Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
I remember reading about that John michael johnson fight- you couldn't watch 'em on youtube back then. had no idea it was that blatant.
The second Chavez/Randall fight...keep in mind that I had been saying since before randall was stopped by Primo Ramos and went to prison that he was the guy that might beat Chavez...That was a close fight and Chavez was boxing him. the rule is was and always had been that, if an unintentional butt causes a cut, the fighter that caused the butt loses a point. That was a bad cut and the fight was stopped. If the ref or, especially, the doctor, had ruled that the fight was ok to go on, and Chavez declined, it would have been a tko.
The shadiest thing about that fight was the kid that sang "The Star Spangled banner" yelling 'viva Mexico.'
'...it was my impression that Chavez did not want to continue with that gash, when I looked at him, asked him, he shook his head twice to me...the cut was bad enough to stop, but if he felt he could have continued, I probally would have let him...' it was a few days later and probally after King camped out on his doorstep for 3 nights, and the uproar got louder...Homansky sounded more certain. The rule was clear yeh and it was a gnarly cut but the irony was Chavez was a billygoat in 7 and 8. He was being out fought and looked fatigued and then Christmas came. Flip even told Mills to "let it go at least to the end of the round"...now thats a Dr. talking! Chavez body language said it all. The corner never allowed, or interested, in working on it. It just stank brother. Then King tucks Randall on undercards and they come out with some BS about him needing to beat -Whitaker- before a Chavez rematch Only in boxing and Jose Sullied'mans world