“Boxers last only a short time, but managers go on forever.”—Joe Greb Gus Dundee, an ex-heavyweight champion of the world played by Pat Comisky, and the menacing Buddy Brannen, suitably cast by Max Baer, met in the movie The Harder They Fall and Buddy rendered a terrible beat down on Gus who thereafter suffered from severe headaches and brain damage going into his next fight … [Read more...]
Wilford Scypion… 80’s Middleweight Contender Passes At 55.
Wilford Scypion who has died aged 55, was a top middleweight during the 80’s when the great Marvin Hagler ruled the division. Scypion, who fought out of Texas, was a tough, hard punching fighter, who could box or slug, and took part in a number of crowd pleasing slugfests during a career that spanned 13 years, from 1978 to 1991. Scypion's career was touched by tragedy … [Read more...]