Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (Part 2 of 2)

Matt Franklin vs. Eddie Gregory
1977-03-11 Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Before either guy had made a name for himself. Literally. I can't for the life of me find a full broadcast of this fight, but I got the first four rounds, and thought it was worth putting up.

If anybody has the full fight, please let me know.

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• Matthew
• Saad
• Muhammad
• Eddie
• Mustafa
• Matt
• Franklin
• Gregory

[jigory]

They said it wasn't much of a fight, but judging from your clip, they got that very wrong, it looks like a fantastic Boxing Match to me! Apparently Saad owns an original copy, so perhaps he can get a lot of money for that - I hope so, it sounds like he needs it these days from things I've read! I love that guy, he's the business and a thoroughly nice gentleman by all accounts!

[uperechelon]

What else can you dig up on Eddie Gregory? I'd like to see more of him. Can you find some more footage of him? It means a lot to me. Thanks.

[jasonwheel]

Eddie Mustafa was a better fighter than he got credit for. it was a glorious time in boxing. he got lost in the shuffle a little bit.

[MikeyCapp]

I don't think that ESPN CLassics even has Rounds 1 Thru 4 of this fight which to my knowledge are all that exist's of this fight. Looks to me like the fight was videotaped from a home VHS recorder.

Sincerely

MIkey Capp

[jigory]

Thanks very much for putting this video on - I've been wanting to see this for years...I am a massive Saad Muhammad Fan, he's my favourite Boxer of all-time! By the way, I did read on a blog two years ago (don't know if it's true) that this fight was scrubbed because someone hacked into the mainframe computer system at ESPN and all that remains of the fight is these four rounds of action!