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macmac
06-30-2007, 07:23 AM
James scott former light-heavyweight contender from 70's boxing from prison any news about him ?
robert ungurean
06-30-2007, 11:05 AM
Curiouse myself. Ive actually been trying to find info on him for a few months but came up with nothing.
la-califa
06-30-2007, 01:53 PM
I never heard anything if he's been released from Rahway in N.J.
Titan1
06-30-2007, 05:11 PM
I thought I read somewhere he got released, maybe I'm mistaken.
macmac
06-30-2007, 08:51 PM
Any 1 have tapes of him fighting.
Renofan
07-01-2007, 05:47 PM
I have his fight with Dwight Muhammed Qawi, which incidentally takes place in Rahway Prison.
brownpimp88
07-02-2007, 12:37 AM
He has a solid resume for a contender in a great era.
Thread Stealer
07-02-2007, 01:21 PM
I think he got released.

Scumbag murderer, I wish Qawi had given him a life-altering beatdown rather than win a relatively uneventful decision.
Sam Dixon
07-02-2007, 07:54 PM
I think he got released.

I remember someone asking me about Scott's release a couple of years ago on a different forum, and through a couple of sources, I found that Scott was said to have been released from prison in Nov of 2004.
Titan1
07-19-2007, 05:22 PM
A fight between him and Galindez would have been interesting.
Duodenum
07-19-2007, 05:39 PM
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad said on camera that he would be perfectly willing to rematch Scott with his WBA Title on the line. Scott should have jumped at the chance. Instead, he replied something to the effect of, "Well, God bless him, but who I really want is Saad Muhammad, the hypocrite!" The WBC never ranked Scott, although the WBA did at the time Scott chose to forego another chance to defeat Eddie. Shortly after that, the WBA dropped him from their rankings, an he got dropped twice and beaten by Jerry Martin. (The Bull parlayed that win into three LH title shots.)

If Scott had beaten Eddie again, he might have gotten a unification crack at Matt.
JohnThomas1
07-20-2007, 06:47 AM
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad said on camera that he would be perfectly willing to rematch Scott with his WBA Title on the line. Scott should have jumped at the chance. Instead, he replied something to the effect of, "Well, God bless him, but who I really want is Saad Muhammad, the hypocrite!" The WBC never ranked Scott, although the WBA did at the time Scott chose to forego another chance to defeat Eddie. Shortly after that, the WBA dropped him from their rankings, an he got dropped twice and beaten by Jerry Martin. (The Bull parlayed that win into three LH title shots.)

If Scott had beaten Eddie again, he might have gotten a unification crack at Matt.

Personally, i really don't think Scott was beating Eddie again. Not outside prison anyways. I've read Eddie's account of the fight, held in prison of course, and all it's intangibles. I normally don't chew for long on fighters excuses but this time i actually believe.
Duodenum
07-20-2007, 10:13 AM
Personally, i really don't think Scott was beating Eddie again. Not outside prison anyways. I've read Eddie's account of the fight, held in prison of course, and all it's intangibles. I normally don't chew for long on fighters excuses but this time i actually believe.Watching that match, it was typical of Eddie's defeats, an utterly dismal performance on his part. A rematch between them would have been an interesting attempt at redemption for Eddie, who never boxed the same opponent twice. It would have been refreshing to see him motivated and in condition, as I'm sure he would have been, with all the pressure not to leave his title behind in Rahway, New Jersey.
macmac
08-25-2007, 09:20 PM
any chance of you posting the fight with dwight muhamammad quwi on you tube ?
robert ungurean
08-25-2007, 10:04 PM
Personally, i really don't think Scott was beating Eddie again. Not outside prison anyways. I've read Eddie's account of the fight, held in prison of course, and all it's intangibles. I normally don't chew for long on fighters excuses but this time i actually believe.Who is that stunner on your avatar?
macmac
08-28-2007, 04:23 PM
just found out james scott was freed on 10th of november 2004,still would like to see some of his fight's if anyone can hope me,cheers .
robert40
09-18-2007, 05:48 PM
I knew James Scott personally and yes he was released and doing well.
I happened to be at his fight with Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and it was one of the biggest upsets in boxing at the time. It would be interesting to see a tape and see the young man ringside and recall a time long ago. No doubt I'm in it.

I still have a autograph from the up and coming "At the time" Sugar Ray Leonard that night who was working for HBO covering the fight.