From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Page, Gregory Edward "Greg" (boxing)
(born: October 25, 1958 - died: April 27, 2009)Gregory E. Page was born in Louisville, KY.
He then won the national Amateur Athletic Union heavyweight championship in 1977 when he was a junior in high school. He won it again in 1978 prior to his high school graduation.
After graduation, Page turned pro, touted as the next Ali. But after his father's death, Page ran into contract and financial troubles. He defeated Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa for the 1984 WBA heavyweight title, then lost the title five months later. He also began to lose his property and took a break from boxing.
Page boxed off and on (his record was 58-17-1, with 48 knockouts), filed for bankruptcy, and later left boxing again and held a full-time job painting dental equipment. In 2001, at the age of 42, Page left his day job to prepare for a boxing career comeback. He suffered permanent brain damage in a bout with Dale Crowe in Erlanger, KY, in March 2001. Greg Page was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and the UK Hall of Fame in 2015.
Married to Patricia
For more see Greg Page time-line articles in the Courier-Journal (Louisville), June 12-15, 2005; W. Graves, "New regulations close to reality," The Kentucky Post, 3/23/2006; D. T. Lovan, "Former boxing champ Greg Page dies in Louisville," Lexington Herald-Leader, 4/27/2009 as well as his obituary in the New York Times; B. W. Baye, "Special Tribute, Boxing Royalty, Greg Page" in Who's Who in Black Louisville, 3rd ed., pp. 49-50; and Greg Page at BoxRec.com.
