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Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings (born 20 December 1949) is an American former professional boxer best known for his fight with Joe Frazier which ended in a controversial draw, with Cummings badly hurting Frazier with heavy hits that caused Frazier's mouth to bleed and left eye to swell.
Alongside his weightlifting regime, where he earned the ‘Jumbo’ moniker, Cummings began learning his new trade in prison. He was transported to fights outside of his place of residence in chains, somehow he was forging a new life from his life behind bars.
Floyd Jumbo Cummings - despite the affable nickname - is the man Bruno insists hit harder than the Baddest Man on the Planet, Bone Crusher Smith, Terrible Tim Witherspoon and Lennox Lewis....
Former heavyweight boxer Floyd “Jumbo” Cummings, who once fought former champ Joe Frazier to a draw and was later sentenced to life in prison, has been paroled.
A look back at 1980s Heavyweight Contender Jumbo Cummings...also includes a clip of Cummings in the ring against Larry Holmes in an exhibition bout.If you wi...
Joe promptly retired for good, as had Ali after the Berbick defeat – while Jumbo went back to jail. Ali and Frazier have both left us yet neither man will ever be forgotten.
Storied pro boxer Frank Bruno once said that Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings hit harder than anyone he ever faced. Now, with Association House, Floyd's ready to put up a new kind of fight. No other story in professional boxing is quite like that of Floyd Cummings.
CHICAGO -- Floyd "Jumbo'' Cummings, who fought former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier to a 10-round draw in 1981, was sentenced to life in prison for armed robbery under the state's "three strikes'' law.
Info about the boxer Floyd Cummings, debut 1979-06-18. Total bouts 22, won 15, lost 6, draw 1.