RIP Matthew Saad Muhammad

Real fighter from a golden age when boxing still mattered:

https://youtu.be/Svke__zBozs

What a video!! Go Mo, enjoy your journey.

RIP Champ.

R.i.p.

We'll never forget the wars that brought us so much joy.

RIP to a real entertainer of the sport

1 of my fav fighters to youtube practically every fight was a toe to toe classic.

Hang on a minute.

When did this happen? I can't find news of it anywhere.

There will be those who watched him fight, half expecting him to make a comeback from this. Guess he's all out of miracles. RIP Matt thanks for the memories.

ONETWOFOREVER wrote:Hang on a minute.

When did this happen? I can't find news of it anywhere.

It's on boxrec

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=8618&cat=boxer

That's the only place I've found it so far.

What an entertainer he was. Not fortunate enough to have grown up watching Saad's battles as they unfolded like some lucky guys, but that Light-Heavy era of the mid seventies to mid eighties is probably my favourite microcosm of boxing history looking back. Great value-for-money fighters, none more so than him.

R.I.P

Its on a few feeds/sites now.

Hell of a life story. Abandoned on the streets of Philly at 5, back on them again after the good times.

Matthew Saad Muhammad dies at 59

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/340217-matthew-saad-muhammad-dies-at-59

Matthew Saad Muhammad, the hard-punching Philadelphian who reigned as light heavyweight champ from 1979 to 1981, has died at 59 in a Philadelphia hospital.

Muhammad (49-16-3, 35 knockouts) stopped Marvin Johnson to win the WBC title and made eight successful defenses before losing his belt to Dwight Muhammad Qawi in a strong era for 175-pounders.

He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.

A full report will follow shortly.

milkyboy wrote:There will be those who watched him fight, half expecting him to make a comeback from this. Guess he's all out of miracles. RIP Matt thanks for the memories.

Nicely put.


It seems strange that I was watching the Lopez fights just a couple of days ago. A beast of a fighter.


Rest In Peace

Boxing matters now ....

Saddest thing about Saad was he was set up for a big pay day unification with Spinks when he lost to Qawi...Would have been an intriguing matchup but alas it didn't happen.

Shame he's gone....RIP

Never knew much about him if in honest but have watched some clips of him in the past and the clip above is a gem. Especially that left uppercut at 03:20. That one punch is on nearly every boxing knockout dvd you will ever find.

Looked like a talented boxer with a great heart and a chin, throw in the sad upbringing and adversity he had to over come only makes it sadder. RIP