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Tonight! MSG Network’s Friday Night Fights: Ray Mancini vs. Livingstone Bramble (6/1/


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Tonight at 9:00 p.m. on MSG Network’s “Friday Night Fights,” hosted by John Duddy and Mark Breland: Ray Mancini vs. Livingstone Bramble (6/1/84). Sporting a 20-1 record, Livingstone Bramble entered this 1984 bout with a shot to take down defending WBA lightweight champ Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, NY. A heavy underdog, Bramble almost ended the fight in the first round after he severely sliced Mancini’s eye, but “Boom Boom’s” cut man quickly equalized the injury. Still, Mancini wasn’t prepared for Bramble’s ability to turn southpaw, which resulted in a number of additional cuts to Mancini’s face and the eventual loss of the belt by a 14th round knockout. Duddy: “Back (in 1984) fighting was really popular, especially for the smaller weights and Ray ”Boom Boom” Mancini was one of those reasons.” Breland: “Oh yeah, the smaller weights were big back then. You had Ray Leonard, Alexis Aguello…all of the small guys were big bangers.” Duddy: “In attendance that night, Hector Camacho and Aaron Pryor, and they were all watering at the mouth wanting to fight Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. But, first he had to get through Livingstone Bramble. Tell us about Livingstone.” Breland: “I […] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=DBXm9rse3pI:vvzb7YppR3k:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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