Some Things You Should Know About Randall "Tex Cobb

Not just another pretty face


Born in Bridge City TX he was raised in Abilene and attended ACU before leaving home to train as a kick boxer.







"After piling up 9 straight wins as a kickboxer, he entered the world of professional boxing. His boxing debut was on January 21, 1977, in El Paso, Texas, where he knocked out Pedro Vega. Cobb went on to win 13 straight fights by 1979, all by KO. On November 26, 1982, he fought champion boxer Larry Holmes for the WBC World Heavyweight title at Houston's Astrodome. Cobb suffered a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Holmes, who won all 15 rounds on two of three scorecards. The bloody one-sidedness of the fight so horrified sportscaster Howard Cosell that he vowed never to cover another professional match, which Cobb jokingly referred to as his "gift to the sport of boxing". His sense of humor was revealed when he was asked if he would consider a rematch. Cobb quipped that he did not think that Holmes would agree, as Holmes' "hands could not take it." When he was interviewed after the Holmes fight someone asked how he could fight someone whose arms were a foot longer than his were. Cobb joked back, "Oh it seemed that way to you too". wikipedia





I knew a particular vicious fight was what took Cosell away from calling boxing- had I forgotten it was Cobb V Holmes?





Here is a six minute clip of that match. If you can watch it without getting misty...

"His pro-boxer record totaled 52 fights, 43 wins (36 by KO), 7 losses (1 by KO), 1 draw and 1 No Contest. The NC was originally a TKO win for Cobb, however the results were changed when both fighters tested positive for cocaine." boxrec.com/imdb



He is also an actor with his greatest role- hands down being The Lone Biker Of The Apocalypse in Raising Arizona.



Oh also, yes- he's still alive as I wrote this. If you are a fan at all every so often you'll hear he has died.



I hope he lives forever.





He's tough enough.