RISE AND FALL OF JOHN TATE
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THIS week marks the 24-year anniversary of John Tate’s passing. A man once regarded as one the best heavyweights in the world is today all but forgotten.
Knoxville saved John Tate before it was the death of him. In 1975, when an amateur heavyweight from Memphis, he caught the eye of manager and trainer Ace Miller who told Tate that if he moved to Knoxville he’d turn him into a
