This day in boxing. A look back.

[Master]

Hagler was officially knocked down against Roldan. I heard Marvelous wanted that knock down overturned but was unsuccessful.

Remember Roldan v Hearns, live ITV , that was a classic fight.

[TitoFan]

Watching it now, it seems more of a push than a knockdown, even though he did fall as a result of a punch thrown by Roldan. Roldan was so strong however, that the punch more or less pushed Hagler down. Hagler was an extremely proud man, and vehemently objected to that being called a knockdown.

[Master]

Watching it now, it seems more of a push than a knockdown, even though he did fall as a result of a punch thrown by Roldan. Roldan was so strong however, that the punch more or less pushed Hagler down. Hagler was an extremely proud man, and vehemently objected to that being called a knockdown.

Argentina fighters are tough SOB's.

[Spicoli]

3-30-97: Wilfredo Vazquez defends his WBA World Featherweight title against Yuji Watanabe in Japan. Not only one of the great Puerto Rican champions, but one who, like back in those days, would typically travel to any country from early on, to take on challenges in their own backyards.


http://www.asianboxing.info/videos/y...lfredo-vazquez

Fantastic spirited fighter. Box or brawl he could do it. Thought he did enough over Galaxy and Cermeno, definitely not Rios. His loss to Contreras was nuts. He risks number one rank to face current wbo 118 champ who was a last minute replacement. Shocking fight for Sr. but he would again rebound.

[TitoFan]

3-30-97: Wilfredo Vazquez defends his WBA World Featherweight title against Yuji Watanabe in Japan. Not only one of the great Puerto Rican champions, but one who, like back in those days, would typically travel to any country from early on, to take on challenges in their own backyards.


http://www.asianboxing.info/videos/y...lfredo-vazquez

Fantastic spirited fighter. Box or brawl he could do it. Thought he did enough over Galaxy and Cermeno, definitely not Rios. His loss to Contreras was nuts. He risks number one rank to face current wbo 118 champ who was a last minute replacement. Shocking fight for Sr. but he would again rebound.

He probably had more stamps on his passport in those days than a lot of other fighters. After his loss to Contreras, he beat Raul Perez in '92 in Mexico for the WBA Super Bantamweight title, then defended the title 9 times everywhere but in Puerto Rico, until losing to Cermeno in '95. Curiously, the fight was in Puerto Rico. He was doing better abroad. In this day and age, where many fighters either balk or outright refuse to leave their own backyards, that is certainly refreshing. Another memorable fight was in '96, when he took the WBA Featherweight title from Venezuelan Eloy Rojas in Las Vegas. Two years later he would lose by TKO to Naseem over in England.

[Spicoli]

Khaosai Galaxy made his 17th defense of his wba 115 belt. So many decent and very capable fighters went unseen by the masses then. Galaxy aka The Thai Tyson would defend twice more and retire with a record of 47-1 (41) in January 1992. Love to see his wrecking ball body shots in todays 'Super Fly' sequels! Also Hagler v Leonard in 1987. Watching it later on 'Superbouts' from ESPN had I Leonard winning .

[Master]

Galaxy was a true monster for his weight.

[Spicoli]

Galaxy was a true monster for his weight.

*Monstor
We saw the passing of a legend this day 1981.

[Beanz]

May 08 2004

[Master]

What a brilliant fight and JMM was a true great to come back after the first round.

[Beanz]

12 May 2001

Trinidad v Joppy

[Master]

Brilliant fight from Trinidad, Joppy took a brutal beating and credit him for trying.

Tito did a GGG and took punches to land his own bombs.

After that fight I was sure he was going to wipe out B Hop.

[TitoFan]

Me too, @Master

Trinidad was moving up from 154 and I was a bit apprehensive. But the way he handled Joppy, a previous MW champion in his own right, I thought he would take BHop easily. The muscled Joppy probably saw the slight build on Trinidad and underestimated his power.

[Master]

Me too, @Master

Trinidad was moving up from 154 and I was a bit apprehensive. But the way he handled Joppy, a previous MW champion in his own right, I thought he would take BHop easily. The muscled Joppy probably saw the slight build on Trinidad and underestimated his power.

That was crazy tactics by Joppy in hindsight. That left hook of Tito is a thing of beauty.

B Hop had gone the distance in his semi, so almost everyone thought he would struggle with Tito.

[Alpha]

Arturo Gatti vs Micky Ward I