Six degrees of separation is a theory that everyone in the world is separated by no more than six social connections.
In other words, you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Queen Elizabeth. Or so the concept goes.
We’re borrowing the six degrees concept – well, sort of loosely – to connect fighters from the past to their more contemporary counterparts in our new occasional feature, “Degrees of Separation.”
Example: Let’s connect Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Super easy; we did it in two steps. Senior fought Grover Wiley, who fought Junior.
In this installment of the Boxing Junkie feature, we decided to stick with family matters. We linked Tyson Fury with his father, John Fury, in our last installment.
This time, we decided to connect former junior middleweight titleholder Tony Harrison with his grandfather, Henry Hank, a top middleweight and light heavyweight in the 1950s and ’60s out of Detroit who last fought in 1972.
It took us 13 steps but we did it.
Check it out:
Henry Hank fought …
Eddie Jones, who fought …
Tom Bogs, who fought …
Carlos Monzon, who fought …
Jose Napoles, who fought …
Armando Muniz, who fought …
Carlos Palomino, who fought …
Wilfredo Rivera, who fought …
Shane Mosley, who fought …
Canelo Alvarez, who fought …
Erislandy Lara, who fought …
Vanes Martirosyan, who fought …
Jermell Charlo, who fought …
Tony Harrison
Could you do it in fewer steps? Let us know via Twitter or Facebook. Or you can contact me on Twitter. And please follow us!
Read more:
Degrees of separation: Connecting John L. Sullivan to Deontay Wilder
Degrees of Separation: Linking Filipino greats Flash Elorde, Manny Pacquiao
Degrees of Separation: Linking Japanese greats Fighting Harada and Naoya Inoue
Degrees of Separation: Linking Tyson Fury to first U.K.-born heavyweight champ
Degrees of Separation: Connecting Canelo Alvarez with Mexican legends
Degrees of Separation: Linking the Mayweathers
Degrees of Separation: Linking Manny Pacquiao to Pancho Villa