Rowdy Welch

[RiddickBowe]

I notice that you have incomplete records for Clifton "Rowdy" Welch (you have a record for Rowdy Welch and one for Clifton Welch, but they're actually the same guy). Here's some newspaper clippings that should give you some more bouts to put on his record:

The Spokesman Review
Copyright 1996 Cowles Publishing Company

Thursday, August 29, 1996

SPORTS

RISOY, GRIFFIN, VASSAR RACK UP FIGHT VICTORIES
IDAHO HEADLINE: Risoy, Griffin fight to victories

Helga "Snowcat" Risoy of Las Vegas defeated Donna Davis with
a second-round knockout in the Summer Freeze boxing card held at
the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Bingo Casino at Worley in a women's bout.

In the main event of the night, 178-pound Montell Griffin
(Chicago) registered a technical knockout of Melvin Wynn
(Nashville, Tenn.).

On the undercard, at 187 pounds, Spokane's Frank Vassar
knocked out Scott Jones in the first round.

In the 155-pound category, Robert Perez (Caldwell) and
Spokane's Rowdy Welch fought to a no contest. At 185 pounds, Aljon
Debose (Oakland, Calif.) won a decision over Rick Welliver
(Spokane).

The Spokesman Review
Copyright 1996 Cowles Publishing Company

Sunday, May 26, 1996

SPORTS

WELCH'S VICTORY PROVOKES ROUND OF SARCASM
Mike Sando Staff writer

"Happy birthday," some shouted.

"Merry Christmas," others yelled.

"Hope you like the gift," yet another offered.

The sarcasm was hitting Rowdy Welch from every angle
Saturday night, much as Marco Agosto Ramirez had moments earlier
in the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round junior
middleweight bout at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds.

Welch, bloodied and battered before 1,400 fans in his
hometown, had been awarded a highly unpopular decision over
Ramirez after referee Kevin McCarl stopped the fight. McCarl ruled
that a nasty gash above Welch's left eye had been caused by an
unintentional butt - automatically sending the fight to the three
judges at ringside.

Spokane judge Darrin Van Orman favored Welch 59-56; Spokane's
Tom Lefebvre favored him 58-56; and Seattle's Tom Sporar had Welch
ahead 58-57.

When the decision was announced, fans hurled cups, bottles,
crumpled fight programs and insults, but the reaction was but a
trickle compared to the blood flowing from Welch's brow. "He had
one good round," Welch countered. "The rest, I was dictating."

Ramirez does not speak English, but trainer Charles Wesley
offered a different view.

"I'm going to be frank with you," Wesley said. "This is the
hometown. We know if we didn't stop him, we wasn't going to win. We
knew that.

"I've known Rowdy for a long time. They should let him go.
He's going to get hurt."

Two other Spokane fighters, 185-pounders Frank Vassar and
Rick Welliver, were far more impressive.

Vassar, a former National Golden Gloves champ, swept a
four-round decision from Canada's Adam Hays in each fighter's pro
debut.

"He was a survivor," said Vassar, who controlled the fight
with left hooks and jabs, but missed at times with wild overhand
rights. "I tried to stick with the left hand, but my timing wasn't
quite where I wanted it."

Vassar had not fought competitively in three years.

Welliver, trimmed down from 210, upped his mark to 2-0,
scoring a savage second-round knockout over Shawn Elliott of
Medford, Ore.

In the second, consecutive left hooks to Elliott's jaw
knocked the rangy southpaw unconscious.

"I was a lot faster after dropping the weight," Welliver said.

In the card's first bout, junior lightweight Ed Ko of
Vancouver, British Columbia, improved to 2-4 with a second-round
KO of Sabino Rosario. Each fighter hit the deck in a sloppy bout.

The Spokesman Review
Copyright 1996 Cowles Publishing Company

Friday, February 16, 1996

SPORTS

WELCH EARNS DECISION IN HOMETOWN DEBUT
Mike Sando staff writer

Having gone nearly four years since his last professional
fight, Rowdy Welch entered the ring Thursday night filled with
anticipation and driven by adrenaline.

