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Who wins this? In their primes. Alex Garcia won by brutal knockout the first time... though I could have sworn I saw Tex throw a kick to the midsection... Tex was past his prime. Not really the same. Nobody brutally knocks out a young Tex Cobb.

what fight are you talking about? Tex never fought Alex Garcia

The fight! It was around '92 or so. Somewhere in that area. I've got a copy of it in front of me.

boxing or kickboxing? Tex hasn't lost since 1985 and that was a string of 4 in a row before the Holmes fight. He never fought Alex Garcia the mexican heavyweight from CA.

Anybody see this fight?

Tex hasn't lost since 1985

Dee Collier, anyone?

that was a string of 4 in a row before the Holmes fight.

Holmes-Cobb happened later the same year Cooney-Holmes happened, wasn't in 1985.

No biters?



Fine... Alex Garcia took a dive against Honey Roy Palmer after this bout.

Diggstown....I shoulda known

HomicideHenry wrote:Diggstown....I shoulda known

Thank you! I was hoping someone would get it. But I was also hoping not to leak out too much info. Honey Roy was too much info but I didn't know how else to do it. Ever notice how Rocky Pepeli was Hone Roy's first opponent?

But Minoso Torres (Garcia) knocked Wolf (Tex) around pretty hard in the opening segment which I don't believe would have happened in a Garcia vs. Cobb matchup. At least not in their primes. But a '92 Tex Cobb was pretty crappy. Actually, Tex Cobb wasn't ever really that good. He was just a hard bruiser. Then again, a '92 Tex Cobb vs. an overhyped Garcia... probably would have been an interesting matchup. What do you think?

Yeah but the 'prison fight' was done with bare-knuckles and seemingly no round system, more along the lines of a London Prize Ring set up...and it was a Hollywood movie, far from realistic.

As far as the Cobb of the 1990's being 'crap', iono, I seem to remember before Sports Illustrated came out with the cociane-fight fix allegations on Cobb, he was supposed to get a WBO title shot against Tommy Morrison...I think even at that stage, the "Duke" wouldn't have knocked Cobb out until the latter rounds...if Michael Bentt could have pulled the upset, I think Cobb would have had a chance of staying vertical for a while.

As far as Garcia-Cobb is concerned, woulda been interesting, but I see Garcia doing a decision win over Cobb (least the 1990's Tex).

HomicideHenry wrote:Yeah but the 'prison fight' was done with bare-knuckles and seemingly no round system, more along the lines of a London Prize Ring set up...and it was a Hollywood movie, far from realistic.

I know. I was just hoping to get some biters.

HomicideHenry wrote:As far as the Cobb of the 1990's being 'crap', iono, I seem to remember before Sports Illustrated came out with the cociane-fight fix allegations on Cobb, he was supposed to get a WBO title shot against Tommy Morrison...I think even at that stage, the "Duke" wouldn't have knocked Cobb out until the latter rounds...if Michael Bentt could have pulled the upset, I think Cobb would have had a chance of staying vertical for a while.

I'm basically going off his "fight" with Sonny Barch. Prior to that I haven't seen a Cobb fight that was past 1985. For as long as it lasted, he looked like crap against Barch.

HomicideHenry wrote:As far as Garcia-Cobb is concerned, woulda been interesting, but I see Garcia doing a decision win over Cobb (least the 1990's Tex).

I agree. Garcia by decision. Garcia was nothing special but Cobb didn't have much to offer at this stage. 10 years prior and Cobb stops him.