Legendary Boxing Classics

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NYSAC Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier signs, on May 16, 1968, to defend his title against Manuel Ramos (left) on June 24th at madison Square Garden. The fight was recognized as being for the World Heavyweight Championship by the states of New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Massachusetts. It will be Frazier's first title defense, he'll be staggered by a right uppercut in the 1st round, and he will TKO his Mexican challenger in the 2nd round. ---------------------------------------------------------- It may seem hard to believe that a guy that finished his career at 24-29-3 was once a heavyweight title challenger but Manuel Ramos did, in fact, challenge Joe Frazier for the heavyweight title (NYSAC) in June of 1968 (TKO by 2). Out of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Manuel Ramos put together an impressive early career winning streak which included a knockout over the (at the time) well regarded James J Woody. Early in his career, Ramos was always in perfect condition. By 1968, he was rated 4th in the world by Ring Magazine and touted by many as the greatest heavyweight in Mexican boxing history. Ramos earned his title shot against Frazier by scoring an upset 10 round decision over former WBA World Heavyweight Champion Ernie Terrell in October of 1967. Ramos went toe-to-toe with Frazier and even staggered him for a brief moment, however, Frazier came back to deck Ramos for the first time in his career and stop him in the 2nd round. Even following his loss to Joe Frazier, Ramos was still highly regarded, and a Ring Magazine story even hinted that they believed he could have won the WBA Heavyweight Elimination Tournament. However, his once promising career took a nose-dive following stunning upset losses to George Chuvalo and Chuck Wepner which ended his career as a top 10 heavyweight. Ramos hit rock bottom when he traveled to Argentina and was destroyed in one round by the world-rated Oscar Bonavena. Incredibly, Manuel Ramos was finished as a contender by the young age of 25, yet his name enabled him to continue to fight on for almost a decade. Ramos was reduced to a stepping stone for title bound fighters; losing to Ron Stander and Ron Lyle to name a few. Starting with a loss to Jurgen Blin in June of 1971, Ramos would lose his final 15 fights, and after the loss to Frazier he would go 4-23-1 for the remainder of his career. Near the end of his boxing days, even Ramos' famous iron chin had cracked and he was knocked out by Bob Hazelton and Bernardo Mercado.

