July 1, 1976
Puerto Rican superfeatherweight Alfredo Escalera retains his WBC title via UD against Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe in Japan.
Escalera had beaten Yamabe via TKO 3 months earlier in Japan as well.
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July 1, 1976
Puerto Rican superfeatherweight Alfredo Escalera retains his WBC title via UD against Shinichi "Buzzsaw" Yamabe in Japan.
Escalera had beaten Yamabe via TKO 3 months earlier in Japan as well.
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2 JULY 1994
Wilfredo Vazquez v Jae Won Choi
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Wilfredo Vazquez was a very good fighter that Naz destroyed with complete ease.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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He was underappreciated in so many ways from skill set to what he came back from before wba title run. Truth be told though Hamed got in with a well worn 34 yr old version of Vasquez who was extremely 'fortunate' to get nod over Rios in fight prior to Hamed. It was a terrible decision with Rios outpunching and out working him throughout from angles and Vasquez punches had little to no effect on the unknown challenger.Originally Posted by Master
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Classic fight! 2 New Yorkers fighting in Vegas!
Breland went on to beat Honeyghan and win a title so he was still successful.
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Well
July 11 ?
had to be 1996
and
this one
Bowe - Golota
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JULY 11 2008
Santos v Alcine
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Good find.
It was nice to hear the commentary after the fight about that being Wilfredo Jr.'s first time seeing his father fight live, and about his showing off his own potential boxing skills. Junior did go on to have a fairly good career, but nothing at all like his father, which is the case more often than not in father-son boxing careers.
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Vasquez was a guy I really enjoyed watching. I remember watching that fight. It is fascinating to me to watch Vasquez destroy that guy while trying not to hurt him. He saw right away that he was levels above his opponent and ended the fight but never really set down on his punches; he only hit him as hard as he needed to.
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8 JULY 1979 Arguello v Limon
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8 JULY 1990 - Breland v Davis
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THIS fight made me a boxing fan early on. Absolute battle with Davis who all in all was underrated and very under the radar. He didn't do any one thing spectacular but did everything very sound and well rounded. Pretty much end of the road for Breland.
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