Billy 'Dynamite' Douglas Written by Jim Amato

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Billy 'Dynamite' Douglas

Written by Jim Amato

 

He will always be remembered as " Buster's Dad" but Billy Douglas was quite a fighter in his own right. Billy was born in 1940 and turned pro in 1967 just three days before his 27th birthday. There was no fanfare for this native of Columbus, Ohio. He started at the bottom and fought his way into the rankings. In 1969 he took out the talented Luis Vinales in one round. He would then be stopped himself by Pedro Miranda.

 

Douglas began to make some serious noise in 1970. He stopped former Olympian Wilbert McClure. He then outscored tough Willie Warren, drew with Don Fullmer and won a decision over Tom "The Bomb" Bethea. Billy suffered a couple of setbacks in 1971 dropping ten round dukes to the slick Bunny Sterling and the always capable Jose Gonzalez. Douglas got right back on track in 1972 with kayos over Billy Lloyd, Carlos Marks, Al Quinney and Marion Conner. Billy's nickname wasn't "Dynamite" for no reason.

 

Douglas continued his surge into 1973 stopping the respected Nate Collins. Billy was then matched with Philadelphia's Bennie Briscoe for the NABF middleweight title. At the time Briscoe was one of the best middleweights in the world and "Bad" Bennie halted Bill in round eight. Later that year Douglas lost a decision in South Africa to Elijah Makathini. In 1974 Douglas lost to another top notch Philly fighter being on the short end of a points verdict to Willie "The Worm" Monroe. Then in a crazy promotional stunt Douglas was matched with Danny Brewer in a fight that was advertised as being for the world's junior light heavyweight title. The weight limit was 167. Brewer exited in round two.

 

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