Why didnt monzon ever go up to lightheavyweight?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah he did av just finished reading scots book was a ok read
     
  2. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Have read the monzon ring interview in the 80's? i would like to read it but cant find it no were
     
  3. leverage

    leverage Active Member Full Member

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    Quite possibly because Bob foster was there.
     
  4. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah, I had that issue at one time...Monzon was revealed to have had some kind of deal going where he was marketing and selling tv's and stuff, and apparently reversed himself on the subject of training young fighters. At first he said he would do it, but obviously changed his mind. He was still a presence in the Argentine world of tv, commercials and movies, until the abrupt and untimely end of all these activities with his crime.
     
  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I know that Fraser Scott was disqualified in his bout with Nino Benvenuti and that his grandmother knitted his boxing trunks and robes...but that he was dispatched by Monzon. He also, if I remember correctly, had 2 tko victory's over Denny Moyer (?)
     
  6. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah moyer said the 2nd times the cuts were caused by head butts off scot, that caused the fight to be stopped, do you know if monzon ever sparred nino lochee? victor galidnez? and joe fraizer?. Sorrie about the spelling i didnt get much schooling
     
  7. Tin_Ribs

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    As people have already stated. Monzon is the greatest middleweight of all time IMO. But a middleweight is precisely what he was, hence the wise decision to remain there. Conteh would have spelled trouble. And Foster.......
     
  8. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :good:good:good
     
  9. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    It's called fear of Bob Foster, and his mighty left hook.:good
     
  10. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Like Hagler feared Mike Spink's might right hand? i don't think so. Some fighters just have the sense to stay put in their ideal division.
     
  11. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Not only was Monzon ideal for 160, but like Hagler after him he was also fully aware and conscious of the division's historical richness and what he was trying to accomplish there. The MW Championship it could be argued, is second only to Heavyweight in terms of prestige.
     
  12. Colonel Sanders

    Colonel Sanders Pounchin powar calculateur Full Member

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    It's a relevant question, but staying at middleweight and dominating is alright too.
     
  13. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I once had the pleasure to ask him. Monzon said '**** that ****!' and then he knifed me, took my wallet, and smoked a cigarette while I bled out on the floor.
     
  14. Colonel Sanders

    Colonel Sanders Pounchin powar calculateur Full Member

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    Did you get an autograph before or after he stabbed you ?
     
  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    At least he didn't throw you off the balcony.