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The Champion That Time Forgot: Wallace "Bud" Smith When HBO featured a list of world champions...
The Champion That Time Forgot: Wallace "Bud" Smith
When HBO featured a list of world champions from Cincinnati on its Adrien Broner-Vicente Martin Rodriguez broadcast Saturday night, the name of Wallace “Bud” Smith was unfortunately omitted. A combination puncher with the willingness to take a couple to give a couple, Smith was a television staple during the early fifties, when he met many of the best men in his class, rising up the ranks to eventually claim the lightweight crown from Jimmy Carter in 1955. (read more at The Cruelest Sport)
