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Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:11
by SaadOffTheDeck
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:02
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:00
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 14:58

You sure? I thought he defended both against Berto? Maybe Pacquiao as well?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Was the Maidana rematch I think. I'll check online just now but I'm sure he defended both titles at welter and light middle
Sorry bud, he didn't.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:21
by Stuarty
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:11
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:02
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:00

Yeah, I'm sure.
Was the Maidana rematch I think. I'll check online just now but I'm sure he defended both titles at welter and light middle
Sorry bud, he didn't.
Just checked on here and it has him down as defending the WBA and WBC Welter titles and also the WBC lightmiddle title as well :maybe:

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:25
by SaadOffTheDeck
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:21
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:11
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:02

Was the Maidana rematch I think. I'll check online just now but I'm sure he defended both titles at welter and light middle
Sorry bud, he didn't.
Just checked on here and it has him down as defending the WBA and WBC Welter titles and also the WBC lightmiddle title as well :maybe:
That's an error on the site.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:41
by KiwiRider
While I was reading your OP Taansend, I was fully expecting you to have found the link to Kevin Bacon!
Boxing is one of the most baffling sports there is. It's rare to confidently say who is the best in any weight.
And how dare you call New Zealand obscure! It's only geographically challenged yanks wot have not heard how awesome we are. And that's only because we is modest

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:50
by orbtastic
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 12:54
bigjack wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 12:50
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 12:46

No but he managed to fight for a vacant world title straight after a knockout loss.
Who held the WBO title before Hearns then ?
Dunno but from your question I thought you meant was the WBO itself made up for Hearns benefit :D
It was. I read an interview with manny in the internet’s infancy back in the 90s where he said he essentially bankrolled it and three or four of his fighters fought for their inaugural titles.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 15:55
by stujones
Immediately comes to mind is Howard Clarke vs Fernando Vargas - yes Clarke beat someone ranked in the top 10, but earn a top 10 ranking but his record wasn't great. But I was pleased cos I won a long running bet with a friend when I saw Clarke draw (although he well won) with Michael Smyth and I said "he's good enough to hang in world class if he would get the breaks" - fighting for the world title was enough for my mate to cough up the tenner.

Didn't fight for a title, but not long ago Joey Vegas had a very lofty world rating with the WBC. again he did win some spurious belt, but his record wasn't of someone in the top 50.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 16:18
by rubberneck
Sheffield’s John “Buster” Keaton fought Don Diego Poeder for the vacant Dutch cruiserweight title back in 2005. He didn’t win.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 16:40
by Taansend
KiwiRider wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:41 While I was reading your OP Taansend, I was fully expecting you to have found the link to Kevin Bacon!
Boxing is one of the most baffling sports there is. It's rare to confidently say who is the best in any weight.
And how dare you call New Zealand obscure! It's only geographically challenged yanks wot have not heard how awesome we are. And that's only because we is modest
If you're a heavyweight boxer from Vegas then fighting small cards New Zealand is obscure.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 17:22
by Stuarty
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:25
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:21
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:11

Sorry bud, he didn't.
Just checked on here and it has him down as defending the WBA and WBC Welter titles and also the WBC lightmiddle title as well :maybe:
That's an error on the site.
If it helps you sleep at night blud :TU:

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 17:30
by davie
I remember posting a while back about Izuagbe Ugonoh,

Izuagbe Ugonoh (American, born in Poland, presumably of Nigerian ancestry), just won the vacant Mediterranean title in New Zealand
The same guy simultaneously held the WBA interim Oceania title and WBO interim Africa title

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 24 Nov 2017, 18:42
by Taansend
davie wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 17:30 I remember posting a while back about Izuagbe Ugonoh,

Izuagbe Ugonoh (American, born in Poland, presumably of Nigerian ancestry), just won the vacant Mediterranean title in New Zealand
The same guy simultaneously held the WBA interim Oceania title and WBO interim Africa title
I don't think he's America, Mate

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 00:30
by SaadOffTheDeck
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 17:22
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:25
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:21

Just checked on here and it has him down as defending the WBA and WBC Welter titles and also the WBC lightmiddle title as well :maybe:
That's an error on the site.
If it helps you sleep at night blud :TU:
Umm, ok. :roll:

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 05:27
by stujones
Didn't John Murray fight or defend his WBC Youth title against someone who was 31.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 05:57
by Tomasino
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 25 Nov 2017, 00:30
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 17:22
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:25

That's an error on the site.
If it helps you sleep at night blud :TU:
Umm, ok. :roll:
It was announced for the welterweight and super welterweight titles by Jimmy Lennon gents :salut:

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 06:11
by banjo
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:02
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 15:00
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 14:58

You sure? I thought he defended both against Berto? Maybe Pacquiao as well?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Was the Maidana rematch I think. I'll check online just now but I'm sure he defended both titles at welter and light middle
You're right it was for WBC welter and WBC super welter

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 08:28
by forestbox
Some joseph parker had was ridiculous

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 08:39
by SaadOffTheDeck
Tomasino wrote: 25 Nov 2017, 05:57
SaadOffTheDeck wrote: 25 Nov 2017, 00:30
Stuarty30 wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 17:22

If it helps you sleep at night blud :TU:
Umm, ok. :roll:
It was announced for the welterweight and super welterweight titles by Jimmy Lennon gents :salut:
Which fight? My bad Stu, I've never heard that or seen it in writing. At least he held both titles, Leonard getting a belt for spite still stands alone.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 10:00
by Counter-puncher
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 18:42
davie wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 17:30 I remember posting a while back about Izuagbe Ugonoh,

Izuagbe Ugonoh (American, born in Poland, presumably of Nigerian ancestry), just won the vacant Mediterranean title in New Zealand
The same guy simultaneously held the WBA interim Oceania title and WBO interim Africa title
I don't think he's America, Mate
I'm pretty sure if you ask dagilechia he'll tell you the guy isn't Polish....

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 10:15
by leejonesjnr
Charr v Ustinov for the WBA Heavyweight Championship Of The World

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 10:50
by bennie
It doesn't get much odder than Battling Siki defending his world light-heavyweight title against Mike McTigue in Dublin on St Patrick's Day in 1923, particularly as Ireland was in the grip of Civil War. Unsurprisingly, Siki lost a decision.

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 28 Nov 2017, 16:52
by Taansend
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 09:57
I was looking at the fight this Monday between Sergey Kuzmin & Amir Mansour, in Russia, and noticed that Kuzmin had beaten Darnell "Ding-a-Ling" Wilson, who was a fun fighter to watch a few years ago.
It was a technical draw after 3 rounds. Anyone know what happened?

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 04:28
by chinarich
Taansend wrote: 28 Nov 2017, 16:52
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 09:57
I was looking at the fight this Monday between Sergey Kuzmin & Amir Mansour, in Russia, and noticed that Kuzmin had beaten Darnell "Ding-a-Ling" Wilson, who was a fun fighter to watch a few years ago.
It was a technical draw after 3 rounds. Anyone know what happened?
There was a head clash, opened up a deep cut on Kuzmin's forehead and one on Mansour's right eyelid, no way for either to continue. Rather anti-climactic...

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 09:55
by Taansend
chinarich wrote: 29 Nov 2017, 04:28
Taansend wrote: 28 Nov 2017, 16:52
Taansend wrote: 24 Nov 2017, 09:57
I was looking at the fight this Monday between Sergey Kuzmin & Amir Mansour, in Russia, and noticed that Kuzmin had beaten Darnell "Ding-a-Ling" Wilson, who was a fun fighter to watch a few years ago.
It was a technical draw after 3 rounds. Anyone know what happened?
There was a head clash, opened up a deep cut on Kuzmin's forehead and one on Mansour's right eyelid, no way for either to continue. Rather anti-climactic...
Thank you. Mansour has some bad luck with injuries

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 10:50
by chinarich
Taansend wrote: 29 Nov 2017, 09:55
chinarich wrote: 29 Nov 2017, 04:28
Taansend wrote: 28 Nov 2017, 16:52

It was a technical draw after 3 rounds. Anyone know what happened?
There was a head clash, opened up a deep cut on Kuzmin's forehead and one on Mansour's right eyelid, no way for either to continue. Rather anti-climactic...
Thank you. Mansour has some bad luck with injuries
He does. I was half-watching the fight but missed the actual clash so don't know whether one was more at fault than the other. Mansour had jumped in a couple of times previously trying to get in range, both cuts looked very nasty Kuzmin basically had a hole in his forehead...

Re: Odd Title Fights

Posted: 01 Dec 2017, 17:11
by chinarich
Ashley Theophane is fighting a Georgian in Germany tomorrow night for the German International belt...