Pipino Cuevas's bone breaking

IronKidDynamite · Post by **IronKidDynamite** » 21 Aug 2004, 10:46

Is there any footage of the fights wer he broke bones? What were they?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 21 Aug 2004, 12:10

You can get most of his defences on video - he truly was a bone breaking puncher. Get hold of a tape of his early round blowouts of Ranzany, Backus, Clarke, Grey.
Some of these poor guys ended up looking like they'd been 15 rounds with Joe Frazier, after just 6 minutes.
A broken nose was to be expected if you got in the ring with Cuevas, unless you were Tommy Hearns, that is.

IronKidDynamite · Post by **IronKidDynamite** » 21 Aug 2004, 12:15

Yeah but which of those fighters did he break their bones.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 21 Aug 2004, 19:03

I'm sure it's the Backus fight: Cuevas nails him in the first 20 seconds with a punch that would have levelled most other fighters. Billy stays on his feet, somehow, and absorbs a murderous barrage that last till the end of round one.
Cuevas lands one KO bomb after another: Backus' face is a mess and his eye is massively swolen.
The referee must've been a relative of Genghis Khan I think. It's a pretty sickening beating the guy takes, and a merciful doctor pulls him out before the start of round 2.

pringle · Post by **pringle** » 22 Aug 2004, 08:40

Yeah but which of those fighters did he break their bones.

already mentioned:
http://www.boxrec.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20790

IronKidDynamite · Post by **IronKidDynamite** » 22 Aug 2004, 11:53

"Espada- broken jaw
Gray- broken jaw
Weston-broken ribs
Backus- broken eye socket
Ranzany- broken jaw"

Rafael · Post by **Rafael** » 26 Aug 2004, 16:37

Cuevas-Backus is one of the most gruesome short fights you will ever see. Backus' face looked like he had just shaved with a lawn mower, and that's only after two minutes of fighting!

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 27 Aug 2004, 08:35

MightyWarrior wrote:I'm sure it's the Backus fight: Cuevas nails him in the first 20 seconds with a punch that would have levelled most other fighters. Billy stays on his feet, somehow, and absorbs a murderous barrage that last till the end of round one.
Cuevas lands one KO bomb after another: Backus' face is a mess and his eye is massively swolen.
The referee must've been a relative of Genghis Khan I think. It's a pretty sickening beating the guy takes, and a merciful doctor pulls him out before the start of round 2.

Yeah, Cuevas smashed his eye socket. I have the Boxing Illustrated report of the fight.