![]() ![]() ![]() He then challenged Kenny Bristol for the middleweight title of Guyana, but lost on points over 15 rounds. He returned to his homeland and, one month later on October 31 1978, he defeated Trinidad’s Eddie Marcelle. The fight for the Commonwealth middleweight title took place at Randers Hallen and Ford suffered a fifth round TKO to Ugandan Ayub Kalule, his opponent. On September 4th 1978 Ford had the opportunity to win a title for himself and country. His first six bouts were in the USA but his next stop was Denmark. Thus he began his path to redemption with a trainer in tow and won four straight fights.Īmong his victims were John LoCicero, Manuel Melon, Morris Watkins and Charles Dione. Most fighters would throw in the towel in the fach of such setbacks but Ford had a steely determination to be the best that he could be. The fight was against Hagler at the Arena, Boston, USA and Ford, who did not have a manager at the time, was knocked out in three rounds by the `Marvellous One’. He went the distance over 10 rounds but did not get the decision probably because Watts had just beaten a boxer by the name of Marvin Hagler.įord also lost his second professional bout, a much tougher fight than his debut fight considering the fact that he came up against one of the all-time greats. Rather than be given a fight that his management knew that he would win in an effort to ease him into the pro ranks, Ford began with a debut defeat to a boxer by the name of Bobby Watts at the Civic Auditorium, Pensacola, USA. His professional career, however did not pan out the way that he had expected. Most amateur boxers turn professional after participating in the Olympic Games, widely considered to be the pinnacle of the sport. He is, to date, the only Guyanese boxer to participate in four major international games, the Commonwealth Games in Edinburg, Scotland in 1970, The Pan Am Games in 1971, the Olympic Games in 1972 and the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1974 medalling at two of the four games, a tremendous achievement given the state of amateur boxing at the time.įord won a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games and at the CAC Games but lost to former World Champion Allan Minter of Great Britain at the Olympics. That facility became the Salem Boxing Gym, which ultimately became one of the top boxing gyms in this country and a household name, along with Dowden’s Gym and many more at the time.įord eventually became the welterweight champion of Guyana in 1975-76. Then one day a good friend, `Pirate’ Alexander, donated the use of his bottom house for a gym. His idol was his brother-in-law, the late Lennox Beckles, who would drag him along to gym workouts. He had an outstanding career as an amateur boxer after he began following the game when he was just 10 years old. Guyana’s Reginal Fordīorn 11th June 1953 in Alberttown, to Allan Ford and Beryl Braithwaite, Ford attended St Ambrose Primary School and later Oriental College. `Reggie’ Ford, fought six world champions during his relatively short career. Patrick, as most would know, fought twice for the world championships and lost both encounters to Salvador Sanchez and Eusibio. There has been lots of debate over the years as to which of the two brothers was the better boxer. ![]() Ford and his younger brother, the late Patrick, just could not get boxing out of their system. Boxing just wasn’t a sport for him it was a passion. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.The late Reginald `Reggie’ Forde lived for boxing. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Logos were compiled by the amazing .Ĭopyright © 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We present them here for purely educational purposes. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. ![]()
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