AMERICA produced a steady stream of world-class middleweights back in the 1970s.
Men like Marvin Hagler, Vito Antuofermo, Eugene ‘Cyclone’ Hart, Tony Licata, Mike Rossman, Mike Baker, Bennie Briscoe, Eddie Gregory and Willie Monroe all spring to mind. One of the first to make his mark over here was Tom ‘The Bomb’ Bethea, a hard-punching fighter from Harlem, in New York City. Born in 1944,
