Johnny Lee Fields, Sr., 1947 - 2011
This 1972 photograph depicts local boxer Johnny Fields as he is being weighed in at the 1972 National Golden Gloves "Tournament of Champions" Boxing Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. Johnny Fields is originally from nearby Moorefield, West Virginia He was a member of the Romney High School (Hampshire County, West Virginia) Basketball team. He later boxed for the local Has-Beens Organization. He compiled an amateur record of 67 wins and only three losses, and a professional record of 21 wins and only four losses.