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Julio Cesar Chavez vs Rocky Lockridge



Chavez beats Lockridge by a close MD to retain his World Super Featherweight title, good closely contested fight, Chavez the rightful winner IMO although I never scored it, both guys were strong stood in the pocket and willing to trade, Lockridge looked strong, quick and whipped in some good shots, also took shots well but Chavez landed all the eye catching punches and hurt Lockridge a few times especially in the 6th he wobbled him with a left hook, as I say Lockridge was competitive right until the end won a few late rounds and toughed it out but Chavez all in all won more rounds and landed the better punches

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Juan Laporte




Chavez beats Laporte by UD to retain his World Super Featherweight title, really good close fight, both men just stood on the inside and traded, a lot of educated pressure from both guys and some real quality exchanges, neither guy was hurt and there was no real drama but it was just a good competitive fight from 2 clever boxer fighters, Laporte had no qualms about having a tear up and Chavez obviously didn't either, he dug in some sickening left hooks to the body of Laporte and they were the punches which caught the eye, Laporte took them well TBF but Chavez came out with the win

James Bonecrusher Smith vs Levi Billups

Acknowledging the fact of being the bigger, stronger guy and a favorite, Bonecrusher started the fight as the aggressor, he was coming forward, but Billups was prepared for that and he appeared to be a faster guy. Billups was successfully avoiding Bonecrusher's attacks and providing his own ones. Billups was landing noticeable punches and his confidence was growing. At the very end of the 5th Bonecrusher finally got to Billups, he landed a big left uppercut, Billups was stunned, Bonecrusher cornered Billups and tried to batter him, but Billups was fighting back and hurt Smith with a counter. Later the fight continued in its usual fashion, Billups was taking rounds, but in the 9th Bonecrusher caught Billups again and this time Smith was far more successful, as he cornered Billups and sent him down with the barrage of punches. Billups was hurt, but he was able to stand up and survive until the bell. In the 10th and final round both of the fighters were tired, but Bonecrusher seemed to have a bit more left, so he looked a bit better based on the activity, yet that wasn't enough. Billups got the decision and scored an upset.

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario



Chavez stops the insanely brave but outgunned Rosario in the 11th round to become World Lightweight champion, as I say brave showing from Rosario but he took a beating for the vast majority of the fight, he did himself no favours by backing up to the ropes in the 1st round where Chavez pounded away to his body and most of the fight played out like that with Rosario backed up and Chavez bullying him mostly to the body but some hurtful headshots as well, some big uppercuts through the middle rocked the head back of Rosario who had to rely on rare single shots


Chavez was excellent, looked in the mood, started fast and never let up, he broke Rosario down round after round and in the 11th with Rosario busted up and fighting on heart alone it was good to see the ref step in to end the slaughter, no real highlight reel punches forced the stoppage but it was just an accumulation, a proper beatdown and a lesson in body punching from Chavez

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Jose Luis Ramirez




Chavez beats Ramirez by 11 round Technical Decision in a World Lightweight unification after Ramirez comes off worse in an accidental head clash, his forehead split open, shame when a good fight ends like that, Ramirez was losing the fight but it was close and he was having a good spell, Chavez boxed a lot more here than he usually does, he was still aggressive and both men had their spells of success, Chavez should've been credited with a knockdown in the 3rd after a right hand he landed had Ramirez touching down

Both men tried to control ring centre, working the jabs and getting home some clean work inside, Chavez just had that bit more about his game and began to build a lead after a close start, Ramirez did have a good 10th but early in the 11th the headclash happened and it was stopped, good boxing match and Chavez showed more to his game than just sheer aggression

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Greg Haugen



Chavez destroys Haugen in 5 rounds to retain his World Super Lightweight title, Chavez at his destructive best, no matter what Haugen did it had zero effect and Chavez just walked through him and pummeled him, he had Haugen down seconds into the fight from a right hand and after that it was a long 5 rounds for Haugen, Chavez pressed and stalked, kept the pressure up, digging in sickening lefts downstairs and hurtful rights upstairs, he just never gave Haugen a moments peace


In the 5th Chavez buckled the legs of Haugen with a big right hand and not long after a two fisted combination sent Haugen down for the second time in the fight, he bravely got up but the writing was on the wall, when Chavez trapped him in the corner letting both hands go the ref stepped in, you could argue there wasn't much landing clean at the stoppage but Haugen wasn't lasting much longer

Meldrick Taylor vs Buddy McGirt

A great and competetive fight. There were a lot of exchanges and Taylor was better in the majority of them. McGirt also had his moments, but Taylor was faster and more ingenious boxer, more effective as the result. In the 12th round McGirt was taking too much. He was taking it good, but his corner stopped the bout.

