Cobb (born May 7, 1950) is a former American professional boxer competing in the heavyweight division. Widely considered to have one of the greatest chins of all time, Cobb was a fighter who also packed a considerable punching force. He began his combat career in full contact kickboxing in 1975 before jumping into professional boxing two years later. He challenged Larry Holmes to the WBC heavyweight title in November 1982, losing a one-sided decision unanimously. Cobb took victory over the leading heavyweights of his era such as Bernardo Mercado, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks.
In addition to his fighting career, he also acted in many movies and television series, usually appearing as criminals or henchmen. Examples include roles in the film Coen brothers Raising Arizona and Miami Vice's popular program and Walker Texas Ranger.
Early life
Randall Cobb was born in Bridge City, Texas, son of Norma Grace (nÃÆ' Â © e Alexander) and Williard Glynn Cobb, a factory foreman. She grew up in Abilene, Texas, and attends Abilene High School, where she plays on the soccer team. Cobb then studied at Abilene Christian University, but quit at age 19, and started karate training. He lives in the dojo, cleans the mats to get his food. After obtaining his black belt, he craved full contact competition, thus picking up kickboxing, fighting in an era when only complete contact rules were used in the United States. He won his first nine games, being 9-0 with all the KOs.
He TKO will be El Paso Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion and karate black belt, David Ochoa, in the first professional kickboxing event in El Paso, Texas, in 1975. Promoters are Robert Nava and boxing trainer Tom McKay under the guidance of teacher boxing and matchmaker, Paul Clinite. Clinite recruited Randall to a professional boxing contract a few weeks later. He also signed Ochoa, who has fought amateurs under McKay's guidance as his coach. Clinite provides heavyweight boxers to learn how to get a great Cobb style. After a few days, it was decided that Randall should work to study "Joe Louis shuffle". Randall, Paul, and Tom spent several months at the San Juan Boxing Gym in El Paso just doing the simple basics. A few months later, Clinite made arrangements for Randall to be sent to Joe Frazier's gym in Philadelphia.
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Boxing career
After nine consecutive wins as a kickboxer, Cobb lost his first two amateur matches. In his professional boxing debut on January 19, 1977, in El Paso, he defeated Pedro Vega. He went on to win 13 direct bouts in 1979, all with knockouts. Cobb is a fighter who has struck power, as demonstrated by his eighth round knockout victory over Earnie Shavers in 1980. He lost the following two attacks to Ken Norton and Michael Dokes, respectively, but soon bounced back to get a shot at Larry Holmes 'WBC World Wide Weight Championship. On November 26, 1982, at the Houston Astrodome, Cobb was defeated in a unanimous decision by Holmes, who won all 15 rounds on two of the three scorers. A one-sided battle, which occurred 13 days after the battle between Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim that caused Kim's death four days later due to brain trauma, the ecstatic sportscaster Howard Cosell that he vowed never again to cover other professional matches. , which Cobb jokingly referred to as "a gift for boxing sport." When further encouraged about Cosell's statement, Cobb observed, "Hey, if it makes him stop broadcasting the NFL match, I'll go play football for a week, too!" When asked if he would consider a rematch, Cobb replied that he did not think that Holmes would agree, because "Holmes's hands can not accept it." In an interview after Holmes fought, he was asked how he could fight someone whose arms were longer than his legs, which he replied, "Oh, it seems so to you?"
He made a brief comeback for kickboxing on May 5, 1984, to challenge John Jackson to the Association of Professional United States Heavyweight Karate Degree in Birmingham, Alabama, losing points. Between late 1984 and 1985, he lost four straight fights, the last was a knockout in the hands of Dee Collier, the only time he ever knocked. After a two-year hiatus, he returned to the ring and continued his 20-match unbeaten streak against mildly-rated opponents (including a victory over his ex-boyfriend Leon Spinks in 1988) before his sudden retirement in 1993. Article 1993 Sports Illustrated states that Cobb has participated in a constant battle with Sonny Barch and has used cocaine with Barch and promoter Rick "Elvis" Parker before and after the fight. Cobb said the magazine censured him, and he sued US $ 150 million. In 1999, a jury gave Cobb $ 8.5 million in damages and $ 2.2 million for damages. However, the ruling was canceled in 2002 by a federal appeals court, which said that the article was not published with "actual crimes". The magazine did not interview the referees and other ringside officials who were in the game, which tended to show that the magazine "may not act as a wise journalist will act", the ruling said. "But the actual standards of crime require more than evidence of negligence".
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Acting career
As a Hollywood actor, Cobb has played a series of evil roles in films such as Police Academy 4: Citizens in Patrol , Blind Fury , Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , Wild Wild , Golden Boy , Naked Gun 33/3: Latest Insults , Fletch Life , and < i> Ernest Goes to Jail . She has made guest appearances on several television shows, including Miami Vice, Highlander: The Series, Married... with Children , Moonlighting, Walker, Texas Ranger, MacGyver (as an Earthquake character), and The X-Files . Other Cobb appearances include the 1983 Rarely Valor movie, which reverses his evil image; the 1987 film Critical Condition, where he plays a character in a psychological ward that thinks he is a "brother" (an African American); The Champ , which refers to his boxing career by casting Cobb as a boxer who fights with the title character, Billy Flynn; and Diggstown , where he acts as a prisoner who fights on the orders of a cheater. One of his more memorable roles is the biker who threatened Leonard Smalls in 1987 Coen Brothers Raising Arizona.
Personal life
Cobb lives in Philadelphia, and maintains a friendship with Philadelphia Daily News columnist Pete Dexter, who often comments on boxing. In the famous Ferry Grays incident in 1981, Cobb came to the defense of Dexter, who during a bar fight, was beaten hard. Cobb rescues him and suffers a broken arm, making him have to fight with Muhammad Ali. Ali then fights against Trevor Berbick and loses.
In January 2008, at the age of 54, Cobb graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in sports and recreation management. He said it was strange to hear the cheers from the crowded arena without being in the boxing ring. "It was nice having a chance to wear a robe, to go there and not have to worry about bleeding," Cobb said. Cobb's oldest son, Bo, was killed in an accident in early 1999. His younger son, Joshua, pursued a short career as a boxer.
Boxing tape
Kickboxing Record
Movieography
References
External links
- Professional boxing record for Randall "Tex" Cobb from BoxRec
- Randall "Tex" Cobb on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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