Bobby Chacon has died today. I am glad that I was able to forgive him for beating Little Red Lopez. God bless him and thank you for how much of yourself you gave to entertain us.
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Bobby Chacon has died today. I am glad that I was able to forgive him for beating Little Red Lopez. God bless him and thank you for how much of yourself you gave to entertain us.
Remember him fighting Boza Edwards a tough guy Rip Bobby.
Bobby was a very good fight in a great era. I remember him very well. Class acted all the way. R. I. P. champ.
Not many boxers have an active 19 year career in boxing but multiple division weight champ Bobby Chacon 59-7-1 beat quite a few good fighters and lost to a lot of HOF type fighters during a decent journeyman career.... RIP champ....
"Decent journeyman career"? He was a two time world champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97
I caught that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold"Decent journeyman career"? He was a two time world champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97
Takes a strange type of man to try to get a rise out of others in a RIP thread.
Chacon was well before my time (I'm 29) but I had heard of his wars many times in ring magazine, television, on here, etc. A legendary little fighter.
He was before my time but RIP legend.
Sorry guys guess I'm getting off on the wrong foot here. Chacon was in a lot of terrific, exciting fights and I watched many of them live like vs. Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Ray Mancini and Alexis Arguello.... Anyway, journeyman was the wrong choice of words... I still ended my post w/ RIP champ, perhaps that's all I should have said.... Ciao!
Chef
Tremendous battler who had pain outside the ring to match some of his wars between the ropes. Save for one loss that was later avenged his losses were to the very best. Didn't realize the particulars on his wife and how long she tried to get him out of the sport before finally committing suicide. He fought the next day :-\. Tragic the toll his ring years took on him, alone in a nursing home. Rest in peace champion!
Just leave the board. You have already lost everybody's respect ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97
In many of those battles I saw on network television whenever I saw other fighters pour their soul into a fight a piece of them was left in that ring especially against Chacon. He never, win, loss or draw failed to pick himself up whole and give all he had the next match even when we thought how does he recover from that. There he was again giving all he had and most importantly no matter what, he kept it all. All that strength and physical skill and of course courage and determination. There were a lot of Saturdays I was thankful for Wide World of Sports even when Howard Cosell was extra nasal.
Tough crowd....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncherJust leave the board. You have already lost everybody's respect ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97
He's just teasing you.Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97Tough crowd....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncherJust leave the board. You have already lost everybody's respect ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by chef97
You seem like a nice guy.
Welcome aboard.
I never really watch him but hope he is in a better place right now anyone here know what fights i should watch if i wanted to get a good idea what kinda of fighter he was. I mostly watch everything from 147 and up from the past but then below that a lot fighters i missed out on.
The fight with Boza-Edwards, any of the fights with Bazooka Limon, but especially the fourth fight. He also fought Alexis Arguello and three fights with Ruben Olivares.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr140