FANTASTIC FIFTIES - TV STARS

BOXING ON TV "The Fantastic Fifties:  By brian Zelley

There was a time when TV boxing was a must view once a week

Looking back into the files of old boxing magazines of the
Fifties and early Sixties, there were always stories about
the fights and the fighters.  Some may remember some of
the names. It is believed that the one with the most Television
bouts was RALPH (Tiger) JONES.  But there were plenty of
names to drop into any discussion.  At random some
were Al  Andrews,   Wes Bascom, Rocky Castellani,
Chuck Davey, Del Flanagan, Billy Graham, Arthur King,
Danny Nardico, Randy Sandy,  Gil Turner. Chico Vejar,
and one of the West Coast TV regulars was Art Aragon. 


But, we cannot forget the names of JIMMY SLADE and
JIMMY BIVINS.

from FLOYD PATTERSON to DAVEY MOORE and HOWARD WINSTONE

CHAMPIONS:  SOME UNSUNG HEROES:  By Brian Zelley

INTRODUCTION

As we look at the many lists of great champions, or top ten lists,

or the best boxers some of the following names never appear.

But put aside the lists and remember the following 12 boxers:

Ezzard Charles, Floyd Patterson, Harold Johnson,

Bob Foster, Freddie Steele, Alan Minter, 

Curtis Cokes, Emile Griffith,  Joe Brown,

Ken Buchanan Howard Winstone, Davey Moore 


HEAVYWEIGHTS:
The two heavyweight champions in this list are
EZZARD CHARLES and FLOYD PATTERSON.


LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS:
The two light-heavyweight champions are:
HAROLD JOHNSON and BOB FOSTER.


WELTERWEIGHTS  and MIDDLEWEIGHTS:
The middleweights and welterweights are
FREDDIE STEELE, ALAN MINTER,
CURTIS COKES  and EMILE GRIFFITH.

                                  Emile Griffith and Manuel Gonzalez


LIGHTWEIGHTS and FEATHERWEIGHTS:
The lighter weight champions are:
JOE BROWN, KEN BUCHANAN, 
HOWARD WINSTONE and DAVEY MOORE.