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Jack Chase (pictured) loses his California State Middleweight Title to Archie Moore via 15-round unanimous decision on May 8, 1943 at Lane Field in San Diego, California. Chase had won the CA State Middleweight Title from Eddie Booker five months earlier. Chase-Booker had also been the first scheduled 15-round fight in California since 1914. After being banned, fifteen-round fights were again legalized in California in November of 1942. The AP reported that Chase began to tire in the 13th round and Moore's strong late rally secured him the decision. Chase would regain the title from Moore with a 15-round UD in August at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium. Moore would win a 10-round decision over Chase in November of 1943 and the pair would fight to a 10-round draw in 1946. The "Ole Mongoose" would score a 9th round KO of Chase in their final (6th) meeting, in March of 1947, at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Moore had won a 10-round UD in their first bout, in 1942, at San Diego Coliseum. ---------------------------------------------------------- By any means of measure, Jack Chase should have been afforded the opportunity to fight for a world title during his career, but we can't rewrite history be it good or bad. Born Isaiah James Chase in Sherman, Texas, he was an African-American middleweight, who boxed in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Texas and fought mainly on the west coast of the United States. He boxed under the name ‘Young Joe Lewis’ (sometimes billed as 'Young Joe Louis' as well) for the first part of his career, before changing to Jack Chase in 1942. His official fight count stands at 117 (81-24-12 with 31 KO's), but it is believed he competed in at least an additional 40 plus fights prior to 1936, during which time his full record is unknown. Chase is included in the set remembered as ‘Murderers’ Row’, a term used by Budd Schulberg to describe those boxers of the era who were so feared that they were avoided by title holders and so were unable to ever secure a title shot. Jack Chase was ranked 2nd in the world at middleweight yet never received a title shot. Chase had several run ins with the law during his life, including serving jail time in Colorado on a few occasions, and was arrested for shooting fellow boxer Aaron Wade in California (We have gone over that Wade story previously here and will again in more detail in the future). From Charley Burley dot com: Another of the solid West Coast fighters campaigning throughout the 1930s and 40s Jack Chase appeared to have something of the devil about him. Starting out as a teenager fighting in the tough mining town of Walsenburg, Colorado he is reported to have stretched out an unbeaten run of some sixty plus fights before losing to South African Eddie Pierce. With close to half of his victories coming via the short route this Rocky Mountain socker proved that he could box as well as punch and by 1937 Young Joe Louis, as he was calling himself, was rated in the top ten in the country by the Ring magazine. Unfortunately for him a seemingly unstoppable march towards higher honours and greater recognition came to an screeching halt when the young fighter found himself caught up in a ‘situation’ and ended up paying his debt to society in a Colorado prison cell. Further misfortune befell him upon his return to ring action in 1941 when opponent Roy (Jack) Gillespie died as a result of a knockout blow. After one more fight in the Rocky Mountain region Young Joe Louis took himself and his eighty-something record to California where he became Jack Chase. During the 40s the professional fight game on the West Coast could boast some of the best fighters in the United States – if not the world and the new arrival soon found himself trading leather with Archie Moore, Eddie Booker, Lloyd Marshall, Tiger Wade and Charley Burley. A veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of 1940s black fistiana. Chase quickly established himself and won the California State Middleweight title by defeating Eddie Booker over fifteen rounds. He then lost and re-won the title in two bouts with the inimitable Archie Moore. Two successful defences against Lloyd Marshall were notched up before Jack ran into the great Charley Burley. Chase was stopped twice by the Pittsburgh great in two title fights and lost an earlier encounter on points. Chase beat some of the top names in the game at the time, but two guys he just couldn’t beat were the aforementioned Burley and the sadly neglected Holman Williams who topped Jack on four separate occasions. Early in 1944, a shooting incident involving fellow middleweight ‘Tiger’ Wade had him in the news for reasons other than fighting — although Wade recovered sufficiently to continue with his career. Jack put some more hurt on Wade a few months later when he knocked him out in ten rounds. After losing his state middleweight title to Charley Burley, Chase won the state light heavyweight crown in a match with Watson Jones over fifteen rounds. After 1944 however, the number of bouts and the number of victories began to dwindle; losses to Archie Moore and the solid ‘Oakland’ Billy Smith finished him as a top-flight attraction. What is noticeable about the record of Jack Chase is the absence of practically all of the big-name white fighters at middleweight and even light heavyweight. As with the rest of the black fighters around during the same period, fighting among themselves was the only way for these long-forgotten boxing stars to make a living. (P.S. Some moron on a Pacquiao thread on X yesterday replied to me that if Chase was that good he'd have fought for a title. In his opinion that meant Chase 'sucked'. That kind of (boxing) illiteracy, and stupidity, is what we're committed to either changing, or avoiding, here every day.)

