Jimmy Ellis vs. Tony Doyle ~ March 2, 1971

[Bill Paxtom]

Anthony 'Tony' Doyle

After getting 'upset' by Manuel Ramos on September 11, 1969 - the loss ended Tony's 11-Bout / 2-Year winning streak, which
also 'squashed' his hopes of fighting Jimmy Ellis in November 1969 for the WBA Heavyweight Championship.

Tony Doyle >
"After that loss, I took 3 1/2 months off and thought about quitting. Then on January 3, 1970 ~ I signed a contract to fight
in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom for Joseph Kellman Promotions.

* January 21, 1970 ...... W Dec 10 ~ Charles Singleton ~ 15-2-1 {9 KO's}
Charles was a pretty good 23 year-old Club-Fighting Heavyweight from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I fought him in Chicago,
and it was a good scrap. We both whacked each other pretty good. I won a clear-cut Decision. Charles retired after our bout and
never fought again.

* February 16, 1970 .... W Dec 10 ~ Getulio Bueno ~ 13-0-1 {13 KOs}
It was on the Closed-Circuit broadcast of the 'Joe Frazier ~ Jimmy Ellis' Heavyweight Championship Bout at Madison Square Garden.
Getulio was an unbeaten 23 year-old Argentinian Heavyweight who they were building up. He was only 193 lbs., but he had a
wicked punch. They wanted to put him in with me in Chicago as a 'test' before stepping him up. But I gave him a boxing lesson
over the first 5-Rounds and then cruised over the second-half of the bout. He could take a good punch, and kept trying to wing
throughout the whole bout. He was a tough kid.

* April 4, 1970 ........... W Dec 10 ~ Frank 'Snakebite' Nibblet ~ 15-36-11 {8 KO's}
I took a 'fill-in fight' in Missoula, Montana. Frank was a 31 year-old Light-Heavyweight fighter from California. But despite his losing
record, Frank was pretty tough for a 180 lb. guy. He was a 10-year veteran, and had only been stopped 'twice' in 62-Bouts. Though
he was billed as a 'Cannon-Fodder', he was a decent fighter. He was a good guy to take on when you wanted a good hard work-out.
They liked rough brawls out there in Montana, and Frank and I gave them one to cheer about.

"Then 3-weeks later, I was back in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom. It was to be my most important fight, as I was to take on
Roberto Davila. Roberto was the Peruvian Heavyweight Champion. He was a 29 year-old fighter, with a lot of experience. His
record was 38-17-0 {30 KO's}. He was a muscular guy at 6' 2", and solid at 205 lbs. Only 6-Months earlier {October 31, 1969} he had
taken George Foreman the distance {8-Rounds} in a grueling fight. What was important, was that the winner of our fight was to
get to fight Sonny Liston at the Chicago Amphitheatre in June 1970."

* April 27, 1970 ......... W Split Dec 10 ~ Roberto Davila ~ 38-17-0 {30 KO's}