Neither would get the better of the 31-year-old Spokane
welterweight, however, and Canadian Stan Cunningham didn't fare
much better. Fighting before an estimated 2,500 at the Spokane
Interstate Fairgrounds, Welch took a unanimous decision from
Cunningham to up his professional record to 18-4-1.

It marked the first time Welch has fought professionally in
his hometown.

"Cunningham was smart," said Welch, who turned pro in 1988,
then fought mostly in Northern California and Nevada. "I got him
once, but I just couldn't get my combinations going. I got the
right hand in, but for the most part used the jab."

Cunningham tried to lure Welch into getting careless, baiting
the former junior-lightweight contender by lowering his gloves and,
at times, throwing wildly. Cunningham's strategy began to work late
in the fourth round, when a frustrated Welch swung wildly, missing
badly and falling onto the canvas.

But Welch managed to win the round, as he had the previous
three, and seemed to get sharper after a sluggish fifth. He bullied
the taller Cunningham in round six, throwing elbows and hitting low
- enough to draw a pair of warnings from referee Kevin McCarl.

Welch went back to the jab to sweep the final three rounds.

Judges Dan Vasser and Darryl Van Note each scored it 99-92.
Darren Van Orman saw it 98-94.

In the night's most exciting fight, Spokane heavyweight Rick
Welliver won an unpopular four-round majority decision over Shawn
Elliott, a southpaw from Medford, Ore.

At 5-foot-10 and a slightly pudgy 202 pounds, Welliver
rushed Elliott (6-1, 196) in the first round, landing a series of
glancing uppercuts that seemed to take more out of Welliver than
his scowling opponent.

Both men scored heavily over the final three rounds. Welliver
survived a right uppercut midway through the fourth, then used his
lower center of gravity to fight off Elliott's charge. Welliver may
have won the final round - and possibly the fight - with
consecutive uppercuts in the last 10 seconds.

Ed Dalton, the Albertson's produce worker from Emmett, Idaho,
dominated flabby Ernie Valentine before finishing the Sacramento,
Calif., cruiserweight with a series of punishing body shots in the
second round.

"Going to the body makes it a lot easier in the later
rounds," said Dalton, who won a 10-round decision from Valentine
on a Nov. 25 Spokane card. "He's a tough, seasoned fighter, but I'm
up and coming."

Jovial Spokane lightweight Mario Martinez was outgunned
against Reno's Martin Franco, who knocked Martinez out at 1:11 of
the second round, but couldn't knock the smirk from his overmatched
opponent's face.

In a four-rounder, Canada's Kip Munro earned a unanimous
decision against Doug Holiman, who was forced to take the bus from
Portland when he couldn't produce identification adequate enough to
satisfy airport officials.

Tulsa World
Copyright 1990

Tuesday, August 7, 1990

SPORTS

Welch Registers KO
AP

SACRAMENTO (AP) _ Rowdy Welch, 131, from Sacramento extended
his record to 12-1 tonight with a seventh round knockout over Fili
Montoya, 130, from Mexicali, Mexico. The ending came at 2 minutes,
59 seconds into the round.

[RiddickBowe]

I notice that Clifton "Rowdy" Welch's record has had a little work done on it, but that the above information hasn't been entered yet. Should I e-mail it so someone so that it is? Just let me know what the best way of submitting information for record updates is. Thanks.

[Tomato-Can]

You may E-mail me results and I will get them in. Tell me what newspaper they are from as you did above so they can be verified.

P.S. Give me a couple days to get them in as I may be working on something else.

[robin]

You will find the record under the name Rowdy. Have added the missing information, some of the bouts on the cards had already been entered. We are still missing 10 fights prior to the Fili Montoya bout according to the newspaper report. Thanks for the information.

[RiddickBowe]

Thanks for the updates. I appreciate all the hard work you guys do on this site.

[worldwide]

I have all the missing fights.
Give me a few days since I'm currently behind with work on my own database

[worldwide]

Have completed Rowdy's record today.
17-5-1-1nc (4).