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scartissue wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 21:28 Goose, I would disagree that they were one-sided. To begin with their first fight - let's face it, Cuevas did not deserve a title shot. He was 15-6 and had lost his last fight to Andy 'The Hawk' Price. I recall reading about this at the time. Espada and his manager Yamil Chade went to watch this fight (I think it was at the Olympic but I could be wrong) and Espada was telling Chade, "Him, I want him!" And Chade said, "Oh, you want to defend the title against Price?" And Espada told him, "No, I want to fight Cuevas." It was sort of comical, but Espada seemed to want an easy match. I'm sure he took Cuevas for granted and paid the price in 2 rounds. The rematch was tight and was dead even on the officials cards after 11 rounds, with Espada retiring with a broken jaw. I saw the fight, and although I had Cuevas further ahead than the officials, Espada's counters would have taken out most welters. He deserved the third fight after the tussle he put up. After a number of wins Espada wanted another crack at his old title and the Puerto Rican friendly WBA was only too happy to oblige. Again, it was said to be a tough one, but Cuevas prevailed in the 10th. So, one easy blowout but Cuevas had to work himself into the ground for fights 2 and 3. I remember Espada so well back in the day. Beautiful boxer with explosive counters. He seems to be lost in the ether these days but a damn good fighter.

dagosd2000 wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 22:03

scartissue wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 21:28 Goose, I would disagree that they were one-sided. To begin with their first fight - let's face it, Cuevas did not deserve a title shot. He was 15-6 and had lost his last fight to Andy 'The Hawk' Price. I recall reading about this at the time. Espada and his manager Yamil Chade went to watch this fight (I think it was at the Olympic but I could be wrong) and Espada was telling Chade, "Him, I want him!" And Chade said, "Oh, you want to defend the title against Price?" And Espada told him, "No, I want to fight Cuevas." It was sort of comical, but Espada seemed to want an easy match. I'm sure he took Cuevas for granted and paid the price in 2 rounds. The rematch was tight and was dead even on the officials cards after 11 rounds, with Espada retiring with a broken jaw. I saw the fight, and although I had Cuevas further ahead than the officials, Espada's counters would have taken out most welters. He deserved the third fight after the tussle he put up. After a number of wins Espada wanted another crack at his old title and the Puerto Rican friendly WBA was only too happy to oblige. Again, it was said to be a tough one, but Cuevas prevailed in the 10th. So, one easy blowout but Cuevas had to work himself into the ground for fights 2 and 3. I remember Espada so well back in the day. Beautiful boxer with explosive counters. He seems to be lost in the ether these days but a damn good fighter.

Goose and Dan
They wanted Jose Napoles to defend his title in 1975 against Espada in Puerto Rico,but Jose wanted something "softer" so he opted to fight Armando Muniz in Acapulco. What can you say about that one?

Nile4000 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2021, 13:36 Give Pipino the credit for fighting him an additional 2 times.

Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑08 Jan 2021, 12:13

Nile4000 wrote: ↑04 Jan 2021, 13:36 Give Pipino the credit for fighting him an additional 2 times.

On the other hand, it would have been nice for someone else to have got shot instead of beating the same guy three times. Of course better yet, taking on Palomino.