Dokes - Ocasio I

[sweetsci]

I've been doing a bit of research on Michael Dokes' career. BoxRec has his first bout with Osvaldo Ocasio as happening on Tuesday, April 22, 1980. I (hazily) remembered watching that fight on a Saturday afternoon sports anthology show, so I hit up Google and found a couple of articles on it. Looks like the fight actually took place on Saturday, April 19 and was broadcast in the U.S. on CBS Sports Spectacular.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8 ... 343,245951

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8 ... 02,1745819

[John]

nice one

http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=291706

[sweetsci]

Thanks John!

Further research shows the scoring as:

Referee Roberto Ramirez: 96-96
Judge Angel Guzman: 98-96 in favor of Dokes
Judge Francisco Manzano 97-96 in favor of Ocasio

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Z ... page&hl=en

Go to page 10.

[John]

thanks again http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=291706