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…

LI Olympian Howard Davis Jr. honored in Glen Cove

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…

Howard Davis Jr., Olympic gold-medal boxer, remembered in Glen Cove

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…

Glen Cove to Hold Howard Davis Jr. Tribute

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…

Olympic Gold Medalist Boxer Howard Davis Jr. sends Cancer a Message; ‘It’s Fight Time!’

The Howard Davis Jr. Foundation to assist others in their fight against the disease Fort Lauderdale, Florida—An American boxing icon is in the biggest fight of his life—against stage four lung cancer. Howard Davis Jr. won the Gold Medal in boxing during the 1976 Olympics in Montreal Canada. He is known for having one of…