Jimmy Ellis vs. Tony Doyle ~ March 2, 1971

[Bill Paxtom]

Franco American

April 27, 1970

Aragon Ballroom ~ Chicago, Illinois

Overview

'Irish' Tony Doyle > {Phoenix, USA}
vs.
Roberto Davila 'El Granazo de Surquillo' > {Lima, Peru}

Fight Promoter; Joseph Kellman

According to the to AP report, the winner of this bout was supposed to fight Sonny Liston in June 1970 at the Amphitheatre in Chicago.

* Roberto Davila was billed as the Peruvian Heavyweight Champion, and he was listed as having a record of 38-17-0 {30 KO's}
* Tony Doyle was listed as the #13 Heavyweight, and with having a record of 31-6-1 {19 KO's}

Weights
* Tony Doyle ......... 210 lbs. ....... Height; 6' 4" ...... Reach; 80" ....... Age; 25 years, 9 months
* Roberto Davila .... 206 lbs. ....... Height; 6' 2" ...... Reach; 77" ........ Age; 29 years, 9 months

Fight Overview

Tony got off to his usual fast start, and peppered Roberto with 'double' left-jabs from long range. Tony was in total control
and was the effective boxer. Roberto pressed, but did not land any effective punches as he was either short or missed with
his counters. Tony took each of the first 3-Rounds.

In Round 4, Roberto became more aggressive as he worked his way inside and scored with some decent lefts and rights to
the body. Tony appeared to be taking the Round off, as he stayed outside around the perimeter of the Ring.

Roberto was able to back up Tony in Round 5, and out-worked him with an assortment of both head punches and body-blows.
Roberto worked Tony to the Ropes, and scored with well-timed left-hands as he again stayed in close on his taller opponent.

In Round 6, Tony got back in gear and boxed beautifully by using 'double-and-triple' left jabs. It was Tony's best Round as he
scored with repeated hammering jabs into Roberto's head. Tony was scoring freely as a game Roberto did not land with any of
his counters.

But in Round 7 the fight turned around. It was all Roberto as he came out winging. He stunned Tony early in the Round with a
looping right-hand to the head. Then he moved inside and worked Tony's body with some solid blows. Roberto was getting the
better of each exchange. Late in the Round, Roberto moved Tony back into a corner, and scored with '2' quick right uppercuts
that 'stunned' Tony. Roberto then unloaded with a barrage over the last 10-Seconds of the Round to bring the Aragon Ballroom
crowd to their feet.

In Round 8, Roberto picked up where he left off and gave Tony all sorts of trouble over the first-half of the Round as he continued
to land punches to both the head and body while backing Tony up the Ropes. Just when it looked like Roberto would take Tony
down, Tony rallied with a series of left-right combinations to the head. Tony then backed up Roberto, and caught him with several
hard punches to the head that drove Roberto backwards. Tony then moved inside, and scored with a good flurry to shake Roberto just
before the Bell.

In Round 9, Roberto came out hard and took the fight to Tony. Roberto ripped away with left and right punches from all angles. Tony
was in a bit of trouble, but resorted to firing 'triple' left-jabs to keep Roberto off of him and get some distance. Roberto continued to
stalked and charged forward. During one exchange as Roberto attacked, he came in with a right-hand lead, Tony ducked and Roberto
stumbled by and flew into the Ropes, where he was suspended in mid-air while tangled in the middle Rope strand. Late in the Round,
Tony was able to land a few 'bip-bip-bip' left jabs over the last 30-Seconds to neutralize Roberto.

Coming out for Round 10, the fight was 'up-for-grabs'.

Roberto came out for Round 10 with a charge, and immediately 'stung' Tony with several good head shots to open the Round. Tony was
having difficulty keeping Roberto off of him, and was forced to the Ropes. Roberto forced the fight, and landed several sharp right-hands
as he drove Tony into a 'Neutral-Corner'. Later in the second-half of the Round, Tony was able to land a few punches to stall Roberto's
attack. Near the end of the fight, the two fighters closed with several vicious exchanges near the corner which brought the crowd to
their feet once again.

After the Bell, both fighters hugged at Center-Ring.

Scoring
* Referee - Stanley Berg ........ 46-45 {Tony Doyle}
* Judge - Ed Albrecht ............ 46-45 {Tony Doyle}
* Judge - Harold Marovitz ...... 45-45 {'Even'}

Tony Doyle was awarded the Majority Decision, which was boo'ed by the Aragon Ballroom crowd.