Felipe 'The Flash' Torres ~ 'A Good West-Coast Kid'

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ November 27, 1971

Municipal Auditorium ~ Long Beach, California

"Felipe Torres Behind On Points, Records KO In 10th"

Felipe Torres rallied from the 8th Round on, and scored a Knockout with just
13-Seconds left in the bout, in the 10th and Final Round against Congolese
Lightweight - Cesar Sinda.

Things were rough for Felipe {137 lbs.} over the early going, as Sinda {133 lbs.}
scored repeatedly with fast '4-Punch' combinations, and avoided any of Felipe's hard
counters.

In Round 5, Sinda cut Felipe under his left-eye with a hard right-cross, and had
things going all his way. Cesar appeared to be on his way to an easy Decision
victory as he led {4-0} in Points after 5 Rounds of action.

Round 6 was fought on 'even' terms, as Cesar slowed the pace some, and Felipe
again waited to counter.

But in Round 7, Felipe started to fight back aggressively, and slowly started to
come on, as he backed up Cesar with stiff left-jabs over the last-minute of
the Round.

Felipe kept up the pressure on Cesar during Round 8, by scoring with hard
left-hooks to the body that took some of the steam out of Cesar.

But Sinda rallied late in the Round 8, when he shook Felipe with a sharp 'left-right'
to the nose, and then boxed nicely from mid-range by using right-hand leads
and fast left-hooks to the head.

In Round 9, Cesar again used quick one-two's to pepper Felipe before he could
counter. Cesar was in control, as Felipe was too slow with his counters and right-hand
crosses.

But Felipe again came on late, and during the last 20-Seconds of Round 9, he dug
left-hooks into Sinda's body that had the 22 year-old Congolese Lightweight
bending over to avoid the punches.

It was obvious that the African was tiring.

After 9-Rounds, Cesar Sinda had a lead on all 3 Scorecards.
* Referee .... Abe Cohen ...... 5-2
* Judge ...... George Latka ... 5-2
* Judge ...... Lee Grossman .. 6-2

In Round 10 {Final Round} >

Felipe came out, and immediately fired left-hooks into the mid-section of Cesar,
who was forced to back away. By the {1:00 Mark} it was apparent that the Congolese
fighter could not withstand Flores hard blows, and he turned side-ways to avoid
the body attacks.

But Felipe kept up the pressure, and at the {2:20 Mark} Cesar's legs buckled from
'2' hard left-hooks to the ribs by Felipe.

Then at the {2:35 Mark}, Felipe landing a crushing left-hook to Sinda's body, and
then followed with a hard right-hand to the head.

Cesar Sinda went down hard, and was counted out by Referee - Abe Cohen @ 2:47 of Round 10.
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This bout was supposed to be for the 'vacant' California State Lightweight Championship,
but Felipe Torres could not make weight and the bout was dropped from 12-Rounds to
10-Rounds.