The "Golden Age"
s a fan of boxing, I have always felt that the seventies and eighties were the golden age of the sport. Every division was represented by someone larger than life itself, an icon, a media star. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Yes, Muhammad was the king.
But there were many pretenders to the throne: Sugar Ray Leonard, the media darling of the 1976 Olympics; Roberto Duran, now there’s someone I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark corner; George Foreman, the Darth Vader of boxing during the 70s. He made Larry Holmes look like a choir boy; Marvin Hagler, someone please get a lunch pail; and, of course, my favorite, the one, the only — Jimmy Young.
Jimmy who?
Here are some trivia questions I know you’re going to love:
Who sent George Foreman into early retirement in the 1970s?
Who gave Muhammad Ali a boxing lesson in Landover, Maryland, in 1976 on prime time TV?
Who dominated Kenny Norton for 15 rounds and made him look like an amateur?
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