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When the salad days of boxing are discussed, whether is be on a radio talk show or over a beer at the corner bar, the decade of the 1960’s is quickly raised in conversation. The meteoric rise of Muhammad Ali, the Patterson-Johansson trilogy, the decline of Sugar Ray Robinson. The emergence of such durable title-holders such as Emile Griffith, Dick Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Carlos Ortiz, Horacio Accavallo and even Chartchai Chinoi at Flyweight. The long standing rivalries such as Griffith-Benvenuti, Griffith-Paret & Griffith-Rodriquez. The Robinson-Pender battles, the two beautifully fought contests between the Scot Ken Buchanan and Ishmael Laguna. The Cooper near KO of Clay, the courageous stand of Karl Mildenberger, the Frazier-Quarry pier six brawl at the Garden in the summer of 69. [details]