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Brutal bodyshot!!!
While it's still June 23rd here, it's already June 24th elsewhere.
Anyway........ June 24, 1995. RJJ vs. Yo Vinny Pazienza. Ahhhhhh..... the memory of it still makes me smile.
Yo Vinny would've needed the help of some of Corleone's men to beat Roy that night.
It was a beauuuuuuuutiful mismatch. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pJlNvkSf1s
I showed my friend that combination at the end and he was in awe. Had to rewind it multiple times for him as he could not believe them.
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Originally Posted by Master
I was dying for someone to take Yo Vinny down a few pegs, and Roy did that admirably. A few fighters become instant favorites of mine after administering epic beatdowns to oversized egos. MAB was one, and Roy is another.
Why was Vinny Paz on your bad list? He seemed OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I was dying for someone to take Yo Vinny down a few pegs, and Roy did that admirably. A few fighters become instant favorites of mine after administering epic beatdowns to oversized egos. MAB was one, and Roy is another.
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Originally Posted by MasterWhy was Vinny Paz on your bad list? He seemed OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I was dying for someone to take Yo Vinny down a few pegs, and Roy did that admirably. A few fighters become instant favorites of mine after administering epic beatdowns to oversized egos. MAB was one, and Roy is another.
One of those outsized egos who thought he was God's Gift. Thought he was better than he really was, when in reality he was just a pug. Got a lot of notoriety from his comeback from injury, which of course is admirable, but just made him the bigger-than-life personality he always thought he was. Yo Vinny was a jerk.... and I thoroughly enjoyed his beating at the hands of RJJ.
I take it you will not be the first in the queue when his film comes out then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterWhy was Vinny Paz on your bad list? He seemed OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I was dying for someone to take Yo Vinny down a few pegs, and Roy did that admirably. A few fighters become instant favorites of mine after administering epic beatdowns to oversized egos. MAB was one, and Roy is another.
One of those outsized egos who thought he was God's Gift. Thought he was better than he really was, when in reality he was just a pug. Got a lot of notoriety from his comeback from injury, which of course is admirable, but just made him the bigger-than-life personality he always thought he was. Yo Vinny was a jerk.... and I thoroughly enjoyed his beating at the hands of RJJ.
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Originally Posted by MasterI take it you will not be the first in the queue when his film comes out then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterWhy was Vinny Paz on your bad list? He seemed OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFanQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I was dying for someone to take Yo Vinny down a few pegs, and Roy did that admirably. A few fighters become instant favorites of mine after administering epic beatdowns to oversized egos. MAB was one, and Roy is another.
One of those outsized egos who thought he was God's Gift. Thought he was better than he really was, when in reality he was just a pug. Got a lot of notoriety from his comeback from injury, which of course is admirable, but just made him the bigger-than-life personality he always thought he was. Yo Vinny was a jerk.... and I thoroughly enjoyed his beating at the hands of RJJ.
You take it correctly. ;D
26 JUNE 1959 - Johansson v Patterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsVajIK_UUc
26 June 1972 - Duran v Buchanan
Just to prove that Ward did not invent punching people in the gonads :-X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izEg4gJsZHU
26 JUNE 1993
Benn v Gent
So great to hear Reg and Jim the best double act of commentators we ever had on these shores (Ian Darke gets a special mention)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ubMTltzFY
That was peak Benn just getting ready to a rematch against Eubank.
June 26, 1976
Carlos Monzón vs. Rodrigo Valdez I
Two South American greats going at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_pY_-LiLg
6-28-91
Mike Tyson vs Donovan "Razor" Ruddock II (highlights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcVJVvDTJeo
Tyson went from those glory days to the following, exactly 6 years later to the day............
6-28-97
Tyson-Holyfield II
We all know what happened on that day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF3CILzoDt8
Looks like Holyfield dominated from round 1.
July 1, 1967
Puerto Rican lightweight Carlos Ortiz stops Sugar Ramos via TKO to defend his WBC and WBA belts.
This was their 2nd matchup, since Ortiz had also TKO'ed Ramos the year before.
This is from their first matchup in 1966.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXe1_CsW0zo
July 1, 1976
Puerto Rican superfeatherweight Alfredo Escalera retains his WBC title via UD against Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe in Japan.
Escalera had beaten Yamabe via TKO 3 months earlier in Japan as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JclAEqvqTAs
2 JULY 1994
Wilfredo Vazquez v Jae Won Choi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvPwP1eCxY
Wilfredo Vazquez was a very good fighter that Naz destroyed with complete ease.
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Originally Posted by Beanz
Good find. ;D
It was nice to hear the commentary after the fight about that being Wilfredo Jr.'s first time seeing his father fight live, and about his showing off his own potential boxing skills. Junior did go on to have a fairly good career, but nothing at all like his father, which is the case more often than not in father-son boxing careers.
Vasquez was a guy I really enjoyed watching. I remember watching that fight. It is fascinating to me to watch Vasquez destroy that guy while trying not to hurt him. He saw right away that he was levels above his opponent and ended the fight but never really set down on his punches; he only hit him as hard as he needed to.
8 JULY 1979 Arguello v Limon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6CdQd5RCE
8 JULY 1990 - Breland v Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Z4_RRZUvo
He was underappreciated in so many ways from skill set to what he came back from before wba title run. Truth be told though Hamed got in with a well worn 34 yr old version of Vasquez who was extremely 'fortunate' to get nod over Rios in fight prior to Hamed. It was a terrible decision with Rios outpunching and out working him throughout from angles and Vasquez punches had little to no effect on the unknown challenger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
THIS fight made me a boxing fan early on. Absolute battle with Davis who all in all was underrated and very under the radar. He didn't do any one thing spectacular but did everything very sound and well rounded. Pretty much end of the road for Breland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
Classic fight! 2 New Yorkers fighting in Vegas!
Breland went on to beat Honeyghan and win a title so he was still successful.
Well
July 11 ?
had to be 1996
and
this one ;D
Bowe - Golota
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyRFkXyzz2s
JULY 11 2008
Santos v Alcine
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67KSf7XOHO8
Daniel Santos was a very slick southpaw. Oddly enough, he never achieved the levels of acclaim here in his native Puerto Rico that other fighters did. I personally witnessed his second fight against Margarito here in San Juan.
He was a tidy fighter , was there a reason the fans never gelled with him back home then?Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
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Originally Posted by BeanzHe was a tidy fighter , was there a reason the fans never gelled with him back home then?Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
I don't know... it may have been a combination of several factors. One I would have to mention is that his career coincided very much with Trinidad's. Trinidad's shadow probably didn't do Daniel much good. Also, there was this general perception that Daniel had other interests, and didn't give boxing the priority it deserved. That one is probably pretty unfair and maybe inaccurate, IMO. Finally, Daniel got in with some lousy promoters who mismanaged at least part of his career. It is thought that Daniel, with better promoting, could've gone even further. Still, he had a pretty good career, and was a very difficult opponent for many. He's one of Puerto Rico's past boxing champions, so it's not all bad in the public's eye.
Remember Santos beating Takaloo and holding the wbo title for ages. He beat some good fighters.
7-13-1980
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs. Yaqui Lopez: Fight of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9GwmmbaDw
14 JULY 1985
McCrory v Trujillo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v7rv6b_yf8
14 JULY 2007
Williams v Margarito
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOpchE8OXw
14 JULY 2007
Cintron v (Walter) Matthysse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6DK5TB6UGo
One of Cintron's brightest moments. For all he accomplished, it always seems he could've gone a lot further. He had amazing natural, physical gifts.