrior who made my pro debut in Kingston, Jamaica & 85 pro fights later finished it in Georgetown, Guyana. I won a world title in South Korea & defended it in such far-flung places as Jakarta, Indonesia & Lagos, Nigeria. I was only knocked out one time in my career.
Who am I?
 
I was born in Mass. and am a multiple time world champion. Almost 70% of my victories came via KO. My fist two losses were via split decisions. I fought on three continents and took the belt from an all time great, who I fought three times. At least three of my losses were to fighters closely tied to PEDs, in fact one loss was over turned. Another all time great refused to fight me. Although I fought numerous big punchers, I was only stopped twice- once by somebody ranked on the list of greatest punchers of all time. The other was in my last fight, when my corner threw in the towel.
 
Absolut said:
I was born in Mass. and am a multiple time world champion. Almost 70% of my victories came via KO. My fist two losses were via split decisions. I fought on three continents and took the belt from an all time great, who I fought three times. At least three of my losses were to fighters closely tied to PEDs, in fact one loss was over turned. Another all time great refused to fight me. Although I fought numerous big punchers, I was only stopped twice- once by somebody ranked on the list of greatest punchers of all time. The other was in my last fight, when my corner threw in the towel.
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Ruiz.

Horrible to watch, but usually underrated.
 
sweetviolenturg said:
I was a Brooklyn, NY road warrior who made my pro debut in Kingston, Jamaica & 85 pro fights later finished it in Georgetown, Guyana. I won a world title in South Korea & defended it in such far-flung places as Jakarta, Indonesia & Lagos, Nigeria. I was only knocked out one time in my career.
Who am I?
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Saoul Mamby
 
I was a sweet but skinny fighter with a murderous punch. I never reached my full potential because I was a drug addict. Though I did knock out a former world champion in the opening round of my career best win.
Who am I?
 
sweetviolenturg said:
I was a sweet but skinny fighter with a murderous punch. I never reached my full potential because I was a drug addict. Though I did knock out a former world champion in the opening round of my career best win.
Who am I?
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Can I reiterate how happy I am you stuck around?
 
I was born in Africa, but moved to Italy to turn pro. I won 57 fights and am a former world champion. I won the belt, which was vacated by a legend who wanted a superfight, by defeating an undefeated fighter from Jamaica. He beat me by SD in a rematch, breaking one of my ribs. In my career I also handed a 38-0 Brit his first loss and beat him again in the rematch.
 
Absolut said:
I was born in Africa, but moved to Italy to turn pro. I won 57 fights and am a former world champion. I won the belt, which was vacated by a legend who wanted a superfight, by defeating an undefeated fighter from Jamaica. He beat me by SD in a rematch, breaking one of my ribs. In my career I also handed a 38-0 Brit his first loss and beat him again in the rematch.
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Sumbu Kalambay
 
sweetviolenturg said:
I was a sweet but skinny fighter with a murderous punch. I never reached my full potential because I was a drug addict. Though I did knock out a former world champion in the opening round of my career best win.
Who am I?
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I'm afraid that I may have been too vague with my hints so I'll mention that this fighter was a heavyweight. Good luck, gentlemen.
 
Sharkey said:
Cooney would fit your description for the most part.
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Good guess but the fighter I'm looking for was around just before Cooney. His ring moniker will give away his identity but I left a big hint to it in my description of him.
 
sweetviolenturg said:
Good guess but the fighter I'm looking for was around just before Cooney. His ring moniker will give away his identity but I left a big hint to it in my description of him.
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It's got to be Jeff Merritt then, no?
 
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