James "Hardrock" Green
Gregg
Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
said he was once a pro fighter.
ELASTIN2
He was a former middleweight contender. Fought on USA about a year back and
lost. Think he's back in retirement. James is only 5'4 or so..but very
muscular. He was a top ten fighter in the mid-80s.
Wbsmms
This guy was a good fighter -- very strong, with some power.
Ivan Weiss
On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Gregg wrote:
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
James "Hardrock" Green was indeed a pro fighter, and one tough little SOB
he was. Now the question is: Are you sure the man you met was in fact
James "Hardrock' Green?
Ivan Weiss Even a blind pig finds
Vashon WA an acorn once in a while
gem
Gregg wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
Two of his fights I remember is vs John Mugabi and vs Donald Curry.
The Mugabi fight:
James "Hardrock" Green VS John "The Beast" Mugabi.
Mugabi was a real knockout artist. His record at the time was about
24 - 0 and all by KO! Hardrock's corner made a real show of trying to
intimidate Mugabi. During the last instructions before the 1st round
one of Hardrock's cornermen looked at Mugabi with a big evil grin on
his face an rubbed his hands together as if to say "we GOT you NOW."
Lou Duva, Jame's manager, kept pointing to Mugabi's stomach and yelling,
"lookit that belly, he aint in shape!". Mugabi's cornermen, Micky Duff and
George Frances openly laughed at Duva's antics.
The fight was actually a real test for the up and coming Mugabi. Many
people didnt think much of him despite his record and the fact that he had
earlier need only one round to destroy the tough Curtis Parker.
Hardrock was not afraid, he came right at Mugabi, who didnt mind that at all.
Both fighters traded freely. Mugabi had rather thin legs but his upper body
was HUGE and he posessed an unusual speed. Green's style was always the
same, move forward and throw many compact punches, he could hardly do
anything different since he was very short for a junior middleweight.
He had plenty of muscle and was always in top shape but it was doubtful he
ever fought anyone who didnt tower over him.
It was a fairly even fight with every round seeing the fighters
getting more comfortable and opening up more as the fight progressed.
In about the 5th round it reached a fever pitch and Hardrock absolutly
NAILED Mugabi with an overhand right. It didnt seem to effect Mugabi right
away, he stayed right there, but a second later Green landed an uppercut
on Mugabi's chin that moved the stiffened Mugabi's whole body back.
If ever there was a fighter out on his feet it was Mugabi. He meekly
reached out and placed his two gloves on each of Hardrocke's shoulders.
That was his defence! He had never had to defend himself before, he had
always been the killer. Somehow this defence worked! James threw about
20 unanswered punches that were largly blocked by Mugabi's outstretched
arms. For some reason Green never stepped back and reset himself, he just
kept throwing one ineffective punch after another. Quickly he was winded
and Mugabi lasted the round.
Mugabi came out the next round refreshed but far more conservitive.
He was content to throw jabs and counters from outside as Hardrock slowed
down. A cut was opend over Hardrock's eye and in time it grew worse when
in a later round he slipped and fell right on his cut eye. Upon rising
the sight was so gruesome that ringside commentator Ferdie Pachecko
cried "Oh look at that eye!".
Fellow ringsider Marv Albert said "No, the ref called it a slip".
But Ferdie said "Yes but that eye is so bad he may just stop it."
Ferdie was right, the ref took one look at James Green's eye and stopped
the fight. John Mugabi raised his hands and walked to his corner
still the "The Beast".
gem
Gregg
Wow!!That was what I wanted to know and a WHOLE lot more.
Mr. David M. Murphy
From: Gregg <dev...@erols.com>
Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
said he was once a pro fighter.
Sure,Hardrock Green was a staple on NBC broadcasts during
the eighties.He was in some real wars with guys like Frank
The Animal Fletcher,Wilfrod Scypion,and David Braxton. He
lost to Donald Curry and John Mugabi as well.He had a brief
comeback in the Fall of '95 that ended in a loss to Otis Grant
on USA in Jan. '96. Good fighter,Hard Rock described his
headhe could really take a punch,but I beleive it was in
reference to his having done time.It's been a long time and
if I'm wrong on that then I apologize to him.
Dave
Noah Karchmer
Gregg wrote:
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
Sure, I remember him. He was a junior middleweight contender in the
early to mid 1980's. Exciting fighter, they featured him on Wide World
of Sports periodically, as I recall. He was short and stocky and gave
John "The Beast" Mugabi all he could handle, before they stopped the
bout on cuts in the final round (Mugabi had never been taken the
distance before). He lost a close one to top middleweight contender
Frank "The Animal" Flectcher also.
JCampb8140
James Green, from what I know of him, reading Ring mags etc was an excellent
middleweight, with an excellent record, small in comparison to middle, stocky
with a unique training regime of his trainer 'blowing bubbles' in the ring and
he shadow-boxed them to hell before they hit the deck.
rockf...@gmail.com
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
rockf...@gmail.com
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
DCI
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.
Global ID 2714
sex male
birthdate 1958-02-15
suspensions report
division middleweight
stance orthodox
height 5′ 4½″ / 164cm
reach 69″ / 175cm
alias Hard Rock
country USA
residence Irvington, New Jersey, USA
birth place Irvington, New Jersey, USA
won 22 (KO 15) + lost 10 (KO 5) + drawn 2 = 34
rounds boxed 210 KO% 44.12
From BoxRec.
DCI
sugarl...@gmail.com
> Gregg wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he > said he was once a pro fighter.Sure, I remember him. He was a junior middleweight contender in the early to mid 1980's. Exciting fighter, they featured him on Wide World of Sports periodically, as I recall. He was short and stocky and gave John "The Beast" Mugabi all he could handle, before they stopped the bout on cuts in the final round (Mugabi had never been taken the distance before). He lost a close one to top middleweight contender Frank "The Animal" Flectcher also.
Frank T/A Fletcher was a crowd-pleaser, fearless. His mother was his greatest fan, a crowd-pleaser second to none.
James Green was the (Hard) Rock-of SHA-Rocky:
S-trong
H-ardrock
A-lways tough
The (Hard) Rock-of-SHA-Rocky.
Wbs...@aol.com
DCI
>
> > Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
>
> James "Hardrock" Green was indeed a pro fighter, and one tough little SOB
> he was. Now the question is: Are you sure the man you met was in fact
> James "Hardrock' Green?
>
>
> Ivan Weiss Even a blind pig finds
> Vashon WA an acorn once in a while
DCI
jessef...@yahoo.com
> Has anyone ever heard of this guy?I went to a bar ,on Friday, and he
> said he was once a pro fighter.