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…
Original Article from Newsday Credit: Newsday / Chris Ware August 18, 2015 9:13 PM Olympic gold-medal boxer Howard Davis Jr. was honored in his native Glen Cove, along with wife Karla, on August 18, 2015, for their work through the Howard Davis Jr. Foundation. Davis started the foundation, which raises funds for alternative treatments for…
Original Article from Newsday By David Olson david.olson@newsday.com Photo: Ali Karim Muhammad, left, fights Howard Davis Jr. of Glen Cove at the MSG Felt Forum on Jan. 21, 1988. Davis, who was remembered Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Glen Cove, won by a knockout; Davis died of lung cancer Dec. 30, 2015, in Florida. Photo Credit: Newsday…
Original Article from Glen Cove Patch By PAIGE MCATEE (Patch Staff) The community is invited to attend a special “Celebration of Life” tribute to honor boxing legend Howard Davis Jr. on Saturday in Glen Cove. The 59-year-old Glen Cove native was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist. After learning of his diagnosis in February, Davis was…
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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…
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…
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.…
Original Article from Sun Sentinel Photo Gallery Photo Gallery 2 By Gary Curreri Correspondent Olympic boxing champ and local MMA promoter Howard Davis Jr. died Wednesday night. In the eight years that U.S. Olympic gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. and his wife, Karla Guadamuz-Davis were together, they formed an inseparable bond. On Wednesday night, nearly…
Original Article from AP – http://bigstory.ap.org/article/603c213a4fe34151b23893c514dd57ce/1976-olympic-champion-boxer-howard-davis-jr-dies-59 MIAMI (AP) — Olympic champion boxer Howard Davis Jr., who won the 1976 gold medal and was named over teammate Sugar Ray Leonard as the most outstanding fighter in the Montreal Games, has died of cancer, his wife said Friday. Davis, 59, died Wednesday at his Plantation home, surrounded…