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"We Were Young Together Once": Top 20 Favorite Fighters Of The 1980s, A Personal Reminiscence

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After losing to Hamsho, Czyz fell on hard times: His father committed suicide, he was blacklisted by the networks, and he was arrested on burglary charges. Although Czyz was ratings dynamite—his win over Robbie Sims set a record for NBC SportsWorld in 1982—he vanished from network television for nearly half a decade because of managerial issues, weight problems, injuries, Ferdie Pacheco—take your pick. Finally, after years in limbo, Czyz won a world title at light heavyweight by stopping Slobodan Kacar in 1986. Read more from The Living Daylights

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