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Randall "Tex" Cobb
Randall Craig "Tex" Cobb
(born May 7, 1950) is an
American
former
boxer
who competed in the
heavyweight
division. Widely considered to possess one of the greatest
chins
of all time, Cobb was a brawler who also packed considerable
punching power
. He began his fighting career in
full contact kickboxing
in 1975 before making the jump to
professional boxing
two years later. He challenged
Larry Holmes
for the
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
in November 1982, losing a one-sided unanimous decision, and took wins over notable heavyweights of his era such as
Bernardo Mercado
,
Earnie Shavers
and
Leon Spinks
.
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