Baby Jake Matlala has passed!

[ykdadamaja]

Hey guys,

Not sure if you remember him, but he had the WBO lightweight title in the 80's. Fought Carbajal and Paul Weir and won.
Boxing legend Baby Jake dies | eNCA

Great little guy. RIP!

[Dia bando]

Baby Jake was a Flyweight , a tough guy remember him fighting Dave Mc Auley , I think I
still have some fights on VHS of the both of them, RIP Jake.

[BIG H]

Great little fighter. Only saw him live once, back in 1997, he beat Mickey Cantwell at Millwall on the Naz vs Tom Johnson undercard!

[Master]

Baby Jake was a Flyweight , a tough guy remember him fighting Dave Mc Auley , I think I
still have some fights on VHS of the both of them, RIP Jake.

Remember the same thing! He was the smallest champion at the time.

[ross]

Baby Jake was a Flyweight , a tough guy remember him fighting Dave Mc Auley , I think I
still have some fights on VHS of the both of them, RIP Jake.

Remember the same thing! He was the smallest champion at the time.

I remember watching him in a few fights in England. The ones I saw he was built like a mini Tyson and was strong and tough!

[YIDDLE]

RIP little warrior , he was a good fighter strong and skilled

[Violent Demise]

Beat up Michael Carbajal on the Johnny Tapia-Danny Romero under-card. Real tough fighter

[La Cucaracha]

Tough little guy, had a pretty good run at light-fly as well

[Dark Lord Al]

R.i.p he was a tough little guy , he looked like a chopped off Earnie Shavers , although he wasn't a big hitter.
I was thinking when Jake fought Francis Ampofo did 2 smaller men ever fight for a world title ?

Jake was 4'10 1/2.
Francis was 5'1 1/2.

Can't think of two smaller fighters in a world title fight.

[Fenster]

I still remember watching the McAuley fight with my dad. Think I saw all of his TV fights in the UK.

[Dark Lord Al]

I still remember watching the McAuley fight with my dad. Think I saw all of his TV fights in the UK.

Remember the two fights with Fidel Bassa for the WBA title, the first especially was heroic from Dave.
When you think of how easily Dave beat Jake ,just shows McAuley was top of his game.

[Master]

I still remember watching the McAuley fight with my dad. Think I saw all of his TV fights in the UK.

Remember the two fights with Fidel Bassa for the WBA title, the first especially was heroic from Dave.
When you think of how easily Dave beat Jake ,just shows McAuley was top of his game.

Yes Dave knocked him out with a right hand.

It also shows how good Bassa was, they were great wars shown on BBC.