Let's give a shout out to one of the gamest battlers of all time. From his trilogy with Olivares, to his four life and death battles with arch-rival Bazooka Limon, to his two scintillating encounters with the tough Boza-Edwards, this man gave us more thrills per minute than perhaps any other.
Part of his charm was his vulnerability in the ring and out. Never hard to hit, and easy to cut, Bobby lived the fast life, and he paid for his excesses more than once, but people could identify with him. He was the only fighter I ever saw that was somehow able to make all around good guy Ray Mancini play the part of the villain when they fought in 1984. It wasn't that Ray behaved badly, he never did, but he was fighting Chacon. It could be no other way.
I have seen how Bobby is now. Badly affected by the horrible beatings he absorbed over the years, the same ones we cheered him for at the time. His mother cares for him, as he cannot for himself any longer. A sad epitaph for a memorable career. I prefer to remember the good times though, and how he epitomized what most of us love so much about this sport. I hope he knows he will be remembered.
The Bobby Chacon Appreciation Thread
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I saw Chacon fight Augie Pantellas at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
Chacon right came out and threw a right hand so easily, it gave the impression he must have been warming up for ten rounds already.
He didn't look around to find someone to ask for permission if he could throw his right hand.
Panatellas was no match for him.
As the fight went on, a number Philly fighters sitting around me commented with distaste, "This is a mismatch."
The ref finally stopped it. 7 rounds, I think.
Chacon right came out and threw a right hand so easily, it gave the impression he must have been warming up for ten rounds already.
He didn't look around to find someone to ask for permission if he could throw his right hand.
Panatellas was no match for him.
As the fight went on, a number Philly fighters sitting around me commented with distaste, "This is a mismatch."
The ref finally stopped it. 7 rounds, I think.
Are you sure it was a FIX?! Like Young vs Cooney where Young allowed Cooney to tear half his face off?granberry wrote:I saw Chacon fight Augie Pantellas at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
Chacon right came out and threw a right hand so easily, it gave the impression he must have been warming up for ten rounds already.
ARE YOU WORSHIPPING TO THE RELIGION OF BOBBY CHACON?!
Re: The Bobby Chacon Appreciation Thread
I agree with everything you say, great fighter Bobby was, I've never seen a braver fighter in there, but I think it is underestimated what a good boxer he was in his early years, he could slip and slide and had more skills than he is generally given credit for today, the wars he had in those days were more due to the high level of the opposition then rather than his own limitations as a fighter...Chava wrote:Let's give a shout out to one of the gamest battlers of all time. From his trilogy with Olivares, to his four life and death battles with arch-rival Bazooka Limon, to his two scintillating encounters with the tough Boza-Edwards, this man gave us more thrills per minute than perhaps any other.
Part of his charm was his vulnerability in the ring and out. Never hard to hit, and easy to cut, Bobby lived the fast life, and he paid for his excesses more than once, but people could identify with him. He was the only fighter I ever saw that was somehow able to make all around good guy Ray Mancini play the part of the villain when they fought in 1984. It wasn't that Ray behaved badly, he never did, but he was fighting Chacon. It could be no other way.
I have seen how Bobby is now. Badly affected by the horrible beatings he absorbed over the years, the same ones we cheered him for at the time. His mother cares for him, as he cannot for himself any longer. A sad epitaph for a memorable career. I prefer to remember the good times though, and how he epitomized what most of us love so much about this sport. I hope he knows he will be remembered.
Well if you want to see the fight its on youtube.granberry wrote:I saw Chacon fight Augie Pantellas at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
Chacon right came out and threw a right hand so easily, it gave the impression he must have been warming up for ten rounds already.
He didn't look around to find someone to ask for permission if he could throw his right hand.
Panatellas was no match for him.
As the fight went on, a number Philly fighters sitting around me commented with distaste, "This is a mismatch."
The ref finally stopped it. 7 rounds, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP--30mT9d0
Thanks.Norm3 wrote:Well if you want to see the fight its on youtube.granberry wrote:I saw Chacon fight Augie Pantellas at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
Chacon right came out and threw a right hand so easily, it gave the impression he must have been warming up for ten rounds already.
He didn't look around to find someone to ask for permission if he could throw his right hand.
Panatellas was no match for him.
As the fight went on, a number Philly fighters sitting around me commented with distaste, "This is a mismatch."
The ref finally stopped it. 7 rounds, I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP--30mT9d0
It wasn't much of a fight, but Chacon looked good.