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38 Years Ago Today

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Post by Eyetoldyouso Fri 06 Dec 2013, 11:45 am

It was 38 years ago today that John H Stracey beat the legendary Jose Napoles in front of 40,000 disbelieving Mexicans, sending their hero into retirement. This outstanding achievement deserves to be remembered by all fight fans.

There is an article about this fight in today's i newspaper

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-forty-years-ago-today-john-h-stracey-strode-into-a-mexican-bullring-and-ended-legend-jose-napoles-career-8986693.html

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Post by ShahenshahG Fri 06 Dec 2013, 12:58 pm

Cheers

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Post by TRUSSMAN66 Fri 06 Dec 2013, 12:59 pm

We can mark 33 years since Berbick's great win over Ali next week..

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