
The Great White Hype
The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man, who's beaten his black champ (at 17), a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.















4 December 1955, St. Louis, Missouri, USA


13 December 1967, Terrell, Texas, USA

5 June 1975


15 March 1949, Baltimore, Maryland, USA


22 October 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

27 March 1976, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

18 November 1969, Queens, New York, USA

12 October 1970, Houston, Texas, USA

13 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA

4 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA

8 July 1963, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

18 June 1908, Montrose, Iowa, USA

25 September 1960, Venice, California, USA

10 March 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA

23 June 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA

9 September 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA

December 26, 1962 in Dallas, Texas, USA

5 May 1944, Ammanford, Wales, UK

14 November 1942, Delaware, Ohio, USA

15 April 1946, USA



December 8, 1927 in Tampa, Florida, USA

10 April 1959, New York City, New York, USA


