Boxing – 1979 – Amateur USA VS Cuba – Johnny Bumphus & Jackie Beard & Benard Taylor & Alex Ramos

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DOG ASIDE:  Leading up the the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics….and prior to a “peanut farming US President” decision to dash the hopes, dreams and sacrifices of so many US athletes by boycotting the Games due to the USSR’s presence in Afgahnistan….I mean after all….isn’t the US sending more troops into Afgahnistan in 2017… some 37 years later….but…

Olympics – 1984 L A Games – Boxing – Flywts & Lt Flywts & Super Flywts – Diving Men’s 3m

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DOG ASIDE:     ABC’s afternoon telecast of Day 10 of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games featured three (3) boxing matches….which were all called by legendary boxing commentator Howar Cosell…..with the 1st televised match being a flyweight bout between USA Steve McCrory vs. MAW Peter Ayesu….as McCrory would win this match by unanimous decision…