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Peralta survives a flash knockdown to decision Morrison. Scores of a too-close 114-114, 116-112, 116-112.

Mercer narrowly decisions Bonavena, with a knockdown in round ten crucial. SD for Mercer.

Frazier is down in the first, & almost out from Bowe's bombs in the fourth, when the bell saves him. He carries the late rounds with tremendous steam, after the middle stages were packed with to-&-fro. The judges like the more battered-looking Frazier's superior workrate & numbers in the end. MD Frazier. Bowe fought great.

Main Event: Joe Walcott-Kid Gavilan. 15 rounds at Welter...

Undercard: Ernie Terrell-Oscar Bonavena. 15 rounds at Heavy...

Morrison does his best to duke it out but the fleet footed Peralta
seemingly sticks and moves well. Until round 6 when Morrison
thumps a vicious left hook home.

Morrison TKO 9.

Mercer and Bonavena go toe to toe from the opening bell.
Oscar does his best to try and back Mercer up who stands
right in front of him. Both men slow up in the 5th round, but
still land thumping shots. In round 10, with it still being a
close fight Mercer manages to land a left hook, right cross
that closes Bonavena's eyes.

Mercer KO 10.

Frazier is game, he stay's low, works the body and is moving
side to side....he gets inside goes to the body and slams a
left hook home. Bowe is able to smother, work short and vicious
left hooks and uppercuts on the inside. AT the start of the 2nd
Bowe floors Frazier who is up straight away, but another long range
right cross at the end of two jab's puts Frazier down again.

The 3rd see's Frazier go all out in his best effort to stop Bowe.
He leaves himself open and a right hook in close floors him as
his body twists awkwardly. Some how though eh survives the round.

In the 6th Bowe smothers Frazier who lands some good body blows.
Flooring him again Bowe manages to stop the game Frazier.

Bowe TKO 6.



Hasim Rahman (2001) vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1951) 12 rounds

Arrgghhhh GI you beat me to it !

Gavilan by UD.

Jersey Joe beats Rahman by Tko11.

Bonevena beats Terrell by MD.


Ken Buchanan vs Alexis Arguello

Vinnie Pazienza vs Ray Mancini

Hector Camacho vs Manny Pacquiou

Buchanan decisions Arguello in a back and forth, masterful performance from both fighters.

Ray Mancini gets a 11th round stoppage of the always game Paz.

Camamcho takes Pacquiao apart for 12 rounds, gaining a wide decision.

A new chapter written? Or the same old story...

J.C. Chavez (1988) takes on Oscar DLH (1996) @140

Chavez takes it to Oscar and brutalizes him, ending the fight in the 11th round!


Joe Frazier (1980) vs Muhammad Ali (1980), 10 rounds

Hideous affair which somehow lasts the distance. Ali's at least less rusty, having fought that year against Holmes, & twice, two years prior, against Spinks. Frazier totally unable to pull the trigger. Ali helpless, clinching like a grandmother hugging a long-lost, orphan child.

The ending --- perhaps with a hint of poetic justice on the part of the ringside officials --- is a draw.

Main Event: Maxie Rosenbloom & Dwight Muhammad Qawi. 15 rounds at Cruiser...

Undercard: Oscar Bonavena against Michael Moorer. 12 rounds at Heavy...

Frazier wins this one...its ugly and flat....Frazier gets his revenge,
or so he feels. Ali looks ok at times, but spends way to much on
the ropes. Frazier is able to bang away.

Ali never comes back to face Holmes or Berbick...he talks about
Tate and Norton, but nothing comes of it.

Frazier MD10.

Harold Johnson (1961) vs Chris Byrd (2000) 12 rounds

Main Event: Maxie Rosenbloom & Dwight Muhammad Qawi. 15 rounds at Cruiser...

Undercard: Oscar Bonavena against Michael Moorer. 12 rounds at Heavy...

Rosenbloom takes the early rounds, but starts getting into deep waters come the later rounds, Qawi is vastly under-rated and starts wearing Rosenbloom down with pressure, by the 12th round its very much an even contest, mainly with Rosenbloom going on his bicycle and Qawi trying to stalk him down. Not much action. The 14th round comes, and Qawi lands a right hand that puts Rosenbloom down, but he gets back up. It goes the distance. The decision is unaminous, Qawi takes the decision.

Bonavena, in rounds five and six lays it all out on Moorer, and Moorer cant even come out for round eight, after hitting the deck in round seven.

Harold Johnson (1961) vs Chris Byrd (2000) 12 rounds

Johnson makes a fight out of this, while Byrd is reluctant as usual and slaps from the outside, always on his bicycle. Johnson steps up the pace and manages a knockdown in round 11, and when the decision is read, its comical, a straight up DRAW, and the crowd boos. Johnson shakes his head and the television cameras can catch him silently mouth "bullshit", interviews after the fight Byrd proclaims he's as good as Muhammad Ali. We all yawn and roll our eyes.


Main Event:

Gene Tunney vs George Godfrey, 12 rounds

Tunney needs only survive the occasional moment of fright in a bout in which he otherwise completely demoralises Godfrey, who is a thoroughly befuddled fellow at fight's end, losing a clear-cut UD.

Main Event: Ray Robinson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad. 15 rounds at Light-Heavy...

Undercard: Ernie Terrell vs. Tommy Morrison. 15 rounder...

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Tunney needs only survive the occasional moment of fright in a bout in which he otherwise completely demoralises Godfrey, who is a thoroughly befuddled fellow at fight's end, losing a clear-cut UD.

Main Event: Ray Robinson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad. 15 rounds at Light-Heavy...

Undercard: Ernie Terrell vs. Tommy Morrison. 15 rounder...

With the fight held in an air conditioned arena, SRR handles the larger, stronger Saad quite easily, nearly pitching a shutout on all 3 crads. UD Robinson

In a terribly boring affair, Morrison presses the action but has trouble landing anything telling as Terrell keeps his hands high and seldom comes out of his shell. At the end of 15 painful rounds, Morrison is given a close UD.

Undercard:
Ernie Terrell vs. Sam Peter, 12R

Main event:
Mathew Saad Muhammed vs. Victor Galindez 15R

The Great John L wrote:

Goodnight, Irene wrote:Tunney needs only survive the occasional moment of fright in a bout in which he otherwise completely demoralises Godfrey, who is a thoroughly befuddled fellow at fight's end, losing a clear-cut UD.

Main Event: Ray Robinson vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad. 15 rounds at Light-Heavy...

Undercard: Ernie Terrell vs. Tommy Morrison. 15 rounder...

With the fight held in an air conditioned arena, SRR handles the larger, stronger Saad quite easily, nearly pitching a shutout on all 3 crads. UD Robinson

In a terribly boring affair, Morrison presses the action but has trouble landing anything telling as Terrell keeps his hands high and seldom comes out of his shell. At the end of 15 painful rounds, Morrison is given a close UD.

Undercard:
Ernie Terrell vs. Sam Peter, 12R

Main event:
Mathew Saad Muhammed vs. Victor Galindez 15R

Peter wins by Tko5.

Saad wins by Tko14.


Bobby Czayz vs Roberto Duran @ 160-(1986)-Bout takes place 3 months after Duran-Simms.

Vito Anterfermo vs Carl "Bobo" Olson

Jeremy Williams vs Henry Cooper

czyz enters the ring - the garden - to a massive swell of support from his new york fans and is clearly lifted by this as the early rounds go by. its an even fight with duran, though, finding his way occasionally through bobby's guard.
round 6 duran starts to target the body and there's noticably less noise in the arena as the panamaniac's gloves thud into bobby's mid section with ease. in the 7th czyz wings in a tremendous right and duran is off balance. czyz launches a two fisted assault to try to nail the surprised duran...too late, the bell.
the end comes as roberto has bobby on the ropes in his own corner and throws an uppercut which brings the new yorker to one knee, roberto keeps on throwing and lands a full power left onto bobby's nose which forces him thru the ropes. the referee doesnt like it and, seemingly encouraged by the garden fans, disqualifies duran for hitting czyz while he was down. mayhem ensues but the result is upheld.

czyz disq 8

olsen and vito slug it out for 5 rounds but olsen has a greater variety of assault and starts to back vito up. in the 7th there is a bad cut opened up above vitos right eye and one on his nose soon follows. midway thru the 8th the ref has seen enough of the red stuff and pulls antuofermo out.

olsen TKO 8

williams launches clumsy attempts to KO henry from the off but cooper has too much know how and avoids the swings coming his way. round two sees williams repeat the trick only to find himself on the seat of his pants from a short straight left. the ref reaches 6 and he is on his feet. cooper moves in and, yes, the left hook settles the issue with williams rollin' in the resin for the full ten.

cooper KO 2

heavyweight clash;

max baer has a crack at cleveland williams.

...& what a crack it is. Baer is down --- & groggy --- in the first, but gets back up & has Williams staggered in the third. Williams is down twice in the sixth, & his seconds have to direct him to his corner. A closing left eye means Williams is having trouble seeing that big right hand. From then on, a thumping left hook which left Baer clutching the top rope for support at the end of round eight was the only highlight for Williams, who doesn't come out for the eleventh.

Baer TKO10 Williams. A great skirmish.

Main Event: Bob Fitzsimmons & Harry Greb at Middleweight. 15 rounds...

Undercard: Genaro Hernandez & Micky Ward at Jr. Welterweight. 12 rounds...

Baer manages to drop Williams with a clubbing over hand right
but Big Cat comes back to stop Baer in the 6th.

Ezzard Charles (1950) vs George Foreman (1973) 15 rounds.

I like this one. Greb has dabbled at heavyweight almost as many times as Fitzsimmons. In exhibitions he embarassed Jack Dempsey, to which some suggested that was the reason why they never got it on in the ring for real. Fitzsimmons, however, was more a giant killer than Dempsey, once fighting seven heavyweight in a single night, kayoing them all. Greb swarms Fitzsimmons, and this is where Fitzsimmons can work his best, he can get those body blows in. By round 10, Greb is starting to wear down, and Fitz has swollen eyes. So far its all for Greb, but coming into round 13, Greb is tired and Fitz goes for a solar plexus blow followed up by a right hand smash across the jaw. Greb goes down, beats the count, but is floored again in quick succession. He doesn't make it. Fitzsimmons is the winner!


Hernandez takes the decision from the game and bloody Ward, in what was considered one of the more exciting fights of the year.

Ezzard Charles (1950) vs George Foreman (1973) 15 rounds.

Charles befuddles Foreman for a good 10 rounds, always moving, always pumping that jab, and even surprising us all every now and then with lightning fast combinations right in front of Foreman. George is having flashbacks to Peralta, knowing damn well he needs to do something before he loses a decision. Round 11 Foreman starts throwing bombs in massive volume, but is lethargic, and Charles is a bloody mess. Round 12, it comes to a close, Foreman manages a right hook from hell, and Charles is cold.


Main Event:

Jerry Quarry vs Oscar Bonavena, 12 rounds

Co-Feature(s):

John Fury (Tyson Fury's father) vs Johnny Waldron, bare knuckles

GI keeps beating me to it....damned you :P

Robinson wrote:GI keeps beating me to it....damned you :P

Only by twenty-five minutes, mate

jerry quarry wins a close but UD against ringo. round 5 saw the argentine almost go but the bell saves him. jerry realises that oscar is too durable and contents himself with a points victory.

quarry UD 15

this reporter doesnt have too much interest in the bare knuckle stuff but my editor sends me along anyway...and i'm glad he did because i witness a one off in the annals of boxing history. the start is delayed because of fury saying he may not be able to fight as he has broken his hand in an incident getting changed for the bout. his handlers ask the referee if their man can wear a protective glove in the ring!!! the official, sensing a riot if the fight is cancelled, agrees to allow fury to box with a leather protective mitten to ease the pain on his shattered knuckle bones. waldren reasons that the advantage is with him as his knuckles are diamond hard and fury's leather mitt will not do as much damage as a bare fist. in the first round fury dances around johnny pawing out his undamaged left jab. waldren tries a few ill timed swings and misses all of them. towards the end of the round fury steps in with an overhand right that lands on waldrens jaw and poleaxes the poor fella into a heap. the ref counts over the twitching figure 9..10..out! and raises fury's right hand, as he does the leather mitten flies off and fury stands with his arm raised holding a rusting horseshoe in his clenched fist.

waldren disq 1

flyweight dust up;

jimmy wilde v fighting harada

Wilde takes it to Harada from the opening bell, dominating the first 4 rounds. A clash of heads in the 5th round opens up a deep cut above Wilde's left eye, and Harada spends the next 11 rounds working it like a surgeon. Wilde is clearly affected by the blood, and can only manage to win a a couple of more rounds, and Harada emerges with a UD.

In a battle of natural disasters..

Rubin "Hurricaine" Carter vs Antonio "The Tijuana Tornado" meet at 154 lbs

Carter starts on the front foot, dominating the first 5 rounds and keeping Margarito under pressure. Rounds 6-7 are a brawl, the two men battling ferociously in the center of the ring and each absorbing massive punishment, with Carter appearing to have the edge in an all-out war, while down the stretch Margarito's superior conditioning starts to tell, landing hard and often. In the final round, Carter gets backed into a corner, taking a 20-30 clean power shots without reply until the referee finally steps in and calls a halt to the beating. Margarito TKO 12

Main Event
Rocky Marciano vs George Foreman 15 rounds Heavyweight

Undercard
Harry Greb vs Sugar Ray Leonard 15 rounds Middleweight

this reporter doesnt have too much interest in the bare knuckle stuff but my editor sends me along anyway...and i'm glad he did because i witness a one off in the annals of boxing history. the start is delayed because of fury saying he may not be able to fight as he has broken his hand in an incident getting changed for the bout. his handlers ask the referee if their man can wear a protective glove in the ring!!! the official, sensing a riot if the fight is cancelled, agrees to allow fury to box with a leather protective mitten to ease the pain on his shattered knuckle bones. waldren reasons that the advantage is with him as his knuckles are diamond hard and fury's leather mitt will not do as much damage as a bare fist. in the first round fury dances around johnny pawing out his undamaged left jab. waldren tries a few ill timed swings and misses all of them. towards the end of the round fury steps in with an overhand right that lands on waldrens jaw and poleaxes the poor fella into a heap. the ref counts over the twitching figure 9..10..out! and raises fury's right hand, as he does the leather mitten flies off and fury stands with his arm raised holding a rusting horseshoe in his clenched fist.

someone's been following the Margarito scandal I can tell

Main Event
Rocky Marciano vs George Foreman 15 rounds Heavyweight

Undercard
Harry Greb vs Sugar Ray Leonard 15 rounds Middleweight

Foreman kayos Marciano in 5 rounds. Marciano's style was Frazier's, and is tailor made for Foreman. The knock out blow came from a tremendous uppercut that lifted Marciano off the floor.

Pfft....Greb gets screwed again, by one of the all time hustlers in the sport. Originally scheduled for 15 rounds, Leonard manages to get not only a 12 round fight, but one with 12 ounce gloves, which is unprecedented in boxing history! Greb calls foul, but the WBC/WBC/IBF/WBO are all in Leonard's pocket....whats more, the fight is held at Las Vegas....Greb stands no chance...outside of Leonard's 30 second flurries at the end of every round, it appears that Greb has won. Its not to be, Leonard is declared the UNAMINOUS decision winner. Greb never again sets foot at middleweight, arguing "nobody will be Leonard, he's got the cards stacked in his favor."

I guess I'll play match-maker, in Henry's absence...

Main Event: Maxie Rosenbloom meets Evander Holyfield over fifteen rounds at Cruiser...

Undercard: 1997 Oscar De La Hoya (22-0) vs. 2005 Floyd Mayweather (33-0) as Jr. Welters...

Two down-to-the-wire bouts, me-thinks.

Holyfield in a squeaker over Rosenbloom. Maxie throws more, lands more, and seemingly has the fight in hand, but Holyfield lands the more meaningful, more powerful shots, and even wobbles his opponent on several occasions. The judges prefer Evander by a SD.

Mayweather and Oscar do not make make for a very pleasing fight, but the determination is evident. Neither man is willing to open up and take chances, and the going is slow for the first half of the fight. Floyd begins to time the Golden Boy in the 2nd half of the fight, and he counters beautifully as Oscar begins to press the action. The fans boo as the final bell sounds. Scorecards read 116-112, 115-113, 114-114, a MD for PBF.

Ricky Hatton and Frankie Randall square off in a Jr. Welterweight attraction.