Who is hogan bassey

The details from wikipedia. Athlete Boxer. Davey Moore. Los Angeles, California, United States. Ernesto Parra. Hollywood, California, United States. Carmelo Costa. New York City, United States.

Willie Pep. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Jules Touan. Kensington, London, United Kingdom. Ricardo Moreno. Jean Pierre Cossemyns. Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Victor Pepeder. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Cherif Hamia. Paris, France. Miguel Berrios. Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Percy Lewis.

Joao Dos Santos. Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom. Jean Sneyers. Liege, Belgium. Alby Tissong. Aldo Pravisani. Louis Cabo.

Harringay, London, United Kingdom. Billy "Spider" Kelly. Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Joe Quinn. Juan Oscar Alvarez. Andre Pierson. Manchester, United Kingdom. Marcel Ranvial. Aime Devisch. Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Harry Ramsden. Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Luis Romero. Jo Woussem. Jacques Legendre. Enrico Macale.

Johnny Butterworth. After retaining the Empire championship with a round points win over Percy Lewis from Trinidad at Nottingham in April , he was included in the negotiations which followed the retirement of the world champion Sandy Saddler. He was on the floor in round two, but picked himself up and slammed away until the 10th when Hamia, who was the pre-fight favourite, folded and was rescued by the referee.

Bassey was greeted heroically in Britain and Nigeria, relinquished his Empire title, enjoyed a couple of non-title paydays before his old fans in Nottingham and Liverpool, and was invested as MBE at Buckingham Palace.

Eventually, he travelled to Los Angeles to defend the world championship against a Mexican, Ricardo "Little Bird" Moreno, on a rainy night in April Moreno was a sensational fighter with 29 knockouts in 33 fights, who was mostly responsible for drawing a crowd of 20, fans to Wrigley Field. Biddles always said when he saw Moreno spar in a headguard that looked like a crash helmet he suspected there must be something wrong with the Mexican's chin.

Moreno turned out to be heavy-punching, dangerous but technically crude, and Bassey used his speed and clever boxing before opening up to knock him out two seconds before the end of round three. Bassey returned to the United States in September for a non-title fight with the veteran former champion Willie Pep at the famous Boston Garden. Pep was 36 but, knowing this was his last chance to clinch a championship fight, he drilled himself into magnificent shape.

For five rounds, Pep was dazzling. Slowly, however, Bassey took over and in the ninth he put the old master down with right hands. Pep proudly struggled up, but the referee waved it off. The fight increased Bassey's profile in the States, and he and Biddles stayed on with their wives, mixing in personal appearances with two non-title wins in New York and Hollywood.

Bassey, still only 26, boxed badly. He was behind on points and cut over both eyes when he retired at the end of the 13th round. He was criticised for not continuing. Even the ringside doctor, Tommy Hard, said he could have boxed on. Today, he would not have been so harshly treated, but in champions were not expected to quit.