By Jim Amato
photo courtesy David Martinez private collection
WBA Heavyweight Championship / Chicago, Illinois / March 5, 1965
Eddie Machen (left) loses 15 round unanimous decision to Ernie Terrell
He was one of the best heavyweights of his era and possibly one of the
best heavyweights to have never claimed the title. He fought the best of
the late 1950’s and 60’s with a high degree of success.
Eddie Machen was born on July 15, 1932 in Redding, California and he
entered the punch for pay ranks in 1955 aws s3 이미지 다운로드. Eddie won all eleven of his bouts
during his maiden year including a knockout over highly regarded Howard
King.
In 1956 Eddie added eight more victories and established himself as a
force to be reckoned with in the heavyweight division. He twice defeated
Julio Mederos and also won two bouts against the dangerous Nino Valdes.
Eddie closed 1956 with a points victory over tough Johnny Summerlin 신용재 다운로드.
Machen opened 1957 with a pair of wins over the clever former light
heavyweight champion Joey Maxim of Cleveland. He also defeated Bob Baker
and closed the year with a kayo over Tommy ” Hurricane ” Jackson. Eddie
was now a leading contender for Floyd Patterson’s heavyweight title.
It was in 1958 that the fortunes of Eddie Machen’s career began to
take a turn 다운로드. He opened the year by battling to a draw with the slick Zora
Folley. Then came the bout that shocked the boxing world. Eddie traveled
to Sweden to meet Ingemar Johansson. the fight would last only 2:16 but it
would thrust Ingo into a title fight against Patterson and leave Eddie on
a long waiting list 오토캐드 2012 32비트 다운로드. Ingo would upset Floyd to win the crown and then
Patterson would roar back to regain it. That would set up a rubber match
that Floyd would win. From the time Eddie lost to Ingo and the conclusion
of the Patterson-Johansson trilogy, two and a half years had passed.
After the loss to Ingo, Eddie won seven straight and then was matched
again with Zora Folley 다운로드. This time Zora got the verdict. Machen rebounded
with three more wins including Alex Miteff and Alonzo Johnson among his
victims.
On September 7, 1960 Eddie stepped into the ring to face the feared
Sonny Liston. To many Liston was the ” Uncrowned Heavyweight Champion ”
and a bout with Patterson was being called for by the fans and press
alike 행복한 나를 다운로드. Only Eddie stood in Sonny’s way.The bout took place in Seattle and
Eddie gave the brutish Liston all he could handle. In the end Sonny took a
unanimous decision despite losing three points for low blows.
Nevertheless, Eddie’s game showing won him the admiration of boxing fans.
Despite the win over the highly ranked Machen, Sonny would have to wait
two more years to get Patterson into the ring with him 하이 네임 다운로드.
Eddie would come back to win three in a row but then he was upset
over ten rounds by the cagey Harold Johnson. Machen would regroup and put
together a streak of ten wins and one draw. The draw was with the
murderous punching Cleveland Williams. Among the boxers Eddie beat during
this streak were Mike DeJohn, Brian London, Doug Jones and Bert
Whitehurst visa32.dll. This finally led Eddie to the ghost that had long eluded him,
Floyd Patterson.
By now it was 1964 and Eddie returned to Sweden, the place of his
disasterous loss to Johansson to face Floyd. This was one of of
Patterson’s best career performances as won a hard fought decision over
Machen. Still Eddie had done well enough to qualify for a title fight 다운로드.
On March 5, 1965 Eddie met tall, lanky Ernie Terrell for the ” vacant
” World Boxing Association title. Cassius Clay, a.k.a., Muhammad Ali had
been stripped of his title by the WBA. The Terrell-Machen battle was not a
good pairing of styles and after a rather boring fifteen rounds, Terrell
was awarded the championship t32. Eddie would close 1965 by drawing with Elmer
Rush.
Machen would open 1966 with back to back decision losses to Karl
Mildenberger and Manuel Ramos. He would the outfight the tough Joey
Orbillo. Next Eddie would show flashes of his former greatness and pull
off a major upset with a points win over top prospect Jerry Quarry.
Two fights after the upset of Quarry, Eddie would meet another
streaking prospect, 1964 Olympic champion, Joe Frazier. This time Lady
Luck looked the other way for Eddie and he was halted by ” Smokin’ Joe ”
in the tenth round.
Machen was now relegated to the role of a trail horse. In 1967 he
dropped a decision to up and coming Henry Clark. In his last professional
fight, Eddie was stopped in three by hard hitting Boone Kirkman.
In all Eddie had 64 pro fights. He won 50 of them. He took out 29
opponents. He fought champions Liston, Patterson, Johansson, Terrell,
Frazier, Maxim and Harold Johnson.He also did battle with top contenders
like Zora Folley, Cleveland Williams, Alex Mitiff, Mike DeJohn, Willie
Besmanoff, Doug Jones, Tommy Jackson, Nino Valdes, Karl Mildenberger,
Jerry Quarry, Bob Baker, Bert Whitehurst, Howard King, Henry Clark, Julio
Mederos, Joey Orbillo, Brian London, Wayne Bethea and Boone Kirkman. That
is very impressive !
Eddie Machen was only forty years old when he left this world. It was
only five years after his last fight but he left a legacy that will live
forever.