don king used to put on some great cards in the early 90's. what about this card september 1994: Meldrick Taylor L Julio Cesar Chavez TKO 8 12 Wiki Frankie Randall W Juan Martin Coggi UD 12 12 Wiki Felix Trinidad W Luis Ramon Campas TKO 4 12 Wiki Ricardo Lopez W Surachai Saengmorakot TKO 1 12 Wiki Vincent Pettway W Gianfranco Rosi KO 4 12 Wiki Gabriel Ruelas W Jesse James Leija UD 12 12 Wiki Giovanni Parisi W Freddie Pendleton PTS 10 10 Wiki Kim Jackson L Michael Carruth TKO 4
Harry Greb vs Gunboat Smith Jack Britton vs Ted Kid Lewis Battling Levinsky Johnny Dundee Leo Johnson vs Joe Lynch Augie Ratner Bennie Valger Lew Tendler
ABC TV had a great card in 1979. Marvin Johnson-Victor Galindez Marvin Hagler-Vito Antuofermo I Ray Leonard- Wilfred Benitez I believe there could have been another bout. Plus there was a simular card a few months later with. Marvin Johnson-Eddie Gregory & Ray Leonard-Davey "Boy" Green.
The 1980 card featured... Leonard vs. Green Weaver vs. Tate Gregory vs. Saad Holmes vs. Jones Pretty damned good card. This was a pretty exceptional card, too... 1994... Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Tony Lopez Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson (FOTY) Felix Trinidand vs. Oba Carr Ricardo Lopez vs. Yamil Carabello
Great info! Thanks for filling in the blanks on the 1980 card. But I am almost 99% sure it was Gregory knocking out Marvin Johnson to win the WBA LightHeavyweight Crown. Who had just Knocked out Victor Galindez in the ABC 1979 Card. I don't think Saad-Gregory/Mustafa Muhammed ever fought as Champions.
That was a typo on my part. Gregory did indeed stop Johnson in 11 on that card. Was looking up info on the Gregory-Franklin match that happened prior to them becoming champions, and I guess I had that on the brain when I was typing. Sorry for any confusion.
That's correct, much to my dismay. That's in the top 3 of fights that should've been made during my formative years: Mustafa Muhammed vs Saad Muhammed Sanchez - Pedroza Pintor - Chandler
The top one here and the one you quoted weren’t one card — the one you cite had Leonard-Green from Landover, Maryland (Leonard’s home state), Holmes-Jones from Las Vegas and the other two from Knoxville, Tennessee (Tate’s hometown). They were brought together for TV.
Yeah, that wasn't an uncommon practice for network TV in the 70's and 80's, and HBO did the same thing during a few of their telecasts. It wouldn't have been on a single card, but viewers would likely regard those contests as being part of a single grouping of fights.
