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My dinner with Conteh
09-23-2007, 09:39 AM
Anyone remember the KO Unofficial awards, like the Jake La Motta Iron Chin Anvil or the Eder Jofre Best Fighter You Never Saw award? I think Ring took it over but it initially featured in World Boxing in 1979. The inaugural winner of the Ken Norton Media Good Guy Award was our very own......




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...maybe the constant comparisons with Ali and the lack of appreciation did get to him and he just thought "Fuck you". :bbb
Nemesis
09-23-2007, 09:57 AM
where does the nickname 'mallard' come from?
JohnThomas1
09-23-2007, 10:06 AM
where does the nickname 'mallard' come from?

Duck

:D
Nemesis
09-23-2007, 10:56 AM
Duck

:D:patsch
Duodenum
09-23-2007, 05:24 PM
I think my favorite was "The Buster Mathis Empty Icebox Award."
My dinner with Conteh
09-23-2007, 05:25 PM
I think my favorite was "The Buster Mathis Empty Icebox Award."


Yeah, that's was great. As was the 'Joe Bugner Just Glad To Be Here' award. :D
Duodenum
09-23-2007, 05:28 PM
Yeah, that's was great. As was the 'Joe Bugner Just Glad To Be Here' award. :DMan, I'm sorely tempted to rifle through my old collection of KO mags to review those articles.
TBooze
09-23-2007, 05:36 PM
Yeah, that's was great. As was the 'Joe Bugner Just Glad To Be Here' award. :D

No, it has to be the Tap Tap Makanti name of the year award.

Because irony: winner of the Tony Ayala wasted talent award in 2000: Tony Ayala!
Duodenum
09-23-2007, 06:13 PM
No, it has to be the Tap Tap Makanti name of the year award.

Because irony: winner of the Tony Ayala wasted talent award in 2000: Tony Ayala!Along with Tap Tap Makathini, wasn't there another one with a name something like Ya Ya El Taweel?
TBooze
09-23-2007, 06:21 PM
Along with Tap Tap Makathini, wasn't there another one with a name something like Ya Ya El Taweel?

Lol probably:rofl

I always find on this subject, you cannot go wrong with a Southern African Heavyweight; where the likes of Hitler the Killer, Jukebox Timebomb and Captain Cleopas Marvel have fought.