i trained in his fathers gym. saw howard alot. he caught alot of bad brakes. RIP HOWARD

Howie was soooo good but only approached greatness, never attaining it. Sad. He was a true artist in the ring.

Sparred with Howard in '73 after he won the 126 lb. Golden Gloves sub-novice in NY. Damn, that boy was fast.

Only just found im related to Arthur danahar it’s a crazy honour and I’m forever grateful for it

Never knew Gibbons had over a hundred wins with only two losses going into this, amazing upload thanks

Bullshiters!

Who is the most fastest boxers in the history meldrick Taylor sugar Ray Leonard Howard Davis jr sugar Ray Robinson ir muhameed Ali ??

The fight should have been stopped in the first round.

The heart of Mancini is legendary

Taylor won this. He was busier and didn't get enough credit for his body punching.

Look at the precision and speed of some of those punches, especially the jab and right-cross counter. Lionel could have been anything. He was a natural. But he LOVED eating, and he smoked a couple of packets of durries a day. This was well-known at the time. Around the time he lost his title to Olivares, he was noticeably gassing out after handling his opponents with ease. The first few rounds against Olivares, he was very competitive, but that left-hook to the liver and other body shots got to him pretty quickly. He wasn't so much a good-time Charlie, but he certainly did enjoy indulging himself. Before he fought Fernando Sotelo, he scoffed a bowl of Mexican rice. It's no wonder the body punches got him. Lionel was also a lovely bloke who fell upon hard times later in life and got some bad press, but everyone loved him anyway.

Thomas Hearns before Thomas Hearns

pure hand speed and altheticism being shown by both guys in this fight

Recuerdo... De Howard Davis se esperaba más, por todo lo que hizo en las olimpiadas, pero no dio la talla en lo profesional, no tenía ese instinto asesino que tienen los campeones. Recursos boxisticos, los tenía de sobra, pero le faltó esa ambición vertical. No estaba direccionado a buscar la gloria. Se quedó en promesas, para lo que él no tenía espíritu. Se asustó que lo derribarán. Llegó al box profesional por inercia, pues no tenía la ambición. Le faltó ese espíritu callejero. Picardía. Picardía que debió tener su mánager o su entrenador, era demasiado fino y elegante para que no llegara a donde estaba destinado.

Danahar’s son was just on Bullseye with Jim Bowen

Is meldrick Taylor deceased?

What happened with Taylor when did he stop scrappin

Taylor won that ! Howard ran and held after he knew he wasn't gonna skate through the fight

Howard was the champ running like that ? Looked like Floyd!

This was a very good and competitive fight, but not as good as the first one. I agree with the decision.

Underrated because he’s white. If he were black he’d get the same respect as Jack Johnson, only a lot more.

man i miss those days.....back when boxing was still great...two great fighters howard davis r.i.p and meldrick taylor...miss both you guys in the ring....

Losers

5:41 good

I hope Brown rots in hell. The true cheese champion could do whatever he wanted. He was even allowed to run over and murder a woman with his car and had absolutely no consequences.

Guy's ive just found out Joe is my great uncle...we are related try get in touch

i listened to his on the world radio station at the time in erina..........seeing this now; lionel moves like cashus clay......most proud

Tragic how both these guys ended up...Howard dying of metastatic cancer at 59 and Meldrick suffering terribly from pugilistic dementia. So sad. Howard was always at war, I believe, within himself. He was blessed with first rate athletic ability as a boxer but he was also highly intelligent so he wondered why he was blessed and cursed by his calling as a boxer. He didn't like pain and he didn't like inflicting it.

Grandad all ways spoke about tiles ratterling when boon was waking the bag can see why !

Eric appeared in films as an extra , in at least one Carry On .

181 pounds "heavyweight" lol

When watching this fight listen to the commentary regarding Panama Lewis 5:00 and why he can't be in the corner when he's the trainer of Howard Davis Jr, Up until this fight Howard's trainer has been his father (Sr). Panama Lewis was one the most criminal characters in the business, he was in Aaron Pyrors corner the night he fought Arguello and there was funny business with cocaine in the corner as well.

no doubt who the commentators were told to tout in this fight... taylor was to be the next cash cow... the first rnd which was a feeling out rnd where neither fighter did much or imposed any will on the other... yet we heard numerous times how taylor was "dominating"... or how crisp he was... or how slow davis traditionally started... all designed to manipulate oppinions about the fight...

I don't like how they ditch the original announcers in favor of Joe Tessitore sitting in a studio re-broadcasting a tape of the fight.

Hi,is there any chance you could send this link to d brown. He colourises old classic fights,this would look amazing,Armstrong in his prime

The judges got it right, for once, great fight, both fighters gave their all. They were evenly matched and a draw was a fair result. You hate to see a loser when both men performed brilliantly.

Bullseye

My great uncle Jackie brown

Up there with Kostya and fenech. Prettiest Australian boxer i have ever seen

Joe is my third cousen

The best Brit to ever win a World Title

He's related to me

That my cousin rose

Benny Lynch may have been the greatest British boxer ever. He lost the world title by being overweight, not in the ring. Drink destroyed his career and his life.

Asian Hary Greb

Taylor won.

lionel was the best

Gaz thanks for the upload.

For everyone claiming robbery on Davis' behalf, need I remind of what a robbery is. Watch the recent fight between Nick Walters vs Jason Sosa or Whitaker vs Chavez Sr.

RIP Howard.