American Top Team fighters at UFC 195 reflect on Howard Davis Jr.’s legacy

Photo Credit: Howard Davis won a gold medal in boxing at the 1976 Olympics. – Tony Duffy/Getty Images Original Article from www.mmafighting.com By Dave Doyle  @davedoylemma LAS  VEGAS — Remember when Mike Brown punished opponents with his fists during his heyday as WEC featherweight champion? That was in large part Howard Davis Jr.’s doing. Brown, a native of Maine, found his…

American Top Team fighters at UFC 195 reflect on Howard Davis Jr.’s legacy

Original Article: http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/12/31/10697046/american-top-team-fighters-at-ufc-195-reflect-on-howard-davis-jr-s By Dave Doyle  @davedoylemma on Dec 31, 2015, 5:40p LAS  VEGAS — Remember when Mike Brown punished opponents with his fists during his heyday as WEC featherweight champion? That was in large part Howard Davis Jr.’s doing. Brown, a native of Maine, found his groove as a fighter when he relocated to Coconut Creek, Fla., and joined the…

Howard Davis Jr, Aaron Pryor, Roberto Duran And The Glen Cove Boxing Gym

Original article: http://agelessadonis.com/howard-davis-jr-aaron-pryor-roberto-duran-and-the-glen-cove-boxing-gym/ September 1976:  The Glen Cove Boxing gym was shoved behind Glen Street. An old garage made out of cinder blocks, cement and white paint, it housed a small ring, two dilapidated punching bags and a ringside spectator bench. It was home to such fighters as heavyweight contender Hubert Hilton, Allen “JuneBug” Hudson (who…

Howard Davis Jr., boxer who won Olympic gold while in mourning, dies at 59

Original Article on The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/howard-davis-jr-boxer-who-won-olympic-gold-while-in-mourning-dies-at-59/2016/01/01/05afa288-b0b5-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html   By Jennifer Kay January 1 at 1:36 PM Howard Davis Jr., the Olympic champion boxer who won the 1976 gold medal and was named over teammate Sugar Ray Leonard as the most outstanding fighter in the Montreal Games, died Dec. 30 at his home in Plantation, Fla. He was 59.…