Hedgemon Lewis - 1970s Classy Welterweight Contender Remembered

A look back at the career of 1970s welterweight contender Hedgemon Lewis who fought Jose Napoles, Ernie Lopez, Carlos Palomino, Billy Backus, John H Stracey and Harold Weston among others...If you wish to donate/support the channel please click here:

[Lion-gugn]

_He had the stick & move style and nice footwork from the short clips you provided.👍_

[robash]

Hedgemon was a smart fighter so that translated well into being a good trainer

[robash]

The welterweight division of the 70s ans 80s had quite a few great fighters but also a whole slew of almost great boxers like Hedgemon, Clyde Gray, Armando Muniz, Randy Shields, Pete Ranzany, Ernie Lopez Johnny Stracey. . Hedgemon might have been most talented of the bunch

[peacefulbliss]

Good classy boxer who just didn't quite have enough. For someone who was around celebrities and managed by Ryan O'Neal, the guy had no personality when I met him, but maybe he was just having a bad day. I agree with most of your thoughts, except I think he would have had a chance against someone like McGirt. The others, like Leonard and Hearns no...

[kaioable]

Lewis reminds me of another boxing contender from Detroit who couldn't get past the likes of Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad.

[fredhall]

No Jr titles then and no alphabet soup. Napoles was an all time gteat. I'm not sure Hedgemon wouldn't have beat Curry or McGirt. There were certainly some lesser champs he would have beaten.