Ringside Report Looks Back at Boxer Ronnie Harris

By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart

Gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico Games, America’s Ronnie Harris, born in Ohio, never really made quite the same waves in the professional game. That is not to say that he did not achieve and a world title around anyone’s waist is testimony enough to the man’s capabilities. And for this National AAU lightweight champion from 1966, 1967 and 1968, this would feel like reward enough, would it not?

Harris was easy to spot, his nickname of “Mazel” came from his conversion to Judaism...