~ 25 Years ago Today on July 21st, 1982 ~

[CutMeMick]

In retrospect it shows also what a great fighter Azumah was. With only so few fights to take on a legend like Sanchez and doing so well.

Completely agree here Dark,
I can't stress enough how manytimes I've read where people try to down play Sanchez by saying that he beat a prospect in Nelson or that Nelson was not ready for a fight of that caliber.

Well watch the fight and tell me Nelson fought like a prospect. Or that he fought like someone with 13 fights....

Nelson stood up to a P4P fighter at that time and a great that IMO was in his prime and gave 'em one helluva fight.

I just read this tribute again and i have to say you are a champ yourself Mick.
There was a lot of thought put into it and as a boxing fan i'm grateful to you for this fantastic insight into one of the all time greats in the sport of boxing.
Thanks again!

Thanks a lot man, really. I mean that.
I really put some effort into it, to be honest it took me about a week to get it together my original article (if you wanna call it that) was pretty damn! long. I had done a rd. by rd. of the fight along with parts of what you see. But then I asked myself how many people are really gonna read a loooooong as article? So I decided to cut the rd. by rd. down to the best rounds and add my own voice to it.
I wrote it in pencil and then typed it in Word, cause I can't tell you how many times I type a good comment and then the page goes on time out and I loose everything that I typed.

Again, thanks....

Totally agree with that Mick it reminded me of Tim Witherspoon vs Holmes i think Witherspoon had only 15 pro fights and only started boxing at 22 yet he fought Holmes at 25 only having 15 pro fights and gave him one hell of a fight and could of gone either way Witherspoon fought like a complete pro just like Nelson did with Sanchez.

You know ICB, I gotta hand it to you that's a really good example that you used there....
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Thanks alot bro back you know talking about Sanchez again i feel like watching Gomez vs Sanchez again im still in shock how many all time greats he beat in such a short time its scary thought how good he could of been and how many fights could of been made Gomez vs Sanchez 2 Arguello vs Sanchez.

Most def. man, heres some more that I like to think about....
Sanchez vs Fenech, Paez, Pedroza, McGuigan, Esparragoza (would have loved to see this one).