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Ezzard Charles (right, in both pics) KO's Elmer "Violent" Ray in the 9th round at Chicago Stadium on May 7, 1948. Ray came into this fight the 2nd ranked heavyweight in the world. United Press would report: "Hammer-fisted Ezzard Charles racked up a knockout over Elmer Ray today and called for a shot at light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich. The fast moving Charles hanged the aging Ray right out of heavyweight boxing with a left hook at 2:43 of the 9th stanza." Chicago Promoter Irving Schoenwald would wire Gus Lesnevich a $50,000 offer to defend his Light Heavyweight Title against Charles in an outdoor show in Chicago for that summer but that never happened. Charles would eventually defend the Heavyweight Championship against Lesnevich, in August of 1949, scoring a 7th round RTD win at Yankee Stadium. Ezzard Charles started 1948 off with an 8th-round KO of Archie moore in Cleveland and would go onto decision Jimmy Bivins in September at Griffith Stadium. Finishing the year with an 11th round TKO of Joe Baksi, it was evident that Charles would now seek the Heavyweight Title. ---------------------------------------------------------- Elmer "Violent" Ray went 15-0 in 1946 with 14 KO's,14-0 with 14 KO's in 1945, 15-0 with 15 KO's in 1944, and hadn't lost a fight since August of 1943 (a decision to Turkey Thompson), in the midst of a 50-fight win streak. All without getting a title shot. He'd finally lose, a decision, to Jersey Joe Walcott in March of 1947. 96-23-11 with 69 KO's, Elmer "Violent" Ray was the #1-ranked heavyweight contender by early 1947. He lost that ranking and a potential title fight with Joe Louis, when he was defeated by Jersey Joe Walcott on March 1st of 1947. Ray would subsequently go on to defeat future champion Ezzard Charles on a split decision, before Charles knocked him out in the 9th round on May 7, 1948, in a rematch, ending his title hopes for good. Ray would split two fights with Charles, go 1-2 against Walcott, and have wins over Lee Savold (KO2) and Obie Walker (Two decisions) as well. In 2003, Elmer Ray made the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all-time at # 44. ---------------------------------------------------------- There's a tendency, sadly, particularly by the more historically illiterate and ignorant boxing fans, for many to look at Ezzard Charles' career record and dismiss him when speaking about the best pound-for-pound fighters in the history of the sport. Ezzard Charles was in the midst of one of the most sensational runs in boxing history, he had lost only one fight since December of 1944 - a decision to Elmer "Violent" Ray which he'd later avenge with this 9th round KO - right to the Heavyweight Title and would not lose again until July of 1951. In that seven and a half year span; Charles beat Archie Moore three times, Llloyd Marshall twice, Oakland Billy Smith twice, Jimmy Bivins twice, Jersey Joe Walcott twice, Elmer Ray, Gus Lesnevich, Joey Maxim and Joe Louis. Keep in mind that Charles also won UD's over the great, and in his prime, Charley Burley in both of their meetings in 1942. Charles took their first fight on three days notice, as well, dropping burley in round four and almost knocking him out in the final round. At the time that Charles lost his title to Walcott his record stood at 71-5-1, his only losses to future Middleweight Champion Ken Overlin (UD10), a split decision to Kid Tunero (one of the best Cuban fighters to never win a world title), a UD to the great Jimmy Bivins, a 9th round TKO loss to the great Lloyd Marshall, and that decision to Elmer Ray. One of the most underrated great boxers in the sport's history, Charles wasn't afforded the opportunity to fight for a world title until his 68th pro fight, already nine years into his career. Ezzard Charles is an All-Time, Top-Ten, Pound-for-Pound boxer.

Klondike Haynes hands future Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnosn (3-0-0 coming in) his first loss on May 6, 1899 scoring a 5th-round TKO at Howard Theater in Chicago. According to the Chicago Tribune this was one of six bouts put on at the Howard Theatre by the Illinois Athletic Club. "...Johnson, a long rangy colored man from Springfield, looking something like Fitzsimmons in black, showed up well at the start, but weakened under the steady but ponderous attack of 'Klondike'..." Johnson and Haynes would then battle to a 20-round draw in June of 1900. The Galveston Giant would TKO Haynes in the 14th round (of a scheduled 20) in December of 1900. Haynes was, by far, the more active boxer at this point in time as, between their first and third meeetings (only 19 months time) he'd fought 18 other bouts aside from his second meeting with Johnson. Johnson had only three other bouts (aside from the draw with Haynes) during that interim. Klondike first declared himself the 'Black Heavyweight Champion' (That was considered different than the 'colored" title and Sam langford would later make the same claim when Jack Johnson refused to face him) after beating Johnson (in their first meeting) in the future World Heavyweight Champion's fourth pro fight at Chicago's Howard Theater on May 8th of 1899. It was Klondike's eighth professional bout. Though Haynes would fight on until 1911, suffering many of the losses on his (24-11-3 with 14 KO wins) record, he was essentially on the downside post-1903. Klondike Haynes, born John W. Haynes in Chicago, lost his first two fights to Frank Childs (Frank Childs, aka "The Crafty Texan", was a great black heavyweight of the 19th century and we will get into him on 19thCB:IM&M) by TKO's. Haynes would win ten in a row but Childs proved to be his kryptonite; Haynes would first lose on a points decision and then on a 3rd round KO to Childs challenging for the "Colored Heavyweight Title" in August and October of 1899. Overall, Haynes would lose all six of his bouts against Childs. He came into his second bout with Johnson with only one loss, a decision to Denver Ed Martin, in his previous fifteen bouts (11-1-3). Klondike Haynes passed away in February of 1949 at the age of 71.

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