Willie Pastrano vs. Wayne Thornton (1st meeting) - Revision history

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	~~"Unranked light heavyweight Wayne Thornton scored~~ the first major boxing upset of 1963 Saturday night by giving third-ranked Willie Pastrano a body beating for a unanimous 10-round decision in their nationally televised fight at [[Madison Square Garden\|MSG]]. Thornton, a 3-1 underdog, had veteran Pastrano groggy in several rounds from combination rights to the body and left hooks to the head as he scored his ninth straight victory in his eastern professional debut. At the finish, Pastrano was not only bleeding from a cut under his left eye and slightly from the mouth but his body was battered raw. It was only his courage, ruggedness and ring guile that prevented his being knocked out last night." - United Press International		'''From the United Press International:'''

			Unranked light heavyweight Wayne Thornton scored the first major boxing upset of 1963 Saturday night by giving third-ranked Willie Pastrano a body beating for a unanimous 10-round decision in their nationally televised fight at [[Madison Square Garden\|MSG]]. Thornton, a 3-1 underdog, had veteran Pastrano groggy in several rounds from combination rights to the body and left hooks to the head as he scored his ninth straight victory in his eastern professional debut. At the finish, Pastrano was not only bleeding from a cut under his left eye and slightly from the mouth but his body was battered raw. It was only his courage, ruggedness and ring guile that prevented his being knocked out last night.
	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*There was a crowd of 1,500 at MSG.		*There was a crowd of 1,500 at MSG.

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	"Unranked light heavyweight Wayne Thornton scored the first major boxing upset of 1963 Saturday night by giving ~~3rd~~ ranked Willie Pastrano a body beating for a unanimous 10 round decision in their nationally televised fight at MSG. Thornton, a 3-1 underdog, had veteran Pastrano groggy in several rounds from combination rights to the body and left hooks to the head as he scored his ~~9th~~ straight victory in his eastern professional debut. At the finish, Pastrano was not only bleeding from a cut under his left eye and slightly from the mouth but his body was battered raw. It was only his courage, ruggedness and ring guile that prevented his being knocked out last night." -United Press International		"Unranked light heavyweight Wayne Thornton scored the first major boxing upset of 1963 Saturday night by giving third-ranked Willie Pastrano a body beating for a unanimous 10-round decision in their nationally televised fight at [[Madison Square Garden\|MSG]]. Thornton, a 3-1 underdog, had veteran Pastrano groggy in several rounds from combination rights to the body and left hooks to the head as he scored his ninth straight victory in his eastern professional debut. At the finish, Pastrano was not only bleeding from a cut under his left eye and slightly from the mouth but his body was battered raw. It was only his courage, ruggedness and ring guile that prevented his being knocked out last night." - United Press International

	*~~Unofficial UPI scorecard~~ - 7-3 Thornton		==Notes==
	*It was ~~stated in~~ the ~~report that this~~ loss cost Pastrano a late March title shot against Harold Johnson.		*There was a crowd of 1,500 at MSG.
			*United Press International scored the fight 7-3 for Thornton and the Associated Press had it 6-3-1 for Thornton.
			*It was reported that the loss to Thornton cost Pastrano a late March title shot against World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Harold Johnson]].

	Post fight ~~comments~~		==Post-Fight Comments==
			*"Pastrano is hard to nail solidly to the head. And when I did nail him, he 'cuted' his way out of danger. I almost had him in the seventh, but he got away." - Wayne Thornton
			*"He wore me down with his body punches. I wanted to press him in the middle of the fight but I couldn't. He slowed me down. He's very strong and willing." - Willie Pastrano
			*"We'll try to bring them back again to the Garden on March 23." - Harry Markson, managing director of MSG, proposing a rematch.
			*"The best fighter I've seen out of California since [[Fred Apostoli]]." - [[Teddy Brenner]], MSG matchmaker, on Thornton.

	* "Pastrano ~~is hard to nail solidly to the head. And when I did nail him, he 'cuted' his way out of danger. I almost had him in the 7th, but he got away~~.~~" -~~Wayne Thornton		==See Also==
			*[[Willie Pastrano vs. Wayne Thornton (2nd meeting)]]
	* ~~"We'll try to bring them back again to the Garden on March 23rd." -Harry Markson, managing director of MSG, proposing a rematch~~.		*[[Willie Pastrano vs. Wayne Thornton (3rd meeting)]]

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"Unranked light heavyweight Wayne Thornton scored the first major boxing upset of 1963 Saturday night by giving 3rd ranked Willie Pastrano a body beating for a unanimous 10 round decision in their nationally televised fight at MSG. Thornton, a 3-1 underdog, had veteran Pastrano groggy in several rounds from combination rights to the body and left hooks to the head as he scored his 9th straight victory in his eastern professional debut. At the finish, Pastrano was not only bleeding from a cut under his left eye and slightly from the mouth but his body was battered raw. It was only his courage, ruggedness and ring guile that prevented his being knocked out last night." -United Press International

*Unofficial UPI scorecard - 7-3 Thornton
*It was stated in the report that this loss cost Pastrano a late March title shot against Harold Johnson.

Post fight comments

* "Pastrano is hard to nail solidly to the head. And when I did nail him, he 'cuted' his way out of danger. I almost had him in the 7th, but he got away." -Wayne Thornton

* "We'll try to bring them back again to the Garden on March 23rd." -Harry Markson, managing director of MSG, proposing a rematch.