For a short period of time, Meldrick Taylor was a great fighter.

Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 11:47 For a short period of time, Meldrick Taylor was a great fighter.

For sure, Steele robbed him of the hot victory to back it up on paper.

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Tony Lopez



Chavez stops Lopez on a cut in the 10th round to retain his World Super Lightweight title, good competitive fight both men had their spells, Chavez is a notoriously slow starter and Lopez came out fast, firing out the punches and tagging Chavez who ploughed forward, there was a lot of close rounds but Lopez's left eye began to swell and Chavez began to find his rhythm, getting up close and letting both hands go, he never worked the body as much as usual but did get through with some nice head shots



Chavez gets better each passing round and although Lopez was fighting it out and having success , his punches had lost their snap and his eye was getting worse, Chavez pressed and pressed constantly , in the 10th the ref called the doc over to check the eye and it was stopped, shame as Lopez might have been in the fight despite Chavez coming on strong

Carl Williams vs Tim Witherspoon

Witherspoon tried to engage inside, Williams was boxing from the outside. Williams was a bit stationary early, so Witherspoon took a couple of rounds, but closer to the mid-point Williams began to move well. Williams was clearly outboxing Witherspoon and in the 8th round Carl even rocked him with solid one-two. Tim was a bit more desperate in the late rounds, but that brought almost nothing. Williams won confidently, but got robbed, as Witherspoon was awarded SD victory.

David Haye vs Dereck Chisora

A great slugfest, a true modern classics. Chisora tried to fight in his usual fashion, Haye accepted this challenge. With his reflexes and superior speed Haye was outfighting Chisora, but Chisora kept coming. In the 5th round Chisora was spurting wildly, Haye countered with left hook off the ropes, Chisora was hurt, Haye immediately added right hook, Chisora went down. Chisora got up and looked dazed, Haye tried to finish him, Chisora at first tried to clinch, but then decided to trade and got caught with the series of clean hooks, after what Chisora went down again. Chisora got up, but didn't look good, the ref stopped it. A short, but entertaining fight with a KO for highlight reels.

Kostya Tszyu vs Julio Cesar Chavez




Tszyu stops a brave but faded Chavez in round 6 to retain his World Super Lightweight title, beat him at his own game by bringing educated pressure and breaking Chavez down round after round, Chavez actually had a good 1st, caught Tszyu a couple of times with the right hand but by the 2nd Tszyu was starting to take control, picking Cahvez off with clean shots, leading and countering , jabbing, lead right hand but the counter left hooks easpecially were top drawer, Tszyu showed real quality and by the 5th Chavez looked fvcked


Chavez did come out guns blazing in the 6th obviously aware he was on borrowed time but he ended up getting a point off for repeated low blows, Tzsyu then decked him with a superb right hand counter, caught Chavez coming in, he gamely got up but Tszyu again showed excellent variety and accuracy to force the stoppage, Chavez well passed his sell by date but you've still got to admire Tzsyu

Julio Cesar Chavez vs Ivan Robinson



Chavez beats Robinson by UD in a 10 round Welterweight fight, Chavez 42 years old but looked great, not an ounce of fat on him and lost maybe a round, he had Robinson down in the 4th with a cracker of a lead right hand, dropped Robinson heavily and although he got up his legs were never the same, Chavez bullied him up close especially to the body, the left uppercut has always been one of his main weapons and he drilled Robinson through the middle with it, he hurt Robinson a few times with the right hand and had him pedalling


Robinson also lost a point in the 7th for repeated losing his gumshield, never made a difference anyhow as Chavez won everything, Robinson had his best spell late in the fight, Chavez hurt his right hand late and fought the whole last round one handed but he still battered Robinson with big lefts hooks to head and body, really good performance from Chavez

I watched a few Chapo Rosario fights lately:
Versus Roque Montoya, Roberto Elizondo and Livingstone Bramble. Also Gerry Cooney vs. Phillip "Bazooka" Brown.

handsofstone wrote: ↑10 Jan 2020, 09:54 Julio Cesar Chavez vs Tony Lopez



Chavez stops Lopez on a cut in the 10th round to retain his World Super Lightweight title, good competitive fight both men had their spells, Chavez is a notoriously slow starter and Lopez came out fast, firing out the punches and tagging Chavez who ploughed forward, there was a lot of close rounds but Lopez's left eye began to swell and Chavez began to find his rhythm, getting up close and letting both hands go, he never worked the body as much as usual but did get through with some nice head shots



Chavez gets better each passing round and although Lopez was fighting it out and having success , his punches had lost their snap and his eye was getting worse, Chavez pressed and pressed constantly , in the 10th the ref called the doc over to check the eye and it was stopped, shame as Lopez might have been in the fight despite Chavez coming on strong

Lopez did a good job of negating Chavez's wicked left hook to the body.

Battling Battalino vs Kid Chocolate



Battalino beats Chocolate by close decision to retain his World Featherweight title, only 15 mins available which is a shame as it looked a fun scrap, Chocolate had Battalino down in the 1st but that wasnt on the film, both men slugged it out with Battalino looking the slightly more aggressive and Chocolate picking the better punches and looking that bit cuter in his work, a lot of people thought Chocolate won apparently but Battalino got the decision

David Haye vs Dereck Chisora

It was a decent tear-up that's for sure and plenty of spice and spite beforehand.

The temptation is to think...…..what could have Del Boy done if he had not been such a nutter and always been on such a short-fuse leading into and also during fights?

But I actually think that 'devilment' was what he needed to be competitive and effective. I always had respect for Chisora for that fight with Vitali K in Munich. He refused to bail out and kept on coming

Mike Tyson v Frnak Bruno 1

Although there was only going to be one winner here, Bruno should take credit for some of the heavy shots he took from Tyson. For someone who was supposedly not able to take a shot, he took plenty here and stood up to them pretty well. Bruno is famed for that one punch in the first round that shook Tyson but in fairness he got a couple more in before he was worn down in the fifth.
Bruno did too much holding and hitting but I suspect that was part of the game plan in a bid to frustrate Tyson and he was lucky to not get another point deducted.
A decent effort from big Frank in this one but this was Tyson in his prime and he was always going to be overwhelmed by the younger champion.

Danny Lopez vs. Shig Fukuyama

What a fight. Both guys really aggressive and tons of heart. Lopez is winning more of the rounds but gets hurt a couple of times. Some really great rounds in this all action fight.

chrisjs1985 wrote: ↑20 Jan 2020, 12:47 Danny Lopez vs. Shig Fukuyama

What a fight. Both guys really aggressive and tons of heart. Lopez is winning more of the rounds but gets hurt a couple of times. Some really great rounds in this all action fight.

Shig could bleed with the best of them.

Mike McCallum vs Steve Collins



McCallum beats Collins by a wide UD to retain his World Middleweight title, it was a close competitive fight where the cards didn't reflect the contest, Collins was tough and game as ever, he stood up to some big shots and always came back firing, neither man was afraid to bite down on the gumshield and have a tear up, there was a lot of good exchanges, McCallum just that bit better in most rounds, usually got the first and last word and his work had a bit more class about it, he was made to work for his win though, Collins never gave him a moments piece, no drama but just a good old fashioned scrap

Sumbu Kalambay vs Steve Collins



Kalambay beats Collins by MD to retain his European Middleweight title, razor close fight where even the most one sided round was uber close, tough night for the judges, there was nothing eye catching but both men just got to work, jabbing, getting up close and letting both hands go, neither man took much of a backwards step, both men super fit, tough and durable, no major talking points but still a good competitive fight, maybe Collins done enough but there was nothing in it

Sumbu Kalambay vs Steve Collins

Kalambay beats Collins by MD to retain his European Middleweight title, razor close fight where even the most one sided round was uber close, tough night for the judges, there was nothing eye catching but both men just got to work, jabbing, getting up close and letting both hands go, neither man took much of a backwards step, both men super fit, tough and durable, no major talking points but still a good competitive fight, maybe Collins done enough but there was nothing in it

Quality lesson in Steve's overall education...….he massively benefitted from this kind of fight and the fact that he never got busted-up or stopped meant that he could roll-on.

Steve Collins vs Chris Pyatt



Collins stops Pyatt in the 5th to become World Middleweight champion, bit controversial as I think the ref was a bit quick to step in, still good performance from Collins nonetheless, he started off quicker, outboxed Pyatt in the first couple rounds, found his range early on, landed some clean combinations, Pyatt had a a good 3rd and began to find his own range, caught Collins flush a few times but Collins began to counter him in the 4th, walked Pyatt on to some left hook counters

Collins decked Pyatt heavily in the 5th after landing a massive right hand, Pyatt got up on groggy legs and Collins had him against the ropes for about 40 seconds just constantly bombarding him with punches from both hands, some landing but Pyatt done a good job of making him miss with a lot as well, Pyatt was still hurt and a left stunned him but he seemed to be getting his wits back and Collins was missing with everything as the ref stepped in, Pyatt wasn't throwing back but he seemed to be riding